Unit 1: Water Systems

1. What percent of the earth’s water is salt water?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 66

D) 97

2. You have 4 glasses of water. Glass W is very salty and

glass X has very little salt. Glass Y was taken from the

tap and glass Z is pond water. Based on this information,

in which glass would an object be best able to float?

A) W

B) X

C) Y

D) Z

3. What is the region on earth covered in water?

A) Atmosphere

B) Biosphere

C) Hydrosphere

D) Lithosphere

4. What is the density of salt water?

A) 1.000 kg/L

B) 1.027 kg/L

C) 1000 kg/L

D) 1027 kg/L

5. What is happening when the sun dries water from a

puddle?

A) Condensation

B) Evaporation

C) Precipitation

D) Sublimation

6. Based on the graph, which sample would have the

smallest population of marine species?

A) W

B) X

C) Y

D) Z

7. What tide is shown in the following diagram?

A) High tide

B) Low tide

C) Neap tide

D) Spring tide

8. Based on the graph, what is the relationship

between temperature and dissolved oxygen levels?

A) As dissolved oxygen increases,

temperature is constant

B) As dissolved oxygen decreases,

temperature decreases

C) As temperature increases, dissolved

oxygen is constant

D) As temperature increases, dissolved

oxygen decreases

9. Based on the graph, which substance has the

highest heat capacity?

A) W

B) X

C) Y

D) Z

10. Which is a characteristic of El Nino?

A) Cooling of the ocean

B) Decrease in trade winds

C) Increase in marine productivity

D) Less drought or flooding

11. You accompany a scientist to the lake to test your

drinking water quality. You are in charge of reading the

pH level. What do you hope your pH reading will be?

A) 1.5

B) 4

C) 7

D) 10.5

12. What is the region identified by “B” in the diagram?

A) Abyssal Plain

B) Continental shelf

C) Continental slope

D) Mid-ocean ridge

13. What type of ocean technology allows us to identify

ocean features and predict weather changes?

A) Satellites

B) SCUBA

C) Sonar

D) Submersibles

14. What is the name of the part labelled “B”?

A) Crest

B) Trough

C) Wave height

D) Wave length

15. Which would represent a swell?

A) Wave collapses onshore with a tumble of water

B) Wave is steady with a smooth movement of water

C) Wave is not constant with a rough movement of

water

D) Wave is choppy with a rough movement of water

16. Which represents a sea arch?

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) D

17. How does salinity affect deep water

currents?

A More dense Sink

B More dense No effect

C Less dense Sink

D Less dense No effect

18. Which contributed to overfishing?

A) Bilge water

B) Deep sea submersbles

C) Factory freezer trawlers

D) Technical diving

19. What is the main factor responsible for

tides?

A) Coriolis effect

B) Gravitational attraction between

earth and moon

C) Tolerance to seasonal temperature

changes

D) Upwelling areas

20. What process is represented by “C” in the

following diagram?

A) Condensation

B) Evaporation

C) Precipitation

D) Sublimation

21. In the Bay of Fundy the high tide has been

measure to be 6m, while the low tide was

measure to be 0.5 m. What is the tidal range for

the Bay of Fundy?

A) 3 m

B) 5.5 m

C) 6 m

D) 12 m

A

B

C

23. Which describes how water is distributed on earth?

A) Evenly distributed; 97% salt, 2% frozen,

1% fresh

B) Evenly distributed; 97% fresh, 2% salt, 1%

frozen

C) Unevenly distributed; 97% fresh, 2% salt,

1% frozen

D) Unevenly distributed; 97% salt, 2%

frozen, 1% fresh

24. What is an area in which water from rivers and

streams drain?

A) Drainage basin

B) Ground water

C) Stream

D) Wetland

25. What problem can increased turbidity create for

ecosystems?

