Science SOL Review 1

a resource that can be replaced naturally by the earth; they don't run out; they can be renewed

examples: solar, wind, hydropower

• renewable

• fossil fuel

• non-renewable

• petroleum

When water evaporates it is changing from:

• gas to liquid
• liquid to solid
• liquid to gas
• gas to solid

In what part of the plant cell does the process of photosynthesis take place?

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• chloroplasts
• vacuoles

The school garden club planted sunflower seeds in 6-inch pots. Each pot was watered the same amount every two days. At the end of the month the number of sprouts was counted. What pot had an unusual number of sprouts?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?

• friction
• gravity
• balanced
• unbalanced

The condition of the plant has changed because I gave it fertilizer.  The other plant got no change (the control).

• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable
• Constant
• Control

The things that may change or vary in an experiment are also known as what?

• hypothesis
• variables
• investigation
• conclusion 

Matter from dead organisms is broken down and consumed by organisms called ______________.

• consumers

• producers

• carnivores

• decomposers

Arrows on a food chain and food web show __________________________________.

• the direction that the animals walk

• the other animals favorite animal

• the direction food (matter and energy) move

• their allies

resources that cannot be replaced after they are used; they are limited; they take millions of years to form

examples: coal, oil, natural gas

• renewable

• geothermal

• non-renewable

• biomass