Science
General Questions
Underline the correct answer in each questions.
1. General Science
1. What is the basic unit of life?
a) Atom
b) Cell
c) Tissue
2. What three things do plants need to make their own food?
a) Sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
b) Soil, oxygen, heat
c) Water, nitrogen, moonlight
3. What gas do humans breathe in to survive?
a) Carbon dioxide
b) Oxygen
c) Nitrogen
4. What are the three states of matter?
a) Solid, liquid, gas
b) Air, water, ice
c) Rock, water, steam
5. What force pulls objects toward the Earth?
a) Magnetism
b) Gravity
c) Electricity
2. Living Things & Their Environment
6. What is the process called when a seed grows into a plant?
a) Photosynthesis
b) Germination
c) Respiration
7. Which organ in the human body pumps blood?
a) Brain
b) Lungs
c) Heart
8. What type of animal only eats plants?
a) Carnivore
b) Herbivore
c) Omnivore
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9. What are animals that eat both plants and meat called?
a) Herbivores
b) Omnivores
c) Carnivores
10. What do we call animals that live in water?
a) Terrestrial
b) Amphibians
c) Aquatic
3. Energy & Forces
11. What type of energy comes from the Sun?
a) Wind energy
b) Solar energy
c) Nuclear energy
12. What happens to water when it is heated?
a) It evaporates
b) It freezes
c) It turns into ice
13. What happens to a shadow when you move closer to a light source?
a) It gets bigger
b) It disappears
c) It gets smaller
14. What is the force that slows down a moving object?
a) Gravity
b) Friction
c) Magnetism
15. What type of energy is stored in food?
a) Light energy
b) Heat energy
c) Chemical energy
4. The Earth & Space
16. What is the name of the planet we live on?
a) Mars
b) Earth
c) Jupiter
17. Which planet is the hottest in the solar system?
a) Venus
b) Mercury
c) Mars
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18. What causes day and night?
a) The rotation of the Earth
b) The revolution of the Earth
c) The movement of the Moon
19. What is the natural satellite of the Earth?
a) The Sun
b) The Moon
c) Mars
20. What is the layer of air surrounding the Earth called?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Atmosphere
c) Lithosphere
5. Materials & Their Properties
21. What happens when water freezes?
a) It turns into gas
b) It turns into ice
c) It disappears
22. What type of metal is attracted to a magnet?
a) Aluminum
b) Copper
c) Iron
23. What happens when you mix red and blue paint?
a) You get orange
b) You get purple
c) You get green
24. What do we call materials that do not allow electricity to pass through them?
a) Conductors
b) Insulators
c) Metals
25. What material is used to make glass?
a) Sand
b) Plastic
c) Metal
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1. Cell
2. Sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
3. Oxygen
4. Solid, liquid, gas
5. Gravity
6. Germination
7. Heart
8. Herbivore
9. Omnivores
10. Aquatic
11. Solar energy
12. It evaporates
13. It gets bigger
14. Friction
15. Chemical energy
16. Earth
17. Venus
18. The rotation of the Earth
19. The Moon
20. Atmosphere
21. It turns into ice
22. Iron
23. You get purple
24. Insulators
25. Sand