A) Cold water forced to the surface attracts

more organisms

B) It produces toxic chemicals that contain

phosphorous and oxygen

C) Suspended particles block sunlight needed for

photosynthesis

D) Waste waters can increase temperatures and

decreases solubility

26. Which is a characteristic of La Nina?

A) Cooling of the ocean

B) Decrease in marine productivity

C) Decrease in trade winds

D) More extreme drought

29. What do we call the removal of sediment, sand, soil

and rock?

A) Erosion

B) Glaciations

C) Tectonics

D) Volcanoes

30. Which is a characteristic of mid-ocean ridges?

A) Can be quite narrow

B) Only found in the Atlantic Ocean

C) Oldest part of the ocean

D) Rise up to 3000 km above the sea floor

31. Where does the Gulf Stream come from and what

does it bring with it?

A) Cold water from the East

B) Cold water from the South

C) Warm water from the East

D) Warm water from the South

32. The earth’s crust is made up of solid, rocky

ground. Which term best describes that part of the

earth?

A) Asthenosphere

B) Atmosphere

C) Hydrosphere

D) Lithosphere

33. It took 340 J of energy to raise the temperature of

water by 1 degree Celsius. What is this called?

A) Convection

B) Heat Capacity

C) Specific Heat Capacity

D) Thermals

34. What do we call waves that hit shorelines?

A) Breakers

B) Ocean waves

C) Swells

D) Tsunamis

35. What process involves the breakdown of rocks

into smaller particles?

A) Deposition

B) Erosion

C) Foraging

D) Weathering

36. Beginning with the Sun’s heat causing water to

evaporate, which describes the correct water cycle

process?

A) Collection, Condensation, Evaporation,

Precipitation

B) Condensation, Evaporation, Collection,

Precipitation

C) Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation,

Collection

D) Precipitation, Evaporation, Collection,

Condensation

38. What is a crest?

A) Bottom of a wave

B) Distance between 2 waves

C) Height of a wave

D) Top of a wave

39. What is “B” in the following diagram?

A) Arch

B) Cave

C) Stack

D) Stump

40. What is the name of the part labelled “A”?

A) Crest

B) Trough

C) Wave height

D) Wave length

41. Why is Newfoundland foggy?

A) Cold Gulf Stream and Cold Labrador

Current Mix

B) Cold Gulf Stream and Warm Labrador

Current Mix

C) Warm Gulf Stream and Warm Labrador

Current Mix

D) Warm Gulf Stream and Cold Labrador

Current Mix

48. How does the earth’s spin affect surface currents?

A) As currents flow over the spinning earth their

paths change.

B) The faster the wind is blowing, the greater the

current

C) Warm water will continually be pushed to the

surface by cold water

D) When they hit the shoreline they change

Direction

42. Which of the following affects surface currents?

A) Earth’s Spin

B) Temperature

C) Salinity

D) Volcanoes

43. What are deep water currents?

A) Exist within the top 50 m

B) Exist within the top 200 m

C) Exist below 50 m

D) Exist below 200 m

44. How could the Hibernia Oil Field affect marine

environments?

A) Creates spills and leakages of oil

B) Makes sustainable harvesting possible

C) Provides shelter for marine organisms

D) Transforms coral reefs into upwelling areas

45. What process describes the formation of ocean

basins due to the splitting of one large supercontinent

into smaller parts of land that floated away from each

other on plates?

A) Continental drift

B) Erosion

C) Plate tectonics

D) Volcanic action

46. What process describes hot molton lava rising

from the earth, cooing and falling into basins, creating

ocean basins?

A) Continental drift

B) Erosion

C) Plate tectonics

D) Volcanic action

47. What type of underwater technology is shown in

the photo?

A) Satellite

B) SCUBA

C) Sonar

D) Submersible

49. How does temperature affect deep water currents?

A) As currents flow over the spinning earth their

paths change.

B) The faster the wind is blowing, the greater the

current

C) Warm water will continually be pushed to the

surface by cold water

D) When they hit the shoreline they change

direction

50. What is a continental margin?

A) Area between ocean basin and shoreline

B) Area between a continent and an island

C) Distance between two oceans

D) Distance between two continents

51. Water has a high heat capacity. What does this

mean?

