1. How does a plant cell differ from an animal cell? a. Animal cells have a cell wall b. Animal cells have a chloroplast. c. Plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplast. d. Plant cells have no nucleus.

2. How does heredity differ from learned behaviors? a. Inherited traits come from your parents and learned behaviors come from your environment. b. Inherited traits are how you look and learned behaviors are how you act. c. Inherited traits come from only one of your parents. d. Learned behaviors are only the things you learn in school.

3. Which is a true statement about microorganisms? a. They are harmful to your health. b. They are helpful to your health. c. They can be harmful or helpful. d. They can be seen with the naked eye.

4. What is a true statement about single-celled organisms? a. They do not take in nutrients. b. They do not reproduce. c. They do not move. d. They move, reproduce and take in nutrients.

5. How can you tell reptiles from amphibians? a. Reptiles are always in the water. b. Amphibians are always in the water. c. Amphibians have wet, smooth skin and reptiles have dry, scaly skin. d. Amphibians live their entire life in the water and reptiles do not.

6. Which is a true statement about non-vascular plants? a. They do not grow tall. b. They must live near a source of water. c. They do not have tubes to transport water. d. All of the above statements are true.

7. What is the difference between an angiosperm and a gymnosperm? a. Angiosperms have cones. b. Gymnosperm have flowers or fruits. c. Angiosperms have flowers or fruits. d. Gymnosperms are non-vascular.

8. What are some examples of non-vascular plants? a. Mosses, grass, and weeds b. Mosses, hornworts, and liverworts c. Mosses, dandelions, and begonias d. Bushes, shrubs, and weeds

9. What is a true statement about physical changes? a. It creates a new substance. b. There is some type of reaction or heat given off. c. The change occurs at the atomic level. d. No new substance is created.

10. What is a true statement about chemical changes? a. No new substance is created. b. A new substance is created at the atomic level. c. It can include cutting or shaping. d. Boiling water is a chemical change.

11. When changes occur at the atomic level, ____________. a. This is a chemical change. b. It cannot go back to the way it was before. c. You see some type of reaction, light, or heat transfer. d. All of the above.

12. What is an electromagnet? a. Electricity with a switch b. A piece of iron with electricity flowing through it c. Magnets that repel each other d. Magnets that attract

13. What happens when the north pole of one magnet come near the south end of another magnet? a. They repel b. They attract c. They repel and then attract d. There is no reaction

14. In a parallel circuit, which statement is true? a. There is a single pathway of electricity. b. It is not a reliable type of circuit. c. The circuit of electricity is broken into two pieces. d. There are two pathways of electricity.

15. What happens when one bulb goes out in a series circuit? a. All of the other bulbs will stay on b. The other bulbs will get dimmer c. The other bulbs will get brighter d. The other bulbs will go out

16. Which is better – a magnet or an electromagnet? a. A magnet because it is permanent b. A magnet because it is temporary c. An electromagnet because it can be turned on and off d. An electromagnet because it is permanent

17. How can faults be a constructive force? a. Plates can move together to make mountains b. Faults cannot be constructive c. Faults can chemically weather rock d. Faults lead to deposition

18. How does erosion and deposition work together? a. They both are destructive forces. b. They both are constructive forces. c. Erosion wears dirt down and deposition builds it up. d. Deposition wears dirt down and erosion builds it up.

19. What happens when plates move farther apart? a. Plates do not usually move apart. b. Ridges and mountains under water and rifts on land. c. Tall mountains on the land. d. Erosion of the land around the edge.

20. How are volcanoes constructive? a. They can form islands, mountains, fertile soil. b. Volcanoes are never constructive. c. They create large dunes of sand. d. They create sea arches.

21. How does chemical weathering change rock? a. It breaks the rock apart. b. It changes one type of rock into another type of rock. c. It moves rock to another place. d. It creates really tall mountains.

22. How does beach reclamation change the beach? a. It makes the beach smaller due to erosion. b. It chemically weathers the sand on the beach. c. It replaces the sand on the beach to make the beach bigger. d. It breaks apart the rock on the beach to make sand.

23. How can organisms act as a destructive force? a. Plants and animals do not affect rock. b. Plants and animals break down rock. c. Plants and animals build up rock. d. Plants and animals create mountains.

24. How do earthquakes act as a constructive and destructive force? a. They force the Earth’s surface up and down. b. They only force the Earth’s surface up. c. They only force the Earth’s surface down. d. They build mountains.

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