Kansas State Science Assessment Review Game

Kansas State Science

Assessment Review Game

Choose your answer first. If you get it correct, draw a star by the

question. If you get it wrong, make the correction!

These questions are

very similar to the real

test. Use this as a Study

Guide!!!!

I. History and Nature of Science

1. Galileo Galilei is famous forA. Heliocentric Theory: everything

including Earth revolves around the Sun.

B. Discovered radium and poloniumC. Father of Genetics—discovered that

people inherited traits through genes on DNA

D. Germ Theory – that microorganisms (bacteria/germs) cause people to get diseases


1. Galileo Galilei is famous forA. Heliocentric Theory: everything

including Earth revolves around the Sun.


2. Charles Darwin is famous forA. Theory of RelativityB. Theory of Evolution by natural

selectionC. Used the telescope to study stars and

planetsD. Theory of Continental Drift: the idea

that continents move around the surface of the Earth


2. Charles Darwin is famous forB. Theory of Evolution by natural

selection


3. Isaac Newton is famous forA. Coined the term PangaeaB. Germ Theory – that microorganisms

(bacteria/germs) cause people to get diseases

C. First person to win 2 Nobel PrizesD. White light made of many colors of

light


3. Isaac Newton is famous forD. White light made of many colors of

light


4. Louis Pasteur studiedA. BiologyB. AstronomyC. PhysicsD. Geophysics


4. Louis Pasteur studiedA. Biology


5. Which best describes the main purpose of science?A. To understand how decisions are madeB. To understand different cultural

beliefsC. To understand why languages are

differentD. To understand phenomena in the

natural world


5. Which best describes the main purpose of science?D. To understand phenomena in the

natural world

I. History and Nature of Science6. The ancient Greeks thought that

A. the Earth was flat.B. matter was made from atomsC. germs cause diseasesD. an object in motion will stay in motion

unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

I. History and Nature of Science6. The ancient Greeks thought that

B. matter was made from atoms (and they were right!)

I. History and Nature of Science7. Scientists are

A. old because it takes many years to understand science.

B. men and women from all over the world and from many different cultures.

C. only men because some countries do not allow girls and women to go to school.

D. not able to communicate with each other because they speak different languages.

I. History and Nature of Science7. Scientists are

B. men and women from all over the world and from many different cultures.

I. History and Nature of Science8. Scientific understand of the natural

world usually progresses (happens)A. very quickly, because technology changes

very quickly.B. very quickly, because there are so many

scientists working on the same idea.C. in small steps, as old theories are added

to and modified.D. in small steps, as theories change almost

daily.

I. History and Nature of Science8. Scientific understand of the natural

world usually progresses (happens)C. in small steps, as old theories are

added to and modified.

II. Inquiry9. A student designed an investigation to answer

a question. The steps the student followed during the investigation are listed below.

Step 1. Measure the mass of ten of the same type of plant seeds.

Step 2. Plant each seed in a pot of soil and place each pot in a sunny window.

Step 3. Give each plant the same amount of water each week.

Step 4. Measure the mass of each plant at the end of each week for the next two months.

II. Inquiry9. Which questions was this investigation

most likely designed to answer?A. Which type of seeds grow the fastest?B. How long does it take a plant to flower?C. What is the average rate of plant

growth?D. Do plants grow better in sunlight or

shade?

II. Inquiry9. Which questions was this

investigation most likely designed to answer?

C. What is the average rate of plant growth?

II. Inquiry 10. A scientist is studying wind speed

at a research station in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Which unit of measurement should the scientist use for recording wind speed?A. Grams per liter (g/L)B. Degrees per second (o/s)C. Kilometers per hour (km/h)D. Minutes per meter (min/m)

II. Inquiry 10. A scientist is studying wind speed

at a research station in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Which unit of measurement should the scientist use for recording wind speed?C. Kilometers per hour (km/h)

II. Inquiry 11. A graduated cylinder is used to

measureA. VolumeB. MassC. DistanceD. Age

II. Inquiry 11. A graduated cylinder is used to

measureA. Volume

II. Inquiry 12. A triple beam balance is used to

measureA. AgeB. DistanceC. MassD. Volume

II. Inquiry 12. A triple beam balance is used to

measureC. Mass

II. Inquiry 13. A meter stick is used to measure

A. VolumeB. AgeC. MassD. Distance

II. Inquiry 13. A meter stick is used to measure

D. Distance

II. Inquiry 14. What is the independent

variable (IV) in the following data table?

