Science Bluegrass Middle School Academic Conference 15 rounds of 35 multiple-choice questions Copyright © 2014 Academic Hallmarks Science Round 1 Page 1 1. Biomes 6. Planets Taiga is dominated by ... Which has the highest average surface temperature? A. spruces and firs A. Mars B. aspens and oaks B. Earth C. junipers and pinyons C. Venus D. palms and mangroves D. Saturn E. redwoods and sequoias E. Jupiter 2. Guano 7. Whoa! Guano, the droppings of bats and sea birds, is rich in Opposing the sliding motion, the force between the ... floor and a heavy box you are dragging is ... A. oxygen and lead A. stress B. calcium and carbon B. friction C. hydrogen and helium C. cohesion D. sodium and magnesium D. magnetism E. phosphorus and nitrogen E. surface tension 3. Digestion 8. Results Which is not part of the digestive system? Empirical results are obtained by ... A. liver A. insight B. spleen B. deduction C. duodenum C. observation D. esophagus D. voting and consensus E. cerebellum E. theoretical speculation 4. Plant Parts 9. Strange Carrots A frond is a ... Mr. Wizard took a carrot from a beaker and tapped it. A. leaf of a fern It broke into thousands of pieces. That carrot could B. bud of a flower have been submerged in ... C. needle of a pine A. mercury D. tuber of a dahlia B. boiling oil E. root of a mushroom C. molten lead D. a strong acid E. liquid nitrogen 5. Creature Components 10. Seasonal Winds Which has a scolex with hooks and suckers to hold An etesian is a northerly summer wind of the onto the host? Mediterranean, especially over the ---- Sea. A. tapeworm A. Dead B. moray eel B. Baltic C. rattlesnake C. Aegean D. yellow jacket D. Tasman E. sea cucumber E. Barents Science Round 1 Page 2 11. Petrology 16. Circles Within Circles Andesite is an extrusive igneous rock that develops A mineralogist normally makes most of his from ... observations in the ... A. ooze A. ionosphere B. magma B. lithosphere C. beach sands C. hydrosphere D. mineralized hot springs D. troposphere E. decomposed organic matter E. magnetosphere 12. Erosion 17. The Solar System The intensity of abrasion depends on the hardness, Which heavenly body has a diameter equal to about mass, and ---- of moving particles. one fourth that of the Earth? A. toxicity A. Moon B. velocity B. Venus C. ductility C. Uranus D. chromaticity D. Saturn E. combustibility E. Neptune 13. Cocoons 18. Animal Adaptations A cocoon is made by the larva before it ... During winter months, which creature's heartbeat may A. striates slow from its normal rate of eighty beats per minute to B. pupates just four? C. lactates A. bison D. ovulates B. red fox E. salivates C. jackrabbit D. wild turkey E. woodchuck 14. Astronomical "What Ifs" 19. Animal Classifications Which would be hardest to see from Earth if our Which are cold-blooded egg layers? planet had no atmosphere? A. alligators A. novae B. musk oxen B. comets C. wild turkeys C. nebulae D. emperor penguins D. galaxies E. great white sharks E. meteoroids 15. Plant Roots 20. Ruminants Which have tap roots? Which do not chew cuds? A. beans A. yaks and llamas B. daisies B. goats and sheep C. grasses C. bison and water buffalo D. potatoes D. baboons and wild boars E. dandelions E. antelope and wildebeest Science Round 1 Page 3 21. Chemical Reactions 26. Scavengers Fermentation is never involved in ... Which is a scavenger? A. pickling A. lark B. desalinating water B. robin C. making ethyl alcohol C. turkey D. leavening bread dough D. vulture E. turning grape juice into wine E. flamingo 22. History of Science 27. Comparative Biology Archimedes shouted "Eureka" upon his fortuitous Which have the least complex body structure of all discovery of ... multi-celled creatures? A. levers A. clams B. gravitation B. snails C. evaporation C. urchins D. displacement D. starfish E. electromagnetism E. sponges 23. Get Along Little Doggies 28. Baby Animals Which dog does the American Kennel Club not The young of which animal is not a calf? classify in the toy group? A. elk A. shih tzu B. bear B. rottweiler C. whale C. Pekingese D. cattle D. Pomeranian E. rhinoceros E. Yorkshire terrier 24. Scientific Dating 29. Ecology The age of ancient materials containing even trace Food chains always include autotrophs and amounts of uranium can be estimated by measuring heterotrophs, otherwise known as ... the ratio of uranium to ... A. predators and prey A. iron B. producers and consumers B. lead C. herbivores and carnivores C. gold D. composers and decomposers D. carbon E. vertebrates and invertebrates E. nitrogen 25. Insects 30. Crystals Which may live as a nymph for seventeen years You