Science End of The Year Review
Name:____________________
Date:_____________________
________1.
A system of categorizing organisms based on shared observable characteristics. (7 levels) Each
level has fewer types of organisms than the level before it.
a. Scientific Name
b. Vegetative Propagation
c. Classification or Taxonomy
d. Species or Genus
________2.
made up of a genus & species. Genus is the 1st name & species is the last name. It is always
written in italics. The first name begins with a capital & the second name is all lower case
letters.
a. genus name
b. scientist’s name
c. family name
d. scientific name
________3. Which is a correct form of a scientific name
a. felis domesticus
b. Felis domesticus
c. Felis domesticus
d. Felis Domesticus
________4. requires only one parent for reproduction
a. sexual reproduction
b. asexual reproduction
c. adoption
d. stork deliveries
________5. Which of the 7 major categories of living things is in the correct order
a. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
b. Kingdom, Phylum, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Class
c. Genus, Phylum, Class, Kingdom, Order, Family, Species
d. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
________6.
Requires an egg cell (ovule) & sperm cell (pollen) to combine to produce a new organism- all
flowering plants reproduce in this way
a. sexual reproduction
b. asexual reproduction
c. adopting
d. cloning
________7. Which of the following are in the 5 kingdoms
a. mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians
b. plant, animal, funji, protest, & monera
c. echinoderm, mollusk, arachnid, arthropod, annelid
d. people, animals, plants, bugs, aliens
________8. When seeds begin to grow; roots grow down-stem & leaves grow up.
a. dormacy
b. germination
c. hibernation
d. fertilization
________9. (fleshy, pod, or shell) that develops to protect the seed.
a. fruit
b. armor
c. jacket
d. bubble
________10. Any change that causes a reaction towards light, gravity, touch, temperature, sound, water, space,
& food.
a. Response
b. Tropism
c. Gravity
d. Stimulus
________11. The way a plant grows or bends to touch. Ex: venus fly trap
a. Gravitropism
b. Hydrotropism
c. Thigmotropism
d. Phototropism
________12. When plants loose water through their leaves.
a. photosynthesis
b. respiration
c. transpiration
d. fertilization
________13. An inactive period of time when the plant or seed prepares for harsh conditions or change.
a. dormancy
b. hibernation
c. sleep
d. tropism
________14. have backbones; are cold-blooded (ectothermic); can breathe in water with gills early in life, and
breathe on land with lungs as adults; go through metamorphosis; lay jelly-like eggs. Examples
are frogs, toads, and salamanders.
a. annelid
b. mollusk
c. amphibian
d. reptile
________15. This adaptation is for fluid-feeders. Examples are mosquitoes, aphids, or hummingbirds.
a. tube shaped mouth
b. stingers
c. different shaped beaks
d. expandable stomachs
________16. Which group of animals are all endothermic?
a. penguin, horse, cat, dog
b. fish, penguin, lizard
c. snake, pig, elephant
d. ladybug, people, jellyfish, worm
________17. Which group of animals are all vertebrates?
a. fish, annelids, reptiles, birds, mammals
b. mollusk, sponges, annelids, arthropods, echinoderms
c. fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
d. echinoderms, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
________18. have backbones; are cold-blooded (ectothermic); obtain dissolved oxygen in water through gills;
most lay eggs; have scales; have fins; and live in water
a. fish
b. amphibians
c. reptiles
d. birds
________19. are very simple animals that have many pores (holes) through which water flows. Water moves
into a central cavity and out through a hole in the top. They obtain their food and eliminate
wastes through this passage of water. They live in fresh or salt water.
a. mollusk
b. annelid
c. sponge
d. amphibian
________20. have similar parts (arms) that extend from the middle body outwards. They have tube feet and
spines. Examples are starfish, brittle stars, sand dollar, sea cucumbers, or sea urchins.
a. reptile
b. mammal
c. echinoderm
d. arthropod
________21. Special features that enable an animal to survive in its environment are called
a. migration
b. hibernation
c. classification
d. adaptation
________22. Atlantic green turtles travel to Ascension Island. This is an example of
a. hibernation
b. migration
c. defense
d. transpiration
________23. When animals go under rocks, leaves, logs, deep into water, or bury themselves into mud during
cold weather…this is an example of
a. defense
b. hibernation
c. migration
d. transpiration
________24. Behaviors that were taught to the animal, often by its parent
a. learned behavior
b. behavior
c. instinct
d. response
________25. Traits that the animal is born with-no one had to teach them. ex: migration
a. learned behavior
b. instinct
c. behavior
d. response
________26. Plants use __________energy from the sun.
a. solar
b. electrical
c. heat
d. mechanical
________27. Water behind a dam has stored energy called
a. kinetic
b. potential
c. solar
d. chemical
________28. A curling iron uses __________ energy from an outlet to create heat energy.
a. heat
b. chemical
c. electrical
d. solar
________29. __________ energy is the energy of motion.
a. kinetic
b. nuclear
c. wind
d. potential
________30. Batteries use stored energy. When they are used, they can turn a toy into _______ energy.
a. solar
b. chemical
c. electrical
d. mechanical
________31. Plants use energy from the sun & store it as __________ energy through photosynthesis
a. solar
b. chemical
c. electrical
d. mechanical
________32. The _____________ states that energy cannot be changed, created, destroyed, lost, or gained. It
is merely transformed.