52. Which describes El Nino?

60. Which of the following best describes the order of

the processes in the water cycle?

A) evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off

B) evaporation, condensation, run-off, precipitation

C) evaporation, precipitation, run-off, condensation

D) evaporation, run-off, condensation, precipitation

Heats Up Cools Down

(A) quickly quickly

(B) quickly slowly

(C) slowly quickly

(D) slowly slowly

Trade Winds Weather

(A) decrease more extreme

(B) decrease less extreme

(C) increase more extreme

(D) increase less extreme

53. Which describes the Gulf Stream?

54. Which statement best describes the salinity of

ocean water at the equator?

A) It is higher than off the coast of Newfoundland

and Labrador because there is more salt flowing

into the water at the equator.

B) It is higher than off the coast of Newfoundland

and Labrador because water evaporates faster

from the ocean at the equator.

C) It is lower than off the coast of Newfoundland

and Labrador because there is more water flowing

into the ocean off the coast.

D) It is the same as everywhere else in the ocean.

56. Which term is used to describe all of the water

associated with our planet Earth?

A) Atmosphere

B) Biosphere

C) Hydrosphere

D) Lithosphere

58. Which statement correctly describes fresh water?

A) It has a greater density than salt water.

B) It has a higher freezing point than salt water.

C) It has a higher salinity than salt water.

D) It has lower freezing point than salt water.

59. As glaciers flow into oceans, large chunks of ice

break loose. Some are several kilometres in length.

What are they called?

A) Glaciers

B) Icebergs

C) Icefall

D) Pack ice

A

Temperature Direction

(A) cold from the North

(B) cold from the South

(C) warm from the North

(D) warm from the South

61. Which technique is being used by scientists today to

map the mountains, valleys, canyons, and plains of the

ocean floor?

A) measuring the depth from the surface with a long

rod

B) measuring the depth with a special weighted cable

C) measuring the refraction of the light from the ocean

floor

D) measuring the reflection of sound waves from the

ocean floor

62. Which term is used to describe the movement of

cold, dense ocean water sinking below warm ocean

water?

A) density current

B) surface current

C) upwelling

D) wave

63. How is a mid-ocean ridge created?

A) Two tectonic plates push together and force the

rocky material upward.

B) Two tectonic plates move apart and magma flows

up between them.

C) One tectonic plate moves under the edge of another

plate, forcing it upward.

D) An earthquake occurs and a new canyon is created.

Unit 2: Fluids

1. Which of the following represents the particle

arrangement of a liquid?

A)

B)

C)

D)

2. Which would have the slowest flow rate?

A) Cold molasses

B) Warm molasses

C) Cold dish liquid

D) Warm dish liquid

3. Which substance would be the most viscous?

A) Dishwashing liquid

B) Orange juice

C) Sprite

D) Toothpaste

4. Which shows the relationship between viscosity and

flow rate?

Viscosity Flow Rate

A) High Fast

B) High Medium

C) Low Slow

D) Low Fast

5. Which describes a liquid?

6. What is the relationship between concentration

and viscosity?

Shape Volume

Particle

Movement

A) definite definite random

B) definite indefinite random

C) indefinite definite free flowing

D) indefinite indefinite free flowing

Concentration Viscosity

A) Decrease Decrease

B) Decrease No change

C) Increase Decrease

D) Increase No change

7. What is the amount of space taken up by an object or

substance?

A) Density

B) Mass

C) Solid

D) Volume

8. What is the speed at which a fluid flows from one

point to another?

A) Concentration

B) Density

C) Flow rate

D) Viscosity

9. A sample of salt has a mass of 20.0 g and a volume of

9.26 cm3. What is its density?

