AIMS Science Practice Test

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• Which energy input do chloroplasts use to produce glucose?
• Which term means to make something smaller or use less resources?
• Which term describes animals that eat other animals?
• Which word best matches the idea of using resources sparingly and protecting them for the future?
• Materials found in nature that cannot be renewed or replaced are best described by which term?
• Which term refers to animals eaten by other animals?
• Which term identifies the particle that orbits the nucleus and carries a negative charge?
• What do you call a complete system of electrical parts in a path that is unbroken?
• What type of rock forms from molten rock cooling and solidifying?
• What is an ecosystem service?
• Which term describes a species with a small population that is at risk of extinction?
• Which term describes a loop of material that can transfer electricity?
• What is the primary function of chloroplasts in plant cells?
• A natural resource that can be replaced is called what?
• Which organizer shows how data change over time?
• When energy passes from producers to primary consumers, how does the total energy available change?
• What term is used to describe a diagram showing how much of a whole a part represents; also known as a circle graph?
• What does a food chain describe?
• Earthquakes occur as a result of which process?
• Which term describes a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring?
• Which term describes a path that is not continuous?
• Which term describes the flow of electrons through a conductor?
• Which term means taking old products and using them again, keeping waste out of landfills?
• What is the term for the modified leaf that encloses the flower and protects it when it is not in bloom?
• Density is defined as what?
• Which system digests food and delivers nutrients to the blood?
• Which term describes a charge that builds up when two objects rub together?
• What is the term for a period of very low activity during the winter?
• What is the area around a magnet where magnetic forces act?
• Which term refers to a notebook in which a person writes down data?
• How does the water cycle move water around the planet?
• What is a biome?
• Which of the following is an example of a simple machine?
• Which term describes animals with feathers, beaks, and wings, and lay eggs?
• Which term is a diagram used to show how data are grouped and what they have in common?
• What is weather vs climate?
• Which term refers to animals adaptation that helps them blend in with their surroundings?
• Which process enables plants to convert sunlight into sugars?
• A natural resource that can be replaced is called what?
• What causes earthquakes?
• Which term describes converting waste into energy or other useful materials as a last resort?
• Which term describes inherited characteristics that take many generations to show changes?
• A material that does not transfer electricity or heat easily is called
• Which of the following describes a physical change?
• Which term describes the negative or positive force of an atom resulting from gain or loss of electrons?
• Which term means to make something smaller or use less resources?
• Which system includes the brain, the spinal cord, and the network of nerves that processes information from inside and outside the body?
• A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area is called what?
• In a food chain, which organism is typically the producer?
• Which statement describes gravity's effect on motion on Earth?
• What term refers to stimuli that come from the plant or animal's environment?
• Which option best defines the practice of using a product more than once instead of throwing it away?
• In a food web, what happens to energy as it moves from one trophic level to the next?
• Which structure is the reproductive part of a flowering plant that produces pollen?
• Which term describes long-term average atmospheric conditions?
• Which plant structure contains a young plant inside a protective covering?
• Which animals are the only ones with feathers, warm-blooded, lay eggs, and most can fly?
• Which term refers to a species with a small population that is in danger of becoming extinct?
• A plant structure in seed plants that contains an egg cell.
• Which system is primarily responsible for moving the body through muscle contractions?
• What is the defense animals use to look like other animals that are poisonous or taste bad?
• Which term describes an electrical circuit in which the current can travel only along a single path?
• In an experiment where fertilizer amount is varied to observe plant height, which variable is measured to assess growth?
• Which term refers to the male reproductive structure of a flower?
• Which gas makes up most of Earth's atmosphere?
• Which group is warm-blooded, has fur, and produces milk to feed its young?
• Which animals make their own body heat?
• Which term describes a method of organizing different parts by looking at how they work together to achieve a specific function?
• In a series circuit, what happens to current if one bulb burns out?
• Becomes the fruit.
• What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
• Which material can transfer heat or electricity easily?
• In the waste reduction hierarchy, which action comes after reducing consumption and before disposal?
• What causes tides?
• Which term describes organisms that produce their own food via photosynthesis?
• Which term describes converting waste into new materials or products?
• Which form of energy is stored due to position, such as a stretched spring?
• Which group includes spiders, scorpions, and ticks?
• What is the primary function of the circulatory system?
• What term describes stimuli that come from the plant or animal's body or needs?
• What does the term impact refer to?
• The reproductive structure of a plant.
• Which part anchors the plant and helps it absorb water and minerals?
• These cannot make their own heat so they depend on their environment to regulate their body temperature.
• What verb means to push away using a force such as magnetic force?
• Which process do plants use to convert light energy into glucose?
• Which plant part becomes the fruit after fertilization?
• Which term refers to energy sources such as oil, coal, and natural gas?
• Which body system consists of bones and cartilage that provide structure and protection for the body's soft tissues?
• What term describes energy sources such as wind, moving water, or solar energy that are renewable and environmentally friendly?
• Which statement about the water cycle is true?
• Which word describes the effect or consequence of an action?
• What is the role of DNA in inheritance?
• They all are cold-blooded, live in water and use gills to breathe.
• A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area is called what?
