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These questions are very similar to the real test. Use this as a Study Guide!!!!. Kansas State Science Assessment Review Game. Choose your answer first. If you get it correct, draw a star by the question. If you get it wrong, make the correction!. I. History and Nature of Science. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kansas State Science
Assessment Review Game
Choose your answer first. If you get it correct, draw a star by the
question. If you get it wrong, make the correction!
These questions are
very similar to the real
test. Use this as a Study
Guide!!!!
I. History and Nature of Science
1. Galileo Galilei is famous forA. Heliocentric Theory: everything
including Earth revolves around the Sun.
B. Discovered radium and poloniumC. Father of Genetics—discovered that
people inherited traits through genes on DNA
D. Germ Theory – that microorganisms (bacteria/germs) cause people to get diseases
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1. Galileo Galilei is famous forA. Heliocentric Theory: everything
including Earth revolves around the Sun.
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2. Charles Darwin is famous forA. Theory of RelativityB. Theory of Evolution by natural
selectionC. Used the telescope to study stars and
planetsD. Theory of Continental Drift: the idea
that continents move around the surface of the Earth
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2. Charles Darwin is famous forB. Theory of Evolution by natural
selection
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3. Isaac Newton is famous forA. Coined the term PangaeaB. Germ Theory – that microorganisms
(bacteria/germs) cause people to get diseases
C. First person to win 2 Nobel PrizesD. White light made of many colors of
light
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3. Isaac Newton is famous forD. White light made of many colors of
light
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4. Louis Pasteur studiedA. BiologyB. AstronomyC. PhysicsD. Geophysics
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4. Louis Pasteur studiedA. Biology
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5. Which best describes the main purpose of science?A. To understand how decisions are madeB. To understand different cultural
beliefsC. To understand why languages are
differentD. To understand phenomena in the
natural world
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5. Which best describes the main purpose of science?D. To understand phenomena in the
natural world
I. History and Nature of Science6. The ancient Greeks thought that
A. the Earth was flat.B. matter was made from atomsC. germs cause diseasesD. an object in motion will stay in motion
unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
I. History and Nature of Science6. The ancient Greeks thought that
B. matter was made from atoms (and they were right!)
I. History and Nature of Science7. Scientists are
A. old because it takes many years to understand science.
B. men and women from all over the world and from many different cultures.
C. only men because some countries do not allow girls and women to go to school.
D. not able to communicate with each other because they speak different languages.
I. History and Nature of Science7. Scientists are
B. men and women from all over the world and from many different cultures.
I. History and Nature of Science8. Scientific understand of the natural
world usually progresses (happens)A. very quickly, because technology changes
very quickly.B. very quickly, because there are so many
scientists working on the same idea.C. in small steps, as old theories are added
to and modified.D. in small steps, as theories change almost
daily.
I. History and Nature of Science8. Scientific understand of the natural
world usually progresses (happens)C. in small steps, as old theories are
added to and modified.
II. Inquiry9. A student designed an investigation to answer
a question. The steps the student followed during the investigation are listed below.
Step 1. Measure the mass of ten of the same type of plant seeds.
Step 2. Plant each seed in a pot of soil and place each pot in a sunny window.
Step 3. Give each plant the same amount of water each week.
Step 4. Measure the mass of each plant at the end of each week for the next two months.
II. Inquiry9. Which questions was this investigation
most likely designed to answer?A. Which type of seeds grow the fastest?B. How long does it take a plant to flower?C. What is the average rate of plant
growth?D. Do plants grow better in sunlight or
shade?
II. Inquiry9. Which questions was this
investigation most likely designed to answer?
C. What is the average rate of plant growth?
II. Inquiry 10. A scientist is studying wind speed
at a research station in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Which unit of measurement should the scientist use for recording wind speed?A. Grams per liter (g/L)B. Degrees per second (o/s)C. Kilometers per hour (km/h)D. Minutes per meter (min/m)
II. Inquiry 10. A scientist is studying wind speed
at a research station in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Which unit of measurement should the scientist use for recording wind speed?C. Kilometers per hour (km/h)
II. Inquiry 11. A graduated cylinder is used to
measureA. VolumeB. MassC. DistanceD. Age
II. Inquiry 11. A graduated cylinder is used to
measureA. Volume
II. Inquiry 12. A triple beam balance is used to
measureA. AgeB. DistanceC. MassD. Volume
II. Inquiry 12. A triple beam balance is used to
measureC. Mass
II. Inquiry 13. A meter stick is used to measure
A. VolumeB. AgeC. MassD. Distance
II. Inquiry 13. A meter stick is used to measure
D. Distance
II. Inquiry 14. What is the independent
variable (IV) in the following data table?
