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Josiah Quincy Elementary School
PHYSICAL
EARTH
EARTH
LIFE
SCIENCE 1 SCIENCE 2 SCIENCE 1 SCIENCE 1
PHYSICAL
SCIENCE 2
ENGINEERING
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The softest mineral is
a. talc.
b. calcite
c. fluorite
d. quartz
a. talc
When white, fluffy clouds appear in
Massachusetts, the weather that day
will mostly likely be
a. fair.
b. stormy.
c. foggy.
d. rainy.
a. fair
Minerals are classified as _____,
according to how light passes through
them.
a. vitreous or glassy
b. admantine or sparkling
c. transparent, translucent or opaque
d. greasy, dull or resinous
c. transparent, translucent or opaque
The Earth revolves around
(orbits) the sun once
a. approximately every 24 hours.
b. a month.
c. a year.
d. a millenium.
c. a year
What do we call sky pictures
that are made of stars?
a. star pictures
b. constellations
c. Big Dippers
d. movies
b. constellations
A galaxy is
a. a new kind of car.
b. a stream of stars
c. a group of stars together in
space
d. a group of comets
c. a group of stars together in
space
What makes the gas in
stars hot?
a. fire
b. atomic energy
c. an atom bomb
d. friction
b. atomic energy
What happens when a star
becomes a black dwarf?
a. It gives off black light.
b. It stops shining.
c. It is born.
d. It is a medium-sized yellow star.
b. It stops shining.
How far is the sun from the
Earth?
a. 93 miles away
b. 93 million miles away
c. 9 million miles away
d. 9 billion miles away
b. 93 million miles away
What happens when a star
begins to run out of gas?
a. It becomes big and red.
b. It becomes a white dwarf.
c. It becomes a black dwarf.
d. It is a medium-sized yellow star.
a. It becomes big and red.
An example of an instinct is
a. laughing at something funny.
b. dogs doing tricks when told.
c. doing your homework at the same
time each day.
d. salmon returning to their birthplace
to lay their eggs.
d. salmon returning to their
birthplace to lay their eggs.
The parts of plants that make
seeds are the
a. roots.
b. stems.
c. flowers.
d. leaves.
c. flowers.
Frogs eat grasshoppers.
Grasshoppers eat grass.
Which organism in the food
chain is a producer?
Grass
Green plants use ____ to
reproduce their own food.
a. nitrogen
b. oxygen
c. water
d. sunlight
d. sunlight
Fungi is a
a. consumer
b. decomposer.
c. carnivore.
d. omnivore.
b. decomposer.
Charlene made a circuit with a switch.
She made the posts for the switch out
of copper. Which could she use to
connect the posts so the bulb will light?
a. an elastic band
b. a twig
c. a nail
d. a straw
c. a nail
If you wanted to build an icehouse
today, which would be the BEST
material to use as an insulator?
a. wet leaves
b. plastic foam
c. plastic wrap
d. rock salt
b. plastic foam
Why is it better to wear a
white T-shirt than a dark
T-shirt in the summer?
Light-colored clothes
reflect more sunlight
than dark-colored
clothes.
DAILY DOUBLE
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If a string on a guitar is plucked, it
will make a sound. A sound is
produced because it is ____.
vibrating
On a typical xylophone,
what determines the pitch
(high and low sounds) of
each bar?
Length/thickness
of the bars
If your hands are cold, you can
warm them by rubbing them
together. The heat energy that
you produce is caused by
a. insulation
b. magnetism
c. friction
d. conduction
c. friction
Monique is taking a train to Boston. Her train is
stopped at the station. She is facing the direction
the train will be moving. All she can see from
her window is the train next to her. That train is
also going to Boston and leaves first. As the
other train leaves, it seems to Monique as if
a. she is moving forward
b. she is moving backward
c. the other train is moving backward
d. the train station is moving
b. she is moving backward
Which of the following is an example
of a chemical change?
a. a piece of wood being used to make
toothpicks
b. a plant using water and carbon dioxide to
make food
c. a pond freezing in the winter
d. a field of long grass being mowed
b. a plant using water and carbon dioxide to
make food
Identical poles of two magnets
____ each other while opposite
poles of two magnets ____ each
other.
a. attract/attract
b. attract/repel
c. repel/attract
d. attract/ignore
c. repel/attract
How can water be
changed from one
state to another?
By changing its
temperature
What environmental problem
was directly caused by the
invention of the automobile?
a. storage of nuclear waste
b. increase in air pollution
c. increased use of pesticides
d. flooding in the Midwest
b. increase in air pollution
Which of the following
technologies was developed
most recently?
a. lightning rod
b. telegraph
c. telephone
d. computer
d. computer
Which of the following is an
unlimited energy source?
a. a computer disk
b. fossil fuels
c. biomass
d. solar and gravitation energy
d. solar and gravitation energy
A group idea-gathering
technique based on the
concept that a large quantity
of ideas will help solve a
problem is called ____.
brainstorming
Tropical rain forests are being cut down to
provide land for agriculture. A probable
global consequence of this destruction is
a. an increase in the amount of ozone in the
atmosphere.
b. a decrease in the amount of ultraviolet light
reaching Earth’s surface.
c. an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere.
d. a decrease in the amount of silt found in
Earth’s rivers.
c. an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere.
FINAL JEOPARDY
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About how often does a full
how often does a full moon occur?
moonAbout
occur?
About once a month.
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Created by
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J. Quincy School 2005