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Plates that slide against each other cause _____.

earthquakes

hurricanes

blizzards

tornados

Rock material, sand and soil can be moved by water and wind in a process called _____.

erosion

weathering

plate movements

faults

Mountains and ocean ridges are caused by _____.

plate movements

faults

weathering

erosion

The layers of the Earth that are mostly made of rocky material are the _____.

crust and mantle

crust and sandwich

crust and inner core

crust and outer core

Three types of rocks are sedimentary, igneous and _____.

metamorphic

mountain

metacognition

moss

A great variety of ocean animals are found in the shallow part of the ocean, above the _____.

continental shelf

continental rise

continental slope

trench

As you go deeper into the ocean, what decreases?

temperature

water pressure

darkness

moss

The salinity of the ocean varies. Salinity means _____.

saltiness

sailboats

sailors

silliness

Animals with backbones are _____.

vertebrates

invertebrates

moss

fungi

Most plants are ______.

vascular

nonvascular

moss

fungi

Only plant cells have a cell membrane and a _____.

cell wall

nucleus

vacuole

cytoplasm

The water and waste storage sacs are called _____.

vacuoles

nucleus

cell wall

cell membrane

The control center of the cell is the:

nucleus

cell wall

vacuole

cell membrane

Living things are made of _____.

cells

circles

cabbage

celery

In a solid, the molecules are _____.

tightly packed

moving fast

spread apart

loose

If you heat a liquid it may _____.

change to a gas

change to a solid

change to a liquid

stay the same

Substances that be combined but can be separated again are called _____.

mixtures

compounds

solutions

atoms

When two or more elements combine to make a new substance, it is called _____.

a compound

an element

an atom

a prism

There are more than 100 pure substances called _____.

elements

atoms

compounds

mixtures

Some light can pass through wax paper. Wax paper is _____.

translucent

opaque

transparent

refracted

When light passes through an object, it is _____.

transmitted

reflected

refracted

opaque

When light bounces off an object, it is _____.

reflected

refracted

transmitted

opaque

Musical instruments produce a sound by _____.

vibrating

pitching

waving

sonar

The distance between two peaks of a wave is called _____.

wavelength

pitch

frequency

vibrations

The number of vibration in a given time is _____.

frequency

pitch

waves

compression

Sound travels in _____.

waves

pitch

sonar

light

An important resource mined in the southwestern part of Virginia is _____.

coal

tobacco

blue crabs

peanuts

About half of the water in Virginia drains to the Chespeake Bay _____.

watershed

forest

ocean

waves

The tilt of the Earth as it revolves around the sun causes _____.

seasons

rain

wind

tides

The Earth revolves around the sun in _____.

one year (365 days)

one day (1 day)

one month (30 days)

one week (7 days)

The smallest planet is _____.

Mercury

Mars

Saturn

Neptune

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the _____.

rocky inner planets

gas giants

planets with water

farthest from the sun

Earth is one of _____ planets that revolves around the sun.

8

6

7

9

The instrument that measures precipitation is _____.

rain gauge

thermometer

barometer

anemometer

The instrument that measures air pressure is a _____.

barometer

thermometer

anemometer

rain gauge

High, thin, wispy clouds are _____.

cirrus

cumulus

cumulonimbus

stratus

What kind of cloud brings stormy weather?

cumulonimbus

cumulus

cirrus

stratus

When a warm air mass pushes out a cold air mass, we call it a _____.

warm front

pressure

cloud

cold front

The weight of air causes _____.

air pressure

temperature

humidity

fronts

Migration is something an organism does to survive and is called a _____ adaptation.

behavioral

structural

niche

fungi

Long beaks and webbed feet help an organism survive and are called _____ adaptations.

structural

behavioral

niche

fungi

Food chains start with a producer (a plant) and end with a _____.

decomposer

producer

consumer

ecosystem

Organisms that get their energy by eating plants or animals are called _____.

consumers

producers

decomposers

ecosystems

Because plants make their own food, they are called _____.

producers

consumers

pollinators

leaves

To produce food, green plants need water, sunlight, air and _____.

chlorophyll

sepals

pollen

nectar

Pollen forms on the ends of the male reproductive part of the flower called the ______.

stamen

root

stem

anther

Which part of the plant makes food for the plant?

leaf

root

stem

flower

Which part of the plant takes in water and nutrients?

root

stem

leaf

flower

If you rub a balloon on fabric or your hair, you may create _____.

static electricity

an electromagnet

an insulator

a conductor

Electrical energy easily moves through metal, which is a _____.

conductor

insulator

circuit

dry-cell

A light bulb will only light up if the circuit is _____.

closed

open

insulated

a dry-cell

Two objects rubbing together create _____.

friction

chemicals

soil

conductors

Potential energy is _____ energy.

stored

kinetic

moving

friction

Objects in motion have _____ energy.

kinetic

potential

friction

stored

In an experiment, we look at things to get information. This is called making _____.

an observation

a prediction

a hypothesis

a conclusion