- The natural home of an organism is a:
Your answer:
biome
micro-organism
habitat
niche
- All the rabbits living in an area can be called a(n):
Your answer:
biosphere
ecosystem
community
population
- An example of a tertiary consumer is:
Your answer:
corn plant
mouse
snake
hawk
- Which below is the primary consumer:
Your answer:
sun
corn plant
mouse
hawk
- Which sampling method would be used to estimate a population of ladybugs:
Your answer:
quadrat method
mark-recapture method
line-transect method
sweep net
- What is a relationship in which one species benefits and the other neither benefit nor is harmed:
Your answer:
commensalism
mutualism
parasitism
passenger
- Bacteria is an example of a:
Your answer:
primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
decomposer
- An organism with a wide range of tolerance can:
Your answer:
survive where environmental factors vary greatly
survive where environmental factors do not vary greatly
feed on many different organisms
live in many different habitats
- Chocolate chip cookie dough is an example of a:
Your answer:
mechanical mixture
solution
pure substance
compound
- Contains two or more substances, but appear to be one substance is a:
Your answer:
mechanical mixture
solution
pure substance
compound
- Of all the states of matter, that which has the largest space between particles is a:
Your answer:
solid
liquid
gas
ice
- Sublimation is when there is a change from a:
Your answer:
gas to a liquid
liquid to a gas
gas to a solid
solid to a liquid
- The reverse process of condensation is:
Your answer:
sublimation
evaporation
freezing
melting
- When something is saturated it:
Your answer:
can hold more solute
can't hold more solute
can hold more solvent
can't hold more solvent
- During the distillation process, the material collected is called the:
Your answer:
filtrate
solvent
residue
distillate
- The thickest layer of the Earth is the:
Your answer:
crust
mantle
inner core
outer core
- A volcanic cone made of layers of ash and lava:
Your answer:
cinder
shield
composite
fold
- When fossils are formed by minerals replacing original material, is called:
Your answer:
petrified
cast
mold
trilobites
- A scientist who came up with the theory of Continental Drift:
Your answer:
Richler
Mohr
Wagener
Paricutin
- When a rock solidifies and cools on the surface of the Earth it is said to be:
Your answer:
intrusive
magma
extrusive
crystal
- What is the most common type of volcanic cone:
Your answer:
composite
cinder
shield
fold
- A pure substance that cannot be broken down into other substances is called:
Your answer:
ore
rock
composite
element
- Most of the Earth's crust is made up of:
Your answer:
igneous rock
metamorphic rock
sedimentary rock
rocks
- What evidence would indicate that a rock sample had solidified and cooled slowly inside the Earth:
Your answer:
small crystals
dark colour
large crystals
very hard
- Which mineral is the softest:
Your answer:
gypsum
quartz
diamond
talc
- The absolute age of a rock sample can be estimated by which of the following processes:
Your answer:
compare fossil evidence
relative aging
superposition
measuring radioactive decay
- Two gears that are used to increase rotational speed:
Your answer:
reducing gears
multiplying gears
driven gears
parellel gears
- Which of these is not a simple machine:
Your answer:
screw
pulley
wedge
gear
- Force is measured in units called:
Your answer:
joules
newtons
kilograms
calories
- Which of these is a second class lever:
Your answer:
seesaw
nut cracker
scissors
pulley
- Work is done on an object if:
Your answer:
A force is exerted on the object and the object moves a distance in the direction of the force
A force is applied
An object moves
A person exerts a great deal of energy while pushing on an object
- Which of the following simple machines can only produce a force advantage:
Your answer:
class 1 lever
class 1 and class 2 levers
class 2 lever
class 3 lever
- Which class of lever does not make lifting a load easier:
Your answer:
first class
second class
third class
first and second class
- The process a seed sprouts into a tiny new plant:
Your answer:
vegetative reproduction
germination
embryo
fertilization
- A type of asexual reproduction in which a new plant is produced using part of a leaf, stem, or root.
Your answer:
vegetative reproduction
cutting
grafting
tubers
- Rows of trees planted around certain sides of fields to reduce erosion by wind is called:
Your answer:
contour farming
strip farming
shelter belts
terracing
- A bag of fertilizer has the numbers 14-22-33, what does 33 represent:
Your answer:
33 parts nitrogen
33 parts potassium
33 parts phosphorus
33 parts calcium
- A nutrient that promotes the growth of healthy green leaves is:
Your answer:
nitrogen
potassium
phosphorus
calcium
- The female part of a flower is called:
Your answer:
stamen
anther
pistil
petal
- Chemicals used to eliminate bothersome plants:
Your answer:
pesticides
herbicides
insecticides
fungicides