Science-8 Trimester One Practice Exam (Made by Cassie Kemmler)

Answers I. True-False (1 pts. each)

__False__________1) Photosynthesis recycles carbon while respiration recycles

oxygen.

__False___________2) Quartz= green metamorphic rock with a glassy shine.

__False___________3) The first step of the hydrologic cycle is the pioneer stage.

__False__________ 4) The grassland biome has the most distinct 4 seasons.

__True___________ 5) Vertical intrusions create contact metamorphic rock.

__True___________ 6) Shape is never the best property for identifying your variables.

__False___________7) Zebra mussels are endangered along with grey wolves.

__False___________ 8) Legumes + sedge are the dominant producers of the deciduous

forest.

__True___________ 9) Biodiversity is the amount of plants and animals in an area.

__False___________10) The taiga biome dominates the Appalachian Mountain region.

__False___________ 11) Sedimentary rocks are the hardest rocks to weather and erode.

__True___________ 12) Plants, animals, and decomposers make up the living part of an
ecosystem.

__False___________ 13) Quartz is the mineral that gets eaten away by plant acids.

__False___________14) Productivity refers to the amount of animal life in a given area.

__True___________ 15) Ecosystems have an interdependent relationship between all

parts.

Answers II. Multiple Choice (1 pts. each)

___C___________ 1) The first step of the hydrologic cycle: A) condensation

B) infiltration C) evaporation D) transpiration
___C___________ 2) Main form of weathering: A) wind B) plant acids
C) constant temperature change D) leaching

___B___________ 3) Needs C6H12O6 + O2 A) photosynthesis B) respiration

C) fission D) combustuion

___A___________ 4) Clear cut logging causes: A) > evaporation rate B) > habitat
C) > shade D) < run off and soil erosion

___D___________ 5) Cleanest burning fossil fuel: A) coal B) oil C) glucose

D) natural gas

___B___________ 6) Cooling of molten rock: A) contact metamorphic B) igneous

C) sedimentary D) regional metamorphic

___C___________ 7) 22222: A) granite B) sandstone C) quartzite

D) quartz

___B___________ 8) Needed for infiltration: A) sidewalks B) fields

C) buildings D) parking lots

___A___________ 9) Tool used to test bark hardness: A) probe B) ph meter

C) tape measurer D) wax paper and crayon

___C___________ 10) This gas is a waste product of photosynthesis: A) nitrogen

B) carbon dioxide C) oxygen

___A___________ 11) Total mass of all organic matter at any level of the food chain is
the: A) biomass B) productivity C) abiotic D) food web

___D___________ 12) Food making process: A) transpiration B) respiration

C) evaporation D) photosynthesis

___D___________ 13) The desert biome has the fastest __ rate: A) pouring
B) leaching C) > shade D) evaporation

___B___________ 14) Rocks are made up of sediment and: A) cellulose B)

minerals C) SO3 D) magma

___A___________ 15) Organisms that naturally breed together: A) species

B) niche C) producers D) cavity nesters

Answers III. Completion (1 pts. each)

______run off_________________ 1) Water enters the Kettle Lakes through precipitation
and____.
______horizontal______________ 2) A____ intrusion occurs when the molten rock slows
down it’s upward movement.

______biomass________________ 3) _____= the worlds 1st fuel for heating and cooking
(HW= source)

______lithify___________________ 4) _____= layering of sediments to form sedimentary

rock.

