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1 Which is not an example of conduction?

A holding an ice cube

B a pot heating up on an electric burner
C air circulation in a room
D barefoot on hot pavement

2 Plants convert light energy to chemical energy in order to make

A grow
B food
C water
D leaves

3 A house that has a roof with special panels or cells can absorb energy. What type of energy
are these panels capturing for heat or electricity.

A hydropower
B wind
C geothermal
D solar

4 Noodles cooking in a pot of hot water is heat transfer known as

A convection by molecules moving fast

B radiation by molecules slowing down
C conduction by molecules moving fast
D induction cooktop

5 What is an example of radiation?

A Air from an air vent drying your shoes

B Laying your hand on an heating pad
C A pot cooking on a stove
D heat from a flame warming your hands

6 Using the picture what energy transformation occurs when the sled goes down the hill?

A Elastic Potential to gravitational potential

B Gravitational potential to kinetic
C Gravitational potential to elastic kinetic
D kinetic to gravitational potential

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7 The motion of heated molecules of a fluid(air or liquid) in a circular path or current is the
result of:

A conduction
B convection
C induction
D radiation

8 This device known as a radiometer if when placed in a sunny window will spin. What type
of energy is the source of power?

A geothermal
B wind
C solar or radiant
D nuclear

9 What is an example of conduction?

A a lava lamp heating the wax in the water

B The sun's rays heating a rock
C walking on hot pavement
D Noodles moving in a heated pot

10 The degrees on the thermometer is reading what degrees Celsius?

A 75 degrees
B 15 degrees
C 65 degrees
D 20 degrees

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11 Which of the following sources of energy are nonrenewable?

A water in solution
B geothermal from deep in the earth
C fossil fuels like coal, petroleum and natural gas
D solar from radiant energy

12 The burning of fossil fuels for energy converts what type of energy?

A mechanical
B chemical
C radiant
D electrical

13 Which of the following is a renewable fuel(s) for a form of energy?

A oil / petroleum
B natural gas/ propane
C nuclear thru uranium fission
D biomass/biofuels/geothermal

14 All of the following are renewable resources except ?

A nuclear from uranium ore

B biomass and biofuels like ethanol
C wind and geothermal
D hydropower with dams and wave energy

15 The rounded rocks in this river were most likely shaped by what type of weathering

A ice freezing in a fault or crack

B rocks sliding down a mountain
C flowing water
D salt content

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16 Windmills convert wind energy to

A mechanical
B electrical
C thermal
D chemical

17 For the following hypothesis, If I add height to a ramp, the skateboard will roll at a
distance of 20 feet longer than with no ramp, the independent variable is

A the skateboard's wheels.

B the skateboard's elastic potential
C the height of the ramp
D the distance the skateboard moves before stopping

18 Cooking bacon in an iron skillet over a fire is an example of what type of heat transfer?

A radiation
B conduction
C convection
D thermal invection

19 Frost and dew in the morning is caused by what water cycle process?

A evaporation
B transpiration
C precipitation
D condensation

20 The water on the outside of this glass is caused by

A evaporation
B condensation
C precipitation
D transpiration

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21 Which statement is correct?

A The number of protons is 226 and the number neutrons is 88.

B The number of protons is 88 which is also the number of electrons in a
stable atom.
C The atomic number is 226.025.
D The number of neutrons is 88 and the number of protons is 138.

22 Does adding water grow the tallest plant? Different amounts of water were added to a
group of the same plants each week.
What is the independent variable?

A amount of water added

B the type of plant
C the height of the plant
D color of the pot.

23 Which of the following correctly identifies all renewable resources for energy?

A solar, geothermal, biomass, hydropower,and wind.

B coal, natural gas, methane,and petroleum
C natural gas, wind, biofuels, and biomass.
D coal, oil, petroleum,uranium, and natural gas

24 Which of the following energy sources are nonrenewable?

A biomass, geothermal, petroleum, and coal

B nuclear power, biomass, natural power, and coal
C natural gas, nuclear power, petroleum, and coal
D natural gas, petroleum, geothermal, and biomass

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25 What is the volume of water in the graduated cylinder?

Remember the curve or meniscus!

A 77 mL
B 78mL
C 76 mL
D 75mL

26 When a water insect is able to float on water this is due to what water property?

A transpiration
B universal solvent
C capillary action
D surface tension

27 What part of the water cycle is cloud formation?

A precipitation to evaporation
B evaporation to condensation
C precipitation to groundwater
D surface flow to groundwater

28 What energy transfer happens with hydropower?

A mechanical to electrical
B electrical to mechanical
C gravitational potential energy to elastic potential energy
D chemical to electrical

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29 Of the three temperature scales: Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin, which statement is true
about water?

A 32 is freezing in Fahrenheit and 100 is boiling.

B 0freezing and 100 boiling in Kelvin.
C 0freezing and 212 boiling in Celsius.
D 0freezing and 100 boiling in Celsius.

30 The independent variable and the dependent variable are what the scientific method is
about. For the following hypothesis, If I add vinegar to chalk then the chalk will dissolve
and release a new gas.What is true?

A The independent variable is the new gas and the dependent variable is the
chalk
B the independent variable is the vinegar solution and the dependent variable
is the chalk changing to something else.
C The independent variable is the dissolving of the chalk, and the dependent
variable is the vinegar.
D The independent variable and the dependent variable what happens to the
chalk.

31 Which is an example of kinetic energy?

A a full tank of gasoline

B the earth spinning on its axis
C a bow and arrow stretched
D a wristwatch wound up to set the time

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Answer Key : Review for Benchmark 3 2017 rev.

Question: Answer
1 C
2 B
3 D
4 A
5 D
6 B
7 B
8 C
9 C
10 D
11 C
12 B
13 D
14 A
15 C
16 A
17 C
18 B
19 D
20 B
21 B
22 A
23 A
24 C
25 C
26 D
27 B
28 A
29 D
30 B
31 B

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