Science Practice Exam
Science Practice Exam
Science Practice Exam
2. Which Column number on the periodic table can you find Halogens?
a. 18
b. 12
c. 8
d. 17
9. J.J Thomson used a cathode ray tube to discover which subatomic particle?
a. Neutron
b. Electron
c. Proton
d. Positron
10. Chlorine is a dangerous chemical that is often used to purify water in drinking water supplies
and swimming pools. Liquid chlorine boils at a temperature of -101°C. What is the name of this
change of state?
a. Condensing
b. Evaporation
c. Melting
d. Sublimation
11. Which of the following answers was not part of John Dalton’s theory of matter?
a. Very atom of a particular element has identical properties such as size and mass
b. Atoms combine in random ways to form new substances
c. All matter is made up of small indivisible particles called atoms
d. Atoms of different elements have different properties
12. Which contribution to the atomic theory was made by Earnest Rutherford, whose work revealed
that atoms must consist mostly of empty space, with only a tiny nucleus in the centre?
a. He used a cathode ray tube to shoot electrons at a screen, then created an atomic
model showing electrons
b. He shot radioactive particles at gold foil, saw some deflected, and devised an atomic
model with a solid, positively charged nucleus
c. He examined the properties of electrons in atoms and created an atomic model showing
negatively charged electrons existing in shells around a positively charged nucleus
20. Algae provides food to fungus obtained from photosynthesis, while the fungus provides
anchoring and protection to the algae. What is this an example of?
a. Partitioning
b. Mutualism
c. Commensalism
d. Parasitism
24. In the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide gets into the oceans through:
a. Dissolving
b. Transpiration
c. Runoff
d. Infiltration
26. A forest that grows back after being flooded by lava from an erupted volcano is an example of
the process of:
a. Ecological hierarchy
b. Primary ecological succession
c. Secondary ecological succession
d. Cellular respiration
a) An _________ is an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide,
or other chemicals.
b) ___________ ___________ show the amount of available energy the producers and consumers
contain as energy flows through the ecosystem.
d) The carrying capacity for a particular species is controlled by the environment’s _____________
___________.
e) Biodiversity ensures that there are numerous species to fill a _________ and help to make an
ecosystem sustainable.
g) Car emission chemicals building up in birds and other animals over time is an example of
_____________.
h) The mermithid is a bug that stays in the earwig until it is mature, and forces the earwig to enter
a body of water and drown itself. This allows the worm to emerge and mate as it only can in
water. This is an example of _______________.
i) Denitrifying bacteria converts _________ back into __________, which returns back into the
atmosphere.
a) ____ An aquatic biome that has a sale concentration of more than 3% is considered a
freshwater biome.
b) ____ A species population that is at its equilibrium means that the population will remain
around the same value.
c) ____ Two organisms that look like each other and share the same ability to inject venom is an
example of mullerian mimicry.
d) ____ The exponential growth phase is when the population fluctuates below and at the carrying
capacity.
e) ____ Point source pollution is when pollution enters bodies of water through run-off.
f) ____ Using rich soil that took hundreds of years to form is a factor of no till farming.
g) ____ Competition occurs when one organism eats another organism to obtain food.
h) ____ Two fish swimming around a coral reef is an example of an interspecific interaction.
i) ____ Primary succession is the transition from bare rock to a stable ecosystem. This takes 1000s
of years.
Mg²⁺ Li
Reservoir: __________
Reservoir: __________
g. State the three main bacteria types indicated in the diagram. For each type of bacteria
state the forms of nitrogen it converts.
Bacteria: __________
Converts: _________
_________________
Bacteria: __________
Converts: _________
_________________
Bacteria: __________
Converts: _________
_________________
h. Label the missing words in the water cycle.
m. Name the reaction that begins with carbon dioxide and water and takes place in
the chloroplasts of plant cells. Write the reaction using proper chemical
formulas.
n. Name the reaction that is opposite to the one above and write the proper
chemical formula. In which cell part does this reaction take place?
f. Chose one of the following scientists and explain what their contributions to the atomic
theory were.
i. John Dalton