could never find a natural crystal of ... underground? A. salt A. louse B. lead B. cicada C. sugar C. caddis fly D. rubber D. dragon fly E. carbon E. walking stick Science Round 1 Page 4 31. Carnivore Categories Felids do not include ... A. tigers B. jaguars C. leopards D. cheetahs E. wolverines 32. Life Forms An organism with a segmented body covered by an exoskeleton could be a ... A. squid B. sponge C. lamprey D. millipede E. tapeworm 33. Big Birdies The huge vulture of the Peruvian Andes and the world's heaviest flying bird of prey is a(n) ... A. hawk B. eagle C. condor D. albatross E. cormorant 34. Creatures of Long Ago Which extinct creature most closely resembled the modern elephant? A. trilobite B. eohippus C. mastodon D. pterodactyl E. brontosaurus 35. Acceleration After one second, an object dropped from a bridge is falling 9.8 meters per second. Its speed is 39.2 m/s after ---- seconds. A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6 Science Round 1 - Answers 1. A 2. E 3. E 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. E 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. B 14. E 15. E 16. B 17. A 18. E 19. A 20. D 21. B 22. D 23. B 24. B 25. B 26. D 27. E 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. E 32. D 33. C 34. C 35. C Science Round 2 Page 1 1. Pressure 6. Gemstones A load exerting a pressure of 1296 pounds per square Which is a green precious stone? foot exerts a pressure of how many pounds per square A. jade inch? B. ruby A. 7 C. topaz B. 9 D. garnet C. 11 E. sapphire D. 13 E. 15 2. Islands 7. Smoldering Salts What do Tahiti and Puerto Rico have that You sprinkle some table salt into a flame and it burns Newfoundland and Ireland lack? yellow. What element in this compound produces the A. soil yellow color? B. coral A. sodium C. deltas B. oxygen D. whales C. chlorine E. breakers D. nitrogen E. hydrogen 3. Nuclear Energy 8. Paleogeology Nuclear fusion reactions occur in ... Geologists believe that a land bridge once connected A. stars ... B. plants A. Somalia and India C. lightning B. Siberia and Alaska D. asteroids C. Hawaii and Australia E. volcanoes D. Crete and Madagascar E. Ireland and Nova Scotia 4. Life Categories 9. Substance Categories Anaerobic organisms are generally ... Water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous A. fish oxide are all ... B. worms A. mixtures C. bacteria B. incompressible D. arthropods C. greenhouse gases E. evergreens D. atmospheric pollutants E. inflammable hydrocarbons 5. Animal Characteristics 10. Ocean Water A characteristic of albinos is the ... Which is not a cause of the continual movement of A. lack of skin pigmentation water in the oceans? B. ability to live in air or water A. winds across its surface C. presence of scales on the legs B. variations in water density D. development of teeth for gnawing C. lunar gravitational attraction E. ability to change body color to resemble D. differences in water temperature the surroundings E. irregular composition of water molecules Science Round 2 Page 2 11. Fields of Science 16. Dietary Diversity Cryogenics is the study of ... Most varieties of ---- are herbivores before they A. metal alloys become carnivorous adults. B. nuclear fusion A. frogs C. emotional responses B. camels D. atmospheric electricity C. rabbits E. low-temperature phenomena D. scorpions E. kangaroos 12. Get a Grip 17. Wind Power Traction depends on ... Windmills were widely used in the Netherlands to A. friction drain the ... B. suction A. fiords C. injection B. playas D. reflection C. bayous E. compaction D. polders E. moraines 13. Insulation 18. Atmospheric Phenomena One inch of which material provides the least-effective What can be caused by ice crystals in cirrus clouds? sound insulation? A. fog A. cork B. halos B. wood C. auroras C. aluminum D. mirages D. fiberglass E. lightning E. polystyrene 14. Vegetables 19. Alloys Which is a heavy-leafed perennial garden vegetable? Pewter is an alloy widely used in ... A. chard A. nuts and bolts B. carrot B. drills and cutlery C. squash C. jet and rocket engines D. rhubarb D. mugs and ornamental objects E. asparagus E. bearings and electric motor brushes 15. Extinct Birds 20. Waves Humans were not responsible for the extinction of ... A tsunami is a ---- wave. A. moas A. carrier B. dodo birds B. standing C. great auks C. seismic sea D. pterodactyls D. gravitational E. passenger pigeons E. compression Science Round 2 Page 3 21. Animal Metrics 26. Trees Which has a maximum speed of about 37 kilometers Which is a conifer? per hour? A. yellow pine A. human B. cottonwood B. penguin C. Bartlett pear C.