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Type of Animal Speed (mph)Cheetah 70
Pronghorn Antelope 61Elk 45
Gray Fox 42White Tail Deer 30
Grizzly Bear 30Human 28Squirrel 12Chicken 9
The Speed of Animals (mph)
14. What is the independent variable (IV) in the following data table?
II. Inquiry 14. What is the independent variable (IV) in the following data table?A. Type of AnimalB. Speed (mph)C. There is no independent variable
II. Inquiry 14. What is the independent variable (IV) in the following data table?A. Type of Animal
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Type of Animal Speed (mph)Cheetah 70
Pronghorn Antelope 61Elk 45
Gray Fox 42White Tail Deer 30
Grizzly Bear 30Human 28Squirrel 12Chicken 9
The Speed of Animals (mph)
15. In question #14, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?
II. Inquiry 15. In question #14, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?
A. LineB. BarC. CircleD. No graph can be made with the
information in the data table.
II. Inquiry 15. In question #14, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?
B. Bar
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Population of Moose on Isle Royal
16. What is the dependent variable (DV) in the following data table?
Year Moose Population
1970 141975 321980 381985 441990 201995 24
II. Inquiry 16. What is the dependent variable (DV) in the following data table?
A. Moose Population B. YearC. Population of Moose on Isle RoyalD. There is no dependent variable.
II. Inquiry 16. What is the dependent variable (DV) in the following data table?
A. Moose Population
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17. In question #16, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?A. No graph can be made with the
information in the data table.B. CircleC. BarD. Line
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17. In question #16, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?D. Line
II. Inquiry 18. A student hears about a new type of fertilizer that is
advertised on TV and wonders if it is effective. The steps the student followed during the investigation are listed below.
• Step 1. Measure the mass of ten of the same type of plant seeds.
• Step 2. Measure the recommended mass of fertilizer and add this to 5 of the pots. Plant each seed in a pot of soil.
• Step 3. Place the 5 pots without soil in a sunny window. Place the 5 pots with soil in a dark closet.
• Step 4. Give each plant the same amount of water each week.
• Step 5. Measure the mass of each plant at the end of each week for the next two months.
II. Inquiry • 18. What mistake did the student make in
this experiment?A. The student should not have done the
experiment and believed the TV commercial.
B. The student changed 2 variables: the fertilizer and the sunny/shade.
C. The student did not have to give the plants the same amount of water each week.
D. The student should have used more plant seeds.
II. Inquiry • 18. What mistake did the student
make in this experiment?B. The student changed 2 variables:
the fertilizer and the sunny/shade.
II. Inquiry 19. The graph below shows the motion
of an object.
II. Inquiry • 19. Which term best describes the
speed of the object?A. VariableB. ConstantC. IncreasingD. Decreasing
II. Inquiry • 19. Which term best describes the
speed of the object?B. Constant
II. Inquiry • 20. A student added water to glasses and tapped the
glasses with a pencil to make musical notes. She adjusted the water levels in the glasses until the pitches of the notes matched the eight notes of a musical scale.
• Which information is most important to include in her report so another student can repeat her investigation?
A. The volume of water placed in each glassB. The length and mass of the pencil used to tap each
glassC. The date and location of the investigationD. The student’s previous experience with making
musical instruments
II. Inquiry 20. Which information is most
important to include in her report so another student can repeat her investigation?
A. The volume of water placed in each glass
II. Inquiry 21. After analyzing historical
temperature data for Kansas, a student made the statement below. The mean high temperature in June in Topeka is 29 degrees Celsius (°C). This statement is best described as
A. an opinion.B. a prediction.C. a conclusion.D. a hypothesis.
II. Inquiry 21. After analyzing historical
temperature data for Kansas, a student made the statement below. The mean high temperature in June in Topeka is 29 degrees Celsius (°C). This statement is best described as
C. a conclusion.
II. Inquiry 22. This object is a
A. solidB. liquidC. gasD. plasma
II. Inquiry 22. This object is a
C. Gas
II. Inquiry 23. The atoms in this solid
A. do not moveB. the object is NOT a solidC. slide past each otherD. vibrate slowly
II. Inquiry 23. The atoms in this solid
D. vibrate slowly
II. Inquiry 24. Below is a phase change diagram of an
unknown substance. Use it to answer the following question.
II. Inquiry 24. The substance is a gas betweenA. Points A and BB. Points B and CC. Points C and DD. Points D and EE. After point E
II. Inquiry 24. The substance is a gas betweenE. After point E