______nurse log_______________ 5) A snag eventually turns into a ____ and produces new
tree.

______strip mining____________ 6) ____ = way humans speed up the mineral cycle.

______acid_____________________ 7) Red-6 on the ph meter= weak ____.

______safe_____________________ 8) Green on the soil salt meter.

______biosphere______________ 9) The ____ refers to all the communities on the earth.

______tip of iron nail_________ 10) ____ = control to the scratch test.

______shake___________________ 11) Wave action is duplicated by the ____ test.

______feldspar________________ 12) Slate, sandstone, and ____ were all D red.

______dark brown____________ 13) ____ = control color of the water in the filtration lab.

______tundra__________________ 14) Caribou migrate to the ____ during the short thaw.

______decomposers__________ 15) ____ are organisms that break down organic matter.

______HCL_____________________ 16) ____ + calcite = major fizzing action.

______granite__________________ 17) ____ = main continental igneous rock (cools slowly).

______distance from wall_____ 20) Height of triangle/ distance from eyes = height of
wall (X)/ ____.

______unwanted______________ 19) Pests are____ animals and weeds are ____ plants.

______0.07 ppms______________ 20) ____ = amount of chemical in a pesticide/insecticide

when first sprayed.
______1-2 ppms_______________ 21) ____ = amount of chemical in a pesticide/insecticide
when it reaches the insect.

______3-4 ppms_______________ 22) ____ = amount of chemical in a pesticide/insecticide

when it reaches the fish/bird.

______5-6 ppms _______________ 23) ____ = amount of chemical in a pesticide/insecticide

when it reaches humans.

______chlorophyll_____________ 24) ____ = chemical found in green plants.

______interdependent________25) ____ = the relationship between living and nonliving

parts in an ecosystem.

Answers IV. Matching Part I (1 pts. each)

___8______A) quartz 1) marble

___7______B) anthracite coal 2) thin scratch

___10_____C) great folding 3) thick scratch

___9______D) weakest S-R 4) XXXXX

___13_____E) bituminous coal 5) contact metamorphic rock

___14_____F) shiny green M-R 6) black- sharp- heavy I-R

___15_____G) pumice 7) regional metamorphic/ E source

___5______H) intrusions 8) hexagonal control mineral

___4______I) contact metamorphic 9) shale

___6______J) basalt 10) regional metamorphic rock

___12_____K) mica 11) granite

___2______L) limestone 12) weakest of the rock forming minerals

___11_____M) no change 13) sedimentary rock

___3______N) shale 14) quartzite

___1______O) white – shiny – M-R 15) igneous rock with air pockets

Answers IV. Matching Part II (1 pts. each)

___9______A) waxy-covered plants 1) 50 ml/ 3+ min.

___7______B) CO2 2) wind/ wave action

___6______C) biomass 3) constant temperature change

___4______D) screen 4) 300 ml/ 30 sec.

___2______E) erosion 5) habitat

___1______F) filter paper 6) Sugar cane- corn starch- corn stalks

___3______G) weathering 7) life compound

___10_____H) dirt, rock, soil 8) 200 ml/ 2 min.

___5______I) tree cavity 9) desert

___8______J) natural filter 10) non-living parts of an ecosystem

V. Short answer

1. Complete a balanced chemical equation for respiration: (6 points total bottom

doesn’t count)

__C6H1206____+_____6O2_____ ______6H2O_____+____6CO2______+___HE______

______C-C_____

2. Complete a balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis: (6 points total

bottom doesn’t count)

_____6H2O_____+_____6CO2_____ + _____SL______ ___ C6H120______ + ____6O2______

______ C-C _______

3. State the rule that we use to compare nature and human activity: (5 points total)

Nature tends to stay in balance while humans speed up natural processes to

get their needs, but they create waste.

4. Name the three ways to control weeds and pests: (3 points total)

Biological
Chemicals
Physical

5. Name the three types of logging: (3 points total)

Clear cut logging

Selective logging
Natural Regeneration

6. State the formula of carbonic acid: (5 points total)

____H20________+________CO2__________=________H2CO3_________

ph in a new pond=neutral to slightly alkaline (7)

ph in an old pond= slightly acidic (5-6)

7. State the steps of natural succession: (10 points total)

1. It is a: predictable pattern of change

2. Pioneer stage

3. A bare field

4. Grass

5. Weeds + flowers
 6. Bushes + shrubs

7. Saplings

8. Forest

9. Climax Community

10. This is caused by: Competition

8. Complete this chart about tree diseases and the trees they affect:
Trees: Bonus: maple,
Chestnut Apple and oak, birch,
trees Crab apple Pine trees Elm hickory
trees

Disease:
Chestnut Cedar (Dothistroma Dutch Elm (Anthracnose)
Blight Apple ) Disease Leaf Blight
Rust Needle Blight

