Quiz about Milestones Review

Question 1

which organelle gives the plant cell its shape and gives extra support?

Accepted Answer

cell wall

Answer

cell membrane

Answer

nucleus

Answer

vacuole

Question 2

which organelle is the "brain" of the cell?

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Answer

cytoplasm

Answer

vacuole

Answer

cell membrane

Question 3

Which choice describes the behavior of electric charge?

Accepted Answer

Like charges repel. Unlike charges attract.

Answer

Like charges attract. Unlike repel.

Answer

Like charges attract. Unlike charges attract.

Answer

Like charges repel. Unlike charges repel.

Question 4

Which of these is caused by static electricity?

Accepted Answer

Socks taken from a clothes dryer stick together.

Answer

A Magnet attracts a paper clip.

Answer

Glue holds two peaches of paper together.

Answer

Ice sticks to a car's windshield.

Question 5

In order for a circuit to work it must be...

Accepted Answer

closed

Answer

open

Answer

round

Answer

square

Question 6

Mary has a light bulb and several pieces of copper wire. What else does Mary need to be able to convert electrical energy to light energy?

Accepted Answer

battery

Answer

switch

Answer

insulator

Answer

buzzer

Question 7

What subject is attracted to a magnet?

Accepted Answer

Iron

Answer

Silver

Answer

Water

Answer

Metal

Question 8

What is known as an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material

Accepted Answer

Static Electricity

Answer

Electric Current

Answer

Electric Discharge

Question 9

Which of the following are magnetic poles?

Accepted Answer

North and South

Answer

East and West

Answer

Left and Right

Answer

Red and Blue

Question 10

What do two unlike poles do when they are brought close together?

Accepted Answer

Attract

Answer

Nothing

Answer

Repel

Answer

Decrease

Question 11

What is an example of a conductor?

Accepted Answer

Aluminum foil

Answer

A wooden block

Answer

A plastic fork

Answer

A styrofoam cup

Question 12

Which of the following is a learned behavior?

Accepted Answer

playing the piano

Answer

Having blue eyes

Answer

rolling your tongue

Answer

having curly hair

Question 13

Birds' beak size

Accepted Answer

inhertied

Answer

acquired

Question 14

which is not an example of an inherited trait

Accepted Answer

a cut on person's hand

Answer

how tall a person is

Answer

a person's eye color

Answer

foot size

Question 15

which is a learned behavior?

Accepted Answer

a dog returning the same place for food everyday

Answer

a dog barking when threatened

Answer

a dog's hair color

Answer

a dog breathing

Question 16

What formed this valley?

Accepted Answer

a glacier

Answer

wind erosion

Answer

water erosion

Answer

flooding

Question 17

A MIXTURE is....

Accepted Answer

Two or more objects that keep their physical properties when combined

Answer

Two or more objects that change their physical properties when combined

Answer

One ingredient by itself

Answer

When oil separates from water

Question 18

SOLUBILITY is when a substance....

Accepted Answer

Has the ability to dissolve in water

Answer

Has the ability to melt

Answer

Has the ability to disappear

Answer

Has the ability to sink

Question 19

The word PHYSICAL STATE means...

Accepted Answer

Solid, Liquid, and Gas

Answer

Texas, Louisiana, and Georgia

Answer

The way we describe matter

Answer

The amount of matter in an object

Question 20

An INSULATOR is an object that...

Accepted Answer

Does not let thermal or electrical energy pass through easily

Answer

Lets thermal or electrical energy pass through easily

Answer

Sinks to the bottom

Answer

Dissolves in a substance

Question 21

A CLOSED CIRCUIT is...

Accepted Answer

A circuit that lets electrical energy pass through

Answer

A circuit that does not let electrical energy pass through

Question 22

An OPEN CIRCUIT is...

Accepted Answer

A circuit that does not let electrical energy pass through

Answer

A circuit that lets electrical energy pass through

Question 23

In which of these circuits will the other light bulbs still light even if one bulb is burned out?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 24

Wires carrying electricity are usually covered with plastic to keep them from starting a fire. Why does the plastic keep the electricity from starting a fire?

Accepted Answer

Plastic is a good insulator

Answer

Plastic can melt when heated

Answer

Plastic is softer than wire

Answer

Plastic conducts electricity

Question 25

A _______ Is a structure built across water to control water flow

Accepted Answer

Dam

Answer

Water fall

Answer

Storm Drain

Answer

Sediment

Question 26

A ______Prevents flooding during a a heavy rainstorm.

Accepted Answer

Storm drain

Answer

Hurricane

Answer

Fault

Answer

Delta

Question 27

What causes tsunamis?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Answer

Hurricanes

Answer

Volcanos

Answer

People

Question 28

Weathering is what?

Accepted Answer

Breaking down material

Answer

Moving Material

Answer

depositing material

Answer

causing floods

Question 29

Erosion is what?

Accepted Answer

Moving Material

Answer

Breaking down material

Answer

depositing material

Answer

causing floods

Question 30

Deposition is what?

Accepted Answer

depositing material

Answer

Breaking down material

Answer

Moving Material

Answer

causing floods

Question 31

What force causes land slides (land falling down hills)?