• Movement of electrons through a conductor such as a wire is known as
• Which word describes anything that can start or influence a behavior?
• Which group is cold-blooded, breathes air, and requires less water than amphibians?
• Which statement best defines homeostasis?
• Which term describes inherited characteristics?
• Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
• What is the process of turning waste materials into new products rather than disposing of them?
• What is the fine dust that contains the sperm of seed-producing plants?
• Which term refers to the male part of a flower?
• Which structure transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves?
• What is the natural response of an animal to fear that prepares it to run or fight?
• Which group has three body parts, six legs, and often two antennae?
• What object becomes magnetic when an electrical current passes through a coil wrapped around a metal core?
• Which external skeleton is characteristic of some invertebrates like spiders and insects?
• Which form of energy does the sun give us?
• Which word is a synonym for 'an effect'?
• Traits that are passed from parent to child before birth are called what?
• Which organelle is typically present in plant cells but not in animal cells?
• Which is one of the two major groups to classify animals that has a spine?
• Which term is synonymous with the structure that becomes a new plant after germination?
• What is the female part of a flower called?
• Some invertebrates are supported by skeletons on the outside of their bodies.
• They are warm-blooded all have some kind of fur and do not lay eggs (with the exception of the platypus and spiny anteater). They are the only animals that produce milk to feed their young.
• Which of the following is the basic unit of life?
• Which term describes data displayed with rectangular bars to compare different categories?
• Which term describes the force that allows magnets to attract certain metals?
• Which statement best describes energy conservation?
• In an experiment testing how fertilizer amount affects plant height, what is the independent variable?
• Which arrangement lists the terrestrial planets?
• Which part catches pollen and it is sometimes sticky?
• Why is buoyancy important for objects in fluids?
• One of two big groups to classify animals. This group does not have a spine.
• Which process describes water changing from liquid to gas?
• Which energy term describes energy stored due to position?
• Which statement describes plate tectonics?
• Which is the female part of the flower?
• Which diagram is used to show how sets of data are grouped and what the data have in common?
• What term describes how plants and animals react?
• The surroundings in which plants and animals live and depend to live is called what?
• What term refers to animals that eat other animals?
• Which term describes the colorful, leaflike structure that attracts pollinators?
• What is a simple machine?
• What is the greenhouse effect?
• Which term describes animals that regulate their body temperature and produce their own heat?
• When you don't have enough of something, which term best fits this concept?
• What picture is used to compare data that can be put into separate groups?
• Which term means there is a lack of sufficient resources due to demand?
• What is the purpose of a control group in an experiment?
• Which system delivers oxygen to the blood and removes carbon dioxide?
• Which term describes a behavior that is inborn and does not require learning?
• Which term is an object or explanation that represents and simplifies a system?
• What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
• Which statement describes the energy capture in photosynthesis?
• What is an inherited trait?
• What is cohesion in water?
• What is the main difference between a solution and a mixture?
• Which term describes that each generation some individuals might be born with a trait that helps them survive?
• What is a chemical change?
• Energy from ancient plants and animals is best described as which term?
• Which action is primarily about reducing waste by using fewer resources before disposal?
• Which option best differentiates speed and velocity?
• A type of electrical circuit in which there is more than one path for the current to travel is called
• Which graphic organizer uses rows and columns to organize a large amount of information?
• Which term refers to animals that cannot regulate their body temperature and depend on the environment?
• Which system provides the framework and protection for the body's soft tissues using bones and cartilage?
• Impact refers to what?
• The muscles that enable movement and flexibility throughout the body, including the heart and some parts of the digestive system, belong to which system?
• Which term describes the surroundings in which living things exist?
• Which statement best describes plate tectonics?
• In flowering plants, which structure contains an egg cell?
• The food making part of the plant.
• A negatively charged subatomic particle that moves outside the nucleus is
• Which statement best describes the rock cycle?
• Which planet is terrestrial in the solar system?
• Which term describes animals that are born in water with gills and develop lungs as they mature?
• How do producers obtain energy in an ecosystem?
• Which behavior describes animals leaving their environment during different seasons to help their survival?
• Which system works with the mouth, nose, throat, and lungs to bring oxygen to the blood and remove carbon dioxide from the body?
• What term means pulling one object toward another using a force?
• Which statement best describes plate tectonics?
• Which body system includes the heart, blood vessels, and the blood that transports oxygen throughout the body?
• A looping path of material that conducts electricity is called
• If an object has a mass of 10 g and a volume of 2 cm^3, what is its density?
• Which term refers to the flow of electrical charge?
• What diagram shows how much of a whole a part represents and is also called a pie chart?
• Which term describes using items again, instead of discarding them?
• Which plant part is the main conduit for water transport from the roots to the rest of the plant?
• Which term describes animals with a backbone?
• What is friction?
• What is a food web?
• Which plant part becomes a new plant when the seed germinates?
• What connects the stigma to the ovary in a flowering plant?
• They have segmented bodies in three sections and exoskeletons. They also have six legs.
• What term means a decision based on investigation and evidence?
• Which term refers to a device that becomes magnetic when electric current passes through a coil?
• Which is the basic unit of life?
• The sweet and fleshy product of a plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.
• What term refers to factors that cause a change in behavior?