9. Complete the filtration chart: (9 points)

Filters:
Screen Filter Paper Natural Filter

Advantages:
Fast pouring rate Cleanest water Most amount of water can be
filtered

Disadvantages:
Dark brown- dark Slowest pouring rate
brown water 50 ml/ 3+ min.
10. Diagram a natural filter:

sand

clay

gravel

11. List 4 limiting factors of an ecosystem (combinations): (4 points)

1. ____space____________ and _____emigration_____

2. ____food______________ and _____water___________

3. ____weather_________ and ______climate_________

4. ____disease__________ and __natural disasters__

5. ____shade____________ and ______cover___________

12. Complete the scratch test chart

A) Possible answer: granite No change
B) Possible answer: limestone Thin scratch
C) Possible answer: shale, pumice Thick scratch

13. What is the human effect of the carbon oxygen cycle

A) combustion of coal Causes: SO2/ acid rain

B) combustion of oil Causes: excess CO2- greenhouse affect-

global warming

C) combustion of natural gas Causes: CH4- volatile organic compound-

flammable + explosive
14. Complete the energy pyramid for the desert biome:

Secondary
Consumer
1-2
rattlesnakes

6-7 Primary
roadrunners Consumer

One million Producer

cacti

15. Complete the rock and mineral charts:

Sedimentary: shale sandstone limestone

Igneous: granite basalt pumice

Metamorphic: slate quartzite marble

Rock Forming quartz feldspar calcite

Minerals:

16. Complete the cycles chart

Cycle Natural Effect Human Effect
Nitrogen Crop dusting
In air: _____lightning_________ +
+ = covers large area in short time
__volcanic activity__ = SO2 + SO3

In soil: ___legumes:__pea plants, - = wind causes run off, gets into

streams, rivers, albeal blooms
alfalfa, vetches_ = SO2 + SO3,
fertiliser
 Mineral Build up: Break Strip mining
+ = gets great amount of resources
1) lithify 1) erosion = in short time
2) cooling of wind + wave
molten rock 2) weathering
3) great heat + = plants acid, - = depletes natural resources +
pressuree temp change leaches acids into groundwater

down:
Hydrologi 7 steps: Logging
c ___evaporation_ __transpiration_ + = get mass amounts of limber to
burn and build with
__condensation_ __percipitation_
- = > evaporation rate, < habitat,
___infiltration___ __run off________ > run off, soil erosion, < shade

____ground water____

BONUS:

1. What is peat?

A moss that grows in bogs and marshes that can be used as fuel

2.
1. Your stride = __IDK____ cm

2. Your building = _______________________________

l = ________________________________

w = _______________________________
 17. Complete the biome chart
Biome Soil Climate Producer Primary Secondary Region Human
Consumer Consumer Activity
Desert XXXXXXXX Hot dry Cacti and Roadrunner Rattlesnake XXXXXXXXX Solar panels
X days yuccas XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX Cold dry XXXXXXXXX
X nights XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
X XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXX
X
Rainforest mud XXXXXXX Orchids Toucan Leopards The Pacific Chemicals
X Ferns Sloth Coast of from flowers
XXXXXXX Cycids Washington make
X , Hawaii medicines
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXX
X
Deciduou XXXXXXXX Distinct Oak Whitetail Red fox Appalachian Deforestation
s Forest X seasons Maple deer mountains
XXXXXXXX Maine to
X Georgia
XXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXXX
X
Taiga Rocky Short Pines Kababs Grizzly Higher Hunting,
acidic summers Evergreen Eburts bears Elevations Recreational
long cold s of the Rocky activities
winters Mountains (skiing)
Colorado

Tundra permafrost XXXXXXX Mosses Snowshoe Polar Bear XXXXXXXXX Alaskan

X Lichens hare Arctic fox XXXXXXXXX Pipeline
XXXXXXX Caribou XXXXXXXXX
X Voles XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
X XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXX
X
XXXXXXX
X
Grassland Clay based Hot Bluegrass Buffalo Coyotes The Great Agricultue,
soil summers Sedge Bison Plains farming,
Cold Cattle The Dakotas ranching
winter to Texas