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1. Who melts different metals
together to make machines?
3. Where does the carbon in
plants come from?
5. Which metallic element is
used to make machines and
steel beams?
7. Who turns yarns into cloth?
A. welders
B. potters
C. spinners
A. air
B. soil
C. water
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A. iron
B. copper
C. silver
A. weavers
B. spinners
C. potters
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1. Which of these is an
important characteristic of a
refrigerant?
3. Which of these human
activities has a big effect on the
carbon cycle?
A. a high heat of vaporization
B. a high boiling point
C. very high density
A. burning fossil fuels
B. damming rivers
C. ocean fishing
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
5. Plants are 45% carbon.
Where does the carbon come
from?
A. the air
B. the water
C. the soil
7. No Till farming uses
herbicides to kill weeds instead
of plowing the soil. What is a
benefit of this practice?
A. reduced soil erosion
B. development of herbicide
resistance in weeds
C. killing nearby native plants
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
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2. A kitten eats 10 ounces of
kitten chow. It exhales 9
ounces of carbon dioxide and
water vapor from digesting the
chow. How much weight has
the kitten gained?
4. Which of these materials are
good conductors of electricity?
6. Which of these elements is
common in living organisms?
8. Where is most of the water
on earth located?
A. metals
B. plastic
C. glass
A. carbon
B. iodine
C. krypton
A. in oceans
B. in ice
C. in streams and lakes
A. 1 ounce
B. 10 ounces
C. 9 ounces
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4. Which of these human
activities has little effect on the
water cycle?
6. What characteristice of a
carbon atom makes it so
important in molecules of living
organisms?
8. Which of these is a good
conductor of electricity?
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2. Which mineral is common in
granite and sand?
A. silicon dioxide
B. calcium carbonate
C. calcium apatite
CORRECT: A, A
A. ocean fishing
B. damming rivers
C. pumping out ground water
A. it can form 4 bonds
B. its bonds are hard to break
C. it can form 3 bonds
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: A, A
A. metals
B. glass
C. plastic
CORRECT: A, A
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9. Which fossil fuel is usually
recovered by drilling?
11. What is the chief
characteristic of the "universal
solvent"?
13. Who turns clay into bowls
and cups?
15. When a pound of water
freezes into ice cubes, what is
the weight of the ice cubes?
A. oil
B. coal
C. wood
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A. lots of things can dissolve in
it
B. lots of things can float on it
C. lots of things can sink in it
A. spinners
B. potters
C. welders
A. a little less than a pound
B. 1 pound
C. a little over a pound
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9. What wavelengths do the
bonds in a carbon dioxide
molecule absorb and then
emit?
A. infrared
B. ultraviolet
C. visible
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11. Which of these elements is
the most common in the
atmosphere?
A. nitrogen
B. oxygen
C. argon
13. What kind of solution can
dissolve shells, corals and
limestone over time?
A. a salty solution
B. an acidic solution
C. a basic solution
15. Which of these human
activities has little effect on the
nitrogen cycle?
A. using ammonia fertilizer
B. logging
C. burning fossil fuels
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: A, A
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: A, A
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10. What solution is best for
clearing a clogged drain?
12. If you pour 8 ounces of water
into a jar with 8 ounces of sand,
the jar will be 8 ounces heavier
but not 8 ounces more full. Why?
14. Which of these is a
compound?
16. Which metallic element is
used to make good jewelry?
A. carbon
B. water
C. oxygen
A. tin
B. silver
C. iron
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14. How do refrigerant
chemicals absorb heat?
16. Which of these human
activities has a big effect on the
water cycle?
A. baking soda and vinegar
B. soapy water
C. sugar water
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10. Who designs and manages
systems for making chemicals
in large amounts?
A. the water fits in the spaces
between the sand particles
B. the water evaporates as you
pour it in
C. the water is soaked up by the
individual particles of sand
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A. chemical engineers
B. analytical chemists
C. oil response specialists
12. What is the chemical
formula for ammonia?
CORRECT: A, A
A. NH3
B. NO3
C. NO2
CORRECT: A, A
A. by changing from a solid to
a liquid
B. by changing from a liquid to
a gas
C. by changing from a gas to a
liquid
CORRECT: B, B
A. off shore drilling
B. burning fossil fuels
C. ocean fishing
CORRECT: B, B
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17. Which of these elements in
the air do we need for
breathing?
19. A rock is dropped into a
measuring cup filled to the 4
ounce mark. The rock sinks to
the bottom. The water level
rises to the 5 ounce mark.
