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EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION OFFICE
ELEMENTARY SCIENCE
BELLRINGERS
2011-2012
1.
2. Look carefully at the picture that represents the Earth. About how much of the Earth is covered by water?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 90%
3. It took millions of years for the Grand Canyon to form. What most likely created this huge formation?
A. A tsunami washed away the sand.
B. A river eroded the walls of the canyon.
C. The canyon was formed in a rain storm.
D. An earthquake separated the sides of the
canyon.
4. Every 24 hours, we experience one period of daytime and one period of nighttime.
What causes us to experience this?
A. As the Earth revolves around the Sun, the Earth
moves behind the Moon, which causes night.
B. The Earth spins on its axis. While one half of the
Earth is exposed to light, the other half is dark.
C. As the Earth spins on its axis, the Sun revolves behind
other planets and causes night.
D. The Earth revolves around the Sun. When it moves
too far away, we experience night.
5.
6. What is the closest planet to the sun?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mercury
Saturn
Earth
Venus
7. Earth is located in which galaxy?
A. elliptical galaxy
B. spiral galaxy
C. milky way galaxy
D. irregular galaxy
8. What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the
Earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sedimentary rocks
Igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Tiny rocks
9. What is/are the property/properties in which natural compounds may break?
A. crystal form
B. luster
C. cleavage and fracture
D. specific gravity
10. Which of the following is our Solar System's only natural light source?
A. A Star
B. The Moon
C. The Earth
A.
Lightbulb
11. Which planet is sometimes called Earth's sister planet?
A.
B.
C.
A.
Mercury
Venus
Jupiter
D. Neptune
12. The asteroid belt lies between which two planets?
A. Jupiter and Saturn
B. Saturn and Uranus
C. Earth and Mars
A. D. Mars and Jupiter
13. Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plants
Animals
Electrical Outlets
The Sun
14. What is evaporation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
water freezes
water vapor meets cold air and changes back into liquid.
water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor.
Plants take in water from the soil
15. From where does most water evaporate?
A.
B.
C.
D.
puddles
rivers
lakes
oceans
16. What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting
colder air and turning back into water droplets?
A.
B.
C.
D.
condensation
dehydration
precipitation
evaporation
17. What is the only thing in nature that can be a solid, a liquid,
or a gas?
A.
B.
C.
D.
helium
water
oxygen
hydrogen
18. A thermometer is a device used to
measure what?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Distance
Length
Temperature
Weight
19. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather ______?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Guessing
Predicting
Hypothesizing
Forcasting
20. What is the weather term used to describe when there is water vapor in the air?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Snowing
Raining
Humidity
Warm
21. Rocks like granite which are formed from magma are called?
A. Sedimentary
B. Igneous
C. Metamorphic
D. Volcanic
22. What is the term given to moisture that falls from the air to the ground (such as
snow, rain, fog and mist) – precipitation or condensation? Draw a picture.
23. Rivers shape and change the landscape around them through which three processes?
A. erosion, corrosion and transportation
B. plucking, transportation and deposition
C. erosion, transportation and deposition
D. plucking, corrosion and transportation
E. corrosion, transportation and erosion
24. Dennis noticed where rain ran off the school roof and hit the sidewalk. The sidewalk
at this area was more worn down than other parts of the sidewalk. What caused the
sidewalk to change?
A.
Dripping water wore away the concrete.
B.
Freezing and thawing wore away the concrete.
C.
The concrete was weak.
D.
The students walking over the concrete.
25. In science class, Bernice learned that the earth’s surface is always changing. Which of
the following is an example of a rapid process of change to Earth’s surface?
A. erosion
B. glaciers
C. landslides
D. weathering
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27. Approximately how many days does it take the moon to go through a
complete cycle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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28. The process of breaking down of rocks into smaller particles is called:
A. weathering
B. sedimentation
C. erosion
D. deposition
29. Diamond has which of the following types of luster?
A. metallic
B. brilliant
C. glassy
D. pearly
30. A resource that is destroyed when used, but can be replaced is said to be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Recyclable
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Mineral