a. Law of Making Energy
b. Newton’s Law of Relativity
c. Electrical Energy Law
d. Law of Conservation of Energy
________33. _________ energy provides heat and light energy for Earth.
a. light
b. heat
c. solar
d. thermal
________34. What energy conversions occur when you turn on the lights in your house?
a. mechanical-solar-heat
b. electrical-light-heat
c. chemical-mechanical-heat
d. nuclear-heat-light
________35. An _____________ is a temporary magnet that can be turned on and off.
a. Horse shoe magnet
c. refrigerator magnet
b. Electric magnet
d. electromagnet
________36. An object must ______in order for work to be done.
a. be warm
b. be cold
c. move
d. sweat
________37. The ____________is the point where the lever arm pivots.
a. load
b. lever
c. fulcrum
d. effort
_______38. A _____ is a simple machine that people use to gain a mechanical advantage, such as making work
easier.
a. load
b. lever
c. fulcrum
d. effort
________39. A _____ is a like a lever except that it has a grooved wheel with a rope running along the groove.
a. lever
b. fulcrum
c. inclined plane
d. pulley
________40. A ________is a device that makes doing work easier by reducing the amount of force required to
move an object.
a. moving man
b. complex machine
c. thing a ma bob
d. simple machine
________41. An ___________is a sloping surface like a ramp that reduces the amount of force required to
move an object.
a. lever
b. fulcrum
c. inclined plane
d. pulley
________42. Which technological advancement has done the most to improve the accuracy of weather
predications?
a. barometer
b. weather balloons
c. anemometer
d. satellites
________43. Paxton wants to measure the amount of rain falls in his backyard during a thunderstorm. Which
instrument should he use?
a. Radar
b. Thermometer
c. Rain gauge
d. Barometer
________44. As the air warms, the liquid in this instrument expands and rises. What weather instrument does
this describe?
a. Weather vane
b. Weather balloon
c. Spring scale
d. Thermometer
________45. What does a weather vane measure?
a. Speed of the wind
b. Direction of the wind
c. Temperature of the wind d. If there will be wind tomorrow
________46. When a meteorologist reports that the air pressure is falling in your area, what instrument did she
probably use to get this information?
a. A barometer
b. A thermometer
c. A sling psychrometer
d. An anemometer
________47. Wind is formed by _______.
a. Earth’s tilt on its axis
b. The uneven heating of Earth’s surface by the Sun
c. The gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon
d. The revolution of Earth around the Sun
________48. _______, a fast-moving ribbon of air that moves around the globe of Earth, are
important because weather systems move along their paths.
a. Ocean currents
b. Warm fronts
c. Jet Streams
d. Sea breezes
________49. The _______ move weather systems in the United Sates from west to east.
a. Trade Winds
b. Land breezes
c. Westerlies
d. Polar Easterlies
________50. Which global wind system has the greatest effect on weather patterns in the United States?
a. Doldrums
b. Prevailing westerlies
c. Polar easterlies
d. Trade winds
Extra Credit
________1. Because warm air near Earth’s surface rises and then cools as it goes up, a ______is set up in the
atmosphere.
a. convection current
b. greenhouse effect
c. surface current
d. water current
________2. Convection currents near bodies of water can cause local winds known as
a. greenhouse effect
b. climate zones
c. Coriolis Effect
d. land and sea breezes
_________3. Karen climbs the stairs in her house on a summer day and notices that it is much hotter upstairs
than downstairs. What is the best explanation for this?
a. Warm air moves upward by convection currents.
b. The upstairs is closer to the sun.
c. The downstairs windows were left open.
d. Cool air rises by convection currents.
_________4. Which statement is true?
a. A sea breeze flows from the ocean toward the land at night due to uniform heating and cooling
of land and ocean.
b. A sea breeze flows from the land toward the ocean at night due to uniform heating and cooling
of land and ocean
c. A sea breeze forms at night due to the ocean cooling faster than the land.
d. A sea breeze forms during the day due to the land warming faster than the ocean
________5. My favorite unit of study this year was
a. plants
b. animals
c. weather
d. simple machines