Test 11 (Chapter 1-6)

Question 1

Which planet is the speediest?

Answer 1

Mercury

Question 2

Which planet is best known for its rings?

Answer 2

Saturn

Question 3

Which planet is often called the morning star?

Answer 3

Venus

Question 4

Which planet’s largest moon is Ganymede?

Answer 4

Jupiter

Question 5

The amount of matter in one unit of volume

Answer 5

density

Question 6

A substance composed of only one atom

Answer 6

element

Question 7

Anything that takes up space and has mass

Answer 7

matter

Question 8

A measure of the put of gravity on an object

Answer 8

weight

Question 9

the chemical reaction that occurs when a substance reacts rapidly with oxygen

Answer 9

combustion

Question 10

the amount of matter that makes up an object

Answer 10

mass

Question 11

the metric unit used to measure an object’s mass

Answer 11

gram

Question 12

lacking an electrical charge

Answer 12

neutral

Question 13

the tiny particles that all matter is composed of

Answer 13

atoms

Question 14

negative particles found in an atom

Answer 14

electrons

Question 15

the name given to the number of protons in an element

Answer 15

atomic number

Question 16

positive particles found in the nucleus

Answer 16

protons

Question 17

The first man to set foot on the moon

Answer 17

Neil Armstrong

Question 18

The first American to orbit the earth

Answer 18

John Glenn

Question 19

The man who discovered that white light is a combination of many colors

Answer 19

Sir Isaac Newton

Question 20

Found in the constellation Ursa Minor, the North Star is also known as

Answer 20

Polaris

Question 21

Large clouds of gas and dust floating in space

Answer 21

nebulae

Question 22

The hottest region of the sun’s atmosphere

Answer 22

Corona

Question 23

The hot center of the sun

Answer 23

core

Question 24

A star system containing from millions to billions of stars

Answer 24

galaxy

Question 25

The brightest star in the night sky

Answer 25

Sirius

Question 26

Be able to identify each type of volcano

Answer 26

know composite, shield and cinder cone

Question 27

Be able to label each flower part

Answer 27

Know ovule, petal, sepal, stamen, pistil

Question 28

Spiders belong to a different class than insects and are known as what?

Answer 28

arachnids

Question 29

The process of arranging animals or other things into groups according to their similarities

Answer 29

classification

Question 30

Animals that have jointed appendages, segmented bodies, and external skeletons

Answer 30

crustaceans

Question 31

All insects have how many distinct body regions

Answer 31

three

Question 32

the ability of a crustacean to grow back lost body parts

Answer 32

regeneration

Question 33

Rock that has been changed by hear or pressure into a new kind of rock

Answer 33

metamorphic

Question 34

A scientist who studies the structure of the earth

Answer 34

geologist

Question 35

Rock that is formed by sand and mineral particles pressed together

Answer 35

sedimentary

Question 36

Any trembling or shaking of the earth’s crust

Answer 36

earthquake

Question 37

Magma that has reached the earth’s surface

Answer 37

lava

Question 38

the bending of any wave direction at the boundary between two wave media

Answer 38

refraction

Question 39

the length of one complete wave or cycle of oscillation

Answer 39

wavelength