Accepted Answer

gravity

Answer

space

Answer

rain

Answer

ice

Question 32

The hot liquid that cools on the earth and creates new land forms is called what?

Accepted Answer

Lava

Answer

Magma

Answer

Ice

Answer

Fossils

Question 33

Which does NOT cause weathering?

Accepted Answer

stars

Answer

rain

Answer

wind

Answer

ice

Question 34

Which of the following actions causes the deposition of sand at a delta?

Accepted Answer

river water slowing as it enters the ocean

Answer

salt water & fresh water mixing together

Answer

ocean waves transporting sand toward land

Answer

ocean water slowing as it reaches the coast

Question 35

Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?

Accepted Answer

exploding fireworks

Answer

tearing up paper

Answer

melting butter

Answer

crushing a sugar cube

Question 36

Liquid has _____________

Accepted Answer

definte volume

Accepted Answer

no definite shape

Answer

definte shape

Answer

no definite volume

Question 37

Which of the following is an example of a physical change?

Accepted Answer

cutting up a poster

Answer

Frying an egg

Answer

rotting banana

Answer

baking a cake

Question 38

How does erosion shape the land?

Accepted Answer

Erosion carries the sediment and rock to another location, which changes the shape of the land.

Answer

Earth's surface is changed by living things.

Answer

Erosion does not change the shape of the land.

Answer

Erosion happens only in the winter.

Question 39

Making lemonade is a...

Accepted Answer

Physical Change

Answer

Chemical Change

Question 40

Baking a cake is a...

Accepted Answer

Chemical Change

Answer

Physical Change

Question 41

Ice melting is a...

Accepted Answer

Physical Change

Answer

Chemical Change

Question 42

Which of the following is an example of a harmful microorganism?

Accepted Answer

Ecoli on food that makes people sick

Answer

Fungi used as antibiotics

Answer

Bacteria found in yogurt.

Answer

Microorganisms helping dead matter to decay

Question 43

Fungi is benefical to us because of the following reason:

Accepted Answer

They are a source of antibiotics

Answer

They are a source of oxygen

Answer

They can clean up pollution

Answer

They help to clean run off from waste

Question 44

Probiotics are an example of ....

Accepted Answer

an example of live bacteria and yeast that is helpful to humans by aiding in the digestion of food

Answer

A microorganisms that can make people sic

Answer

A microorganism that lives in the ocean

Answer

An example of bacteria and all bacteria is harmful

Question 45

Which of the following statements are true?

Accepted Answer

Some microorganisms are harmful, while some can be helpful

Answer

All microorganisms are bad

Answer

All microorganisms are good

Answer

Microorganisms are too small to do anything to anyone

Question 46

Which is not an example of a helpful microorganism?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria that causes strep throat

Answer

Yeast to help bread rise

Answer

A virus used in a vaccine

Answer

Microbes used to clean oil spills

Question 47

_________________ bacteria are in your _________________ to help digest food.

Accepted Answer

Helpful; stomach

Answer

Helpful; throat

Answer

Harmful; esophagus

Answer

Harmful; lungs

Question 48

The basic building blacks from which all living organisms are made are

Accepted Answer

cells

Answer

DNA

Answer

chromosomes

Answer

Amoeba

Question 49

If you were some bad guy trying to sneak into an animal cell, who would be there to stop you?

Accepted Answer

cell membrane

Answer

nucleus

Answer

mitochondria

Answer

cell wall

Question 50

Which of the following, found ONLY in plant cells, provides structure?

Accepted Answer

cell wall

Answer

chloroplast

Answer

nucleus

Answer

vacuole

Question 51

The arrow is showing the fluid inside the cell that surrounds the cell organelles. What is the arrow pointing to in the cell?

Accepted Answer

cytoplasm

Answer

cell membrane

Answer

chloroplast

Answer

nucleus

Question 52

Which organelle uses energy from sunlight to make food?

Accepted Answer

chloroplasts

Answer

cytoplasm

Answer

nucleus

Answer

vacuoles

Question 53

I am the outer most layer of an animal cell. What am I?

Accepted Answer

cell membrane

Answer

cell wall

Answer

nucleus

Answer

cell skin

Question 54

I am only found in a plant cell. What am I?

Accepted Answer

chloroplast

Answer

cell wall

Answer

vacuole

Answer

cytoplasm

Question 55

All things are made of cells.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 56

Four students examined the cells and made the following observations:
Student 1: Cell 1 is a plant cell because it has a cell wall
Student 2: Cell 2 is an animal cell because it has a nucleus
Student 3: Cell 1 is a plant cell because it has chloroplasts
Student 4: Cell 2 is an animal cell because it has a cell membrane
Who is correct?

Accepted Answer

Student 1 and Student 3

Answer

Student 1 and Student 2

Answer

Student 2 and Student 3

Answer

Student 2 and Student 4

Question 57

Which of the following is NOT made of cells?

Accepted Answer

a rock

Answer

an ant

Answer

you and me

Answer

a tree

Question 58

A structure inside a cell that does a certain job is called an ___________________.

Accepted Answer

organelle

Answer

cell

Answer

object

Answer

part

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