(A) 0.46 g/cm3

(B) 2.16 g/cm3

(C) 18.56 g/cm3

(D) 29.26 g/cm3

10. What is viscosity?

A) Force that resists movement

B) Liquids resistance to flow

C) Matter that flows

D) Speed at which a liquid flows

11. Four different liquids flow down a ramp.

Based on the graph of their results, which has the

highest viscosity?

A) W

B) X

C) Y

D) Z

12. What is the amount of a substance dissolved in a

specific volume?

A) Concentration

B) Density

C) Mass

D) Viscosity

13. Which is NOT a fluid?

A) Honey

B) Oxygen

C) Sugar

D) Water

14. What happens to the density of a liquid when the

temperature is increased?

A) decreases

B) increases

C) no change

D) doubles

15. Which of the following terms refers to the method

we use to measure an irregularly shaped object by

placing it in a fluid?

A) density

B) displacement

C) temperature

D) volume

16. Calculate the density

A) M = 45 g

V = 15 mL

B) M = 235 g

V = 21 cm3

17. Calculate the mass:

A) V = 6 mL

D = 2.5 g/mL

B) V = 510 cm3

D = 12 g/cm3

18. What happens to a hot air balloon in order for it

to descend?

A) The air inside cools down, causing the

density to become less than the air around the

balloon

B) The air inside cools down, causing the

density to become more than the air around the

balloon

C) The air inside heats up, causing the

density to become less than the air around the

balloon

D) The air inside heats up, causing the

density to become more than the air around the

balloon

19. Calculate the volume:

A) M = 145 g

D = 2.5 g/cm3

B) M = 1200 g

D = 6.7 g/mL

20. Complete the following chart by calculating the

missing values:

Substance Volume Mass Density

Gold

2 cm3

19.3 g/cm3

Orange juice

45 mL

6 g

Water

3 mL

1.025

g/mL

21. Identify the following as the densities of a liquid

or a solid

A) 35 g/mL ______________

B) 67 g/cm3 ______________

22. Which liquid has the slowest flow rate?

A) cold honey

B) cold vinegar

C) warm honey

D) warm vinegar

Unit 3: Optics

Remember: Newton ÷ m2 = Pa (N/m2 = Pa)

Pressure = PA

Force = N

Area = m2

23. A bathtub is filled with water that has a force of

approximately 650 N. If the area is 25 m2 what is

the pressure?

24. What is the area of a large container that can

withstand 500 N of force and 23 Pa of pressure?

25. What force would have to be applied to a 12 m2

box that has a pressure of 4 Pa?

1. Who created the telescope?

A. Galileo

B. Janssen

C. Michelson

D. Pythagoras

2. What did Pythagoras believe about light?

A. light consisted of beams made up of tiny

particles

B. light could make objects appear larger

using tubes

C. light could magnify objects if you use

lenses

D. light speed could not be calculated using

Mirrors

3. Why is Michelson important to our understanding

of light?

A. calculated the speed of light

B. created the microscope

C. identified light as beams of particles

D. invented the telescope

4. What is the speed of light?

A. 3 m/s

B. 330 m/s

C. 3 x 108 m/s

D. 330 x 108 m/s

5. Why does an object appear blue?

A. blue color is absorbed

B. blue color is reflected

C. other colors are reflected

D. other colors are refracted

6. Which of the following has the longest wavelength?

a. gamma rays

b. infrared

c. microwaves

d. X-ray

7. What type of electromagnetic radiation would be

used for night vision goggles?

a. infrared

b. gamma

c. ultraviolet

d. X-ray

15. What is happening to the light rays in this

diagram?