What is the volume of the
rock?
21. Where is most of the fresh
water on earth located?
23. What is the "universal
solvent"?
A. in streams and lakes
B. in ice
C. in oceans
A. gasoline
B. water
C. alcohol
A. argon
B. oxygen
C. nitrogen
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17. What is the most common
element (by mass) in the
earth's crust?
A. aluminum
B. oxygen
C. silicon
CORRECT: B, B
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A. 5 ounces
B. 1 ounce
C. 2 ounces
21. Who cleans up oil spills?
23. What is the chemical
formula for water?
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A. chemical engineers
B. oil response specialists
C. environmental engineers
19. What is the most common
element (by mass) in animals?
A. NO3
B. H2O
C. CO2
CORRECT: B, B
CORRECT: B, B
A. hydrogen
B. oxygen
C. carbon
CORRECT: B, B
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18. Which of these elements is
attracted to magnets?
20. Which fossil fuel is mined?
22. What solution is best for
feeding humming birds?
24. Who turns fibers into
yarns?
A. salty water
B. sugar water
C. baking soda and vinegar
A. weavers
B. potters
C. spinners
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22. Who figures out how to
make materials that are safer,
cheaper and more effective for
people to use?
24. What mineral are shells,
corals and limestone made out
of?
A. gold
B. iron
C. zinc
A. natural gas
B. coal
C. oil
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18. No Till farming uses
herbicides to kill weeds instead
of tilling or plowing the soil.
What is a drawback of this
practice?
A. reduced CO2 release from
soil
B. development of herbicide
resistance in weeds
C. reduced soil erosion
CORRECT: B, B
20. Humans are 18% carbon.
Where does the carbon come
from?
A. water
B. food
C. the air
CORRECT: B, B
A. environmental engineers
B. analytical chemists
C. oil response specialists
A. calcium apatite
B. silicon dioxide
C. calcium carbonate
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: B, B
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25. Where does the oxygen in
the air come from?
27. Which metallic element is
used to make electrical wires?
31. Which fossil fuel is usually
recovered by fracking?
A. soil
B. water
C. plants
A. iron
B. silver
C. copper
29. A pebble weighs 2 g
(grams). It has a volume of 1
cc (cubic centimeter). What is
its density?
(density =g/cc)
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25. Which of these human
activites has little effect on the
carbon cycle?
27. Which of these is a
chemical means of separating
the atoms in a compound from
each other?
A. burning fossil fuels
B. plowing soil
C. damming rivers
A. sifting
B. centrifuging
C. digestion
CORRECT: C, C
A. 1
B. 3
C. 2
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29. Which of these is a good
electrical insulator?
A. metal
B. water
C. glass
CORRECT: C, C
A. coal
B. wood
C. natural gas
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31. What method would work
the best for removing oil from
water in an oil spill near a
drinking water intake?
A. adding disperants
B. leaving it alone
C. skimming
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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26. When a pound of ice cubes
melts into water, what is the
weight of the water?
28. What elements are in
water?
30. A 1000 g (grams) of wood
is burned. Only 20 g of ash is
left. What is the weight of the
gases given off by the wood as
it burned?
32. What solution is best for
washing off dirt?
A. a little over a pound
B. a little less than a pound
C. 1 pound
A. oxygen and carbon
B. nitrogen and hydrogen
C. oxygen and hydrogen
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A. 100 grams
B. 1020 grams
C. 980 grams
28. What characteristic of a
nitrogen atom makes it so
important in forming proteins?
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26. Which of these human
activities has a big effect on the
nitrogen cycle?
A. logging
B. pumping out ground water
C. burning fossil fuels
A. its bonds are hard to break
B. it can form 4 bonds
C. it can form 3 bonds
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
30. Which of these is a
physical means of separating
the parts of a mixture?
A. digestion
B. oxidation
C. centrifuging
A. baking soda and vinegar
B. sugar water
C. soapy water
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32. Who designs and monitors
systems for protecting the
environment from hazards
caused by construction or
industry?
A. chemical engineers
B. analytical chemists
C. environmental engineers
CORRECT: C, C
CORRECT: C, C
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33. What solution is best for
cooking pasta?
A. sugar water
B. soapy water
C. salty water
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33. About how many naturally
occuring elements are there?
A. 92
B. 68
C. over 100
CORRECT: C, C
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34. Which of these materials
are good conductors of heat?
A. plastic
B. glass
C. metals
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34. What is the chemical
formula for carbon dioxide?
A. CaCO3
B. CH4
C. CO2
CORRECT: C, C
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