II. Inquiry

Type of Animal Speed (mph)Cheetah 70

Pronghorn Antelope 61Elk 45

Gray Fox 42White Tail Deer 30

Grizzly Bear 30Human 28Squirrel 12Chicken 9

The Speed of Animals (mph)

14. What is the independent variable (IV) in the following data table?

II. Inquiry 14. What is the independent variable (IV) in the following data table?A. Type of AnimalB. Speed (mph)C. There is no independent variable

II. Inquiry 14. What is the independent variable (IV) in the following data table?A. Type of Animal

II. Inquiry

Type of Animal Speed (mph)Cheetah 70

Pronghorn Antelope 61Elk 45

Gray Fox 42White Tail Deer 30

Grizzly Bear 30Human 28Squirrel 12Chicken 9

The Speed of Animals (mph)

15. In question #14, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?

II. Inquiry 15. In question #14, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?

A. LineB. BarC. CircleD. No graph can be made with the

information in the data table.

II. Inquiry 15. In question #14, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?

B. Bar

II. Inquiry

Population of Moose on Isle Royal

16. What is the dependent variable (DV) in the following data table?

Year Moose Population

1970 141975 321980 381985 441990 201995 24

II. Inquiry 16. What is the dependent variable (DV) in the following data table?

A. Moose Population B. YearC. Population of Moose on Isle RoyalD. There is no dependent variable.

II. Inquiry 16. What is the dependent variable (DV) in the following data table?

A. Moose Population

II. Inquiry

17. In question #16, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?A. No graph can be made with the

information in the data table.B. CircleC. BarD. Line

II. Inquiry

17. In question #16, what kind of graph is used to analyze the data?D. Line

II. Inquiry 18. A student hears about a new type of fertilizer that is

advertised on TV and wonders if it is effective. The steps the student followed during the investigation are listed below.

• Step 1. Measure the mass of ten of the same type of plant seeds.

• Step 2. Measure the recommended mass of fertilizer and add this to 5 of the pots. Plant each seed in a pot of soil.

• Step 3. Place the 5 pots without soil in a sunny window. Place the 5 pots with soil in a dark closet.

• Step 4. Give each plant the same amount of water each week.

• Step 5. Measure the mass of each plant at the end of each week for the next two months.

II. Inquiry • 18. What mistake did the student make in

this experiment?A. The student should not have done the

experiment and believed the TV commercial.

B. The student changed 2 variables: the fertilizer and the sunny/shade.

C. The student did not have to give the plants the same amount of water each week.

D. The student should have used more plant seeds.

II. Inquiry • 18. What mistake did the student

make in this experiment?B. The student changed 2 variables:

the fertilizer and the sunny/shade.

II. Inquiry 19. The graph below shows the motion

of an object.

II. Inquiry • 19. Which term best describes the

speed of the object?A. VariableB. ConstantC. IncreasingD. Decreasing

II. Inquiry • 19. Which term best describes the

speed of the object?B. Constant

II. Inquiry • 20. A student added water to glasses and tapped the

glasses with a pencil to make musical notes. She adjusted the water levels in the glasses until the pitches of the notes matched the eight notes of a musical scale.

• Which information is most important to include in her report so another student can repeat her investigation?

A. The volume of water placed in each glassB. The length and mass of the pencil used to tap each

glassC. The date and location of the investigationD. The student’s previous experience with making

musical instruments

II. Inquiry 20. Which information is most

important to include in her report so another student can repeat her investigation?

A. The volume of water placed in each glass

II. Inquiry 21. After analyzing historical

temperature data for Kansas, a student made the statement below. The mean high temperature in June in Topeka is 29 degrees Celsius (°C). This statement is best described as

A. an opinion.B. a prediction.C. a conclusion.D. a hypothesis.

II. Inquiry 21. After analyzing historical

temperature data for Kansas, a student made the statement below. The mean high temperature in June in Topeka is 29 degrees Celsius (°C). This statement is best described as

C. a conclusion.

II. Inquiry 22. This object is a

A. solidB. liquidC. gasD. plasma

II. Inquiry 22. This object is a

C. Gas

II. Inquiry 23. The atoms in this solid

A. do not moveB. the object is NOT a solidC. slide past each otherD. vibrate slowly

II. Inquiry 23. The atoms in this solid

D. vibrate slowly

II. Inquiry 24. Below is a phase change diagram of an

unknown substance. Use it to answer the following question.

II. Inquiry 24. The substance is a gas betweenA. Points A and BB. Points B and CC. Points C and DD. Points D and EE. After point E

II. Inquiry 24. The substance is a gas betweenE. After point E

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