8. What is a positive effect of radio waves?

a. improved cooking

b. improved night vision

c. improved medical detection

d. improved telecommunications

9. Which property of visible light allows you to make

shadows?

a. diffuse reflection

b. reflection

c. refraction

d. rectilinear propagation

10. What is the best example of specular reflection?

a. glazed ceramics

b. matte paint

c. matte photos

d. unglazed ceramics

11. Which of the following terms refers to light

separating into the colours of the rainbow?

a. dispersion

b. reflection

c. refraction

d. vacuum

12. A glass window is an example of what type of

material?

a. incident

b. opaque

c. translucent

d. transparent

13. What is the angle of reflection in the following

diagram?

a. 36o

b. 45o

c. 54o

d. 90o

14. What type of image is displayed here?

a. diffuse

b. real

c. specular

d. virtual

a. converging

b. diverging

c. expanding

d. refracting

16. Based on SPOT characteristics, what is the

orientation of the image in this diagram?

a. image distance is greater than object

distance

b. image is inverted

c. image is larger than object

d. image is real

17. Which represents the incident ray?

a. W

b. X

c. Y

d. Z

18. Which represents the size of an image produced by

a plane mirror?

A. The image is bigger than the object

B. The image is smaller than the object

C. The image is the same size as the object

D. There is no image produced by a plane mirror

19. Which describes the Law of Reflection?

A. an incident light ray will reflect at the same

angle at which it approached the mirror

B. an incident light ray will refract at the same

angle at which it approaches a new medium

C. light cannot pass through opaque materials

D. light cannot pass through translucent

materials

20. Complete the ray Diagram.

S: _________

P: ___________

O: _______________

T: ____________

21. Sunrays travel from the sun to the bottom of a pond.

What happens to the rays as they pass from the air to the

water?

Speed Bending

a. Slow down Toward normal

b. Slow down Away from normal

c. Speed up Towards normal

d. Speed up Away from normal

22. Your eye refracts too much light. Which of the

following will help correct that?

a.

b.

c.

d.

23. Which area represents the angle of refraction (R) in

the following diagram?

a. W

b. X

c. Y

d. Z

Unit 4: Cells and Body Systems

1) Skin cells die and are replaced with new ones.

Which of the 4 characteristics of life does this

represent?

a. growth

b. movement

c. reproduction

d. response to stimuli

2) Which would best represent a response to stimuli?

a. change in position

b. having a baby

c. new cell growth

d. sweating when scared

3) Which part of a microscope is responsible for

supporting the slide?

a. arm

b. base

c. eyepiece

d. stage

4) Which of the following protects the contents of a

cell?

a. cell membrane

b. cell wall

c. chloroplast

d. cytoplasm

5) What is the function of mitochondria?

a. houses chromosomes and is the control

center

b. moves material throughout the cell

c. produces energy by breaking down food

particles

d. stores materials that cannot be used right

away

6) What are the balloon-like spaces in the cytoplasm

that store material?

a. chloroplasts

b. nucleus

c. mitochondria

d. vacuoles

7. Which of the following captures the sun’s energy for

photosynthesis?

a. chloroplast

b. nucleus

c. mitochondria

d. vacuoles

8. Which is true of animal cells?

a. are protected by a rigid cell wall

b. have smaller and more numerous vacuoles

c. produces chlorophyll from sunlight

d. require chloroplasts to produce energy

9. What do groups of tissues make?

a. cells

b. organs

c. organ systems

d. organisms

10. The mouth and esophagus are part of what system?

a. circulatory

b. digestive

c. excretory

d. respiratory

11. Which system removes liquid and gas wastes from

the body?

a. circulatory

b. digestive

c. excretory

d. nervous

12. Which system transports blood, nutrients, gases

and wastes through the body?

a. circulatory

b. excretory

c. muscular

d. nervous

13. Which system monitors changes in our bodies and

then carries a response to our brain?

a. circulatory

b. excretory

c. nervous

d. respiratory

14. Which career would have little to do with the

health of our bodies?

a. coach

b. doctor

c. lawyer

d. nutritionist

15. Which describes a system?

a. one single organ in the body

b. made of individual parts that work together

as a whole

c. produces waste material that destroys other

parts of the systems

d. systems make tissues which ultimately make

cells

16. What do organisms require as a basic necessity of

life?

a. cells, food and shelter

b. food, water, parents

c. oxygen, nutrients, waste removal

d. waste removal, shelter, water

17. What are the three parts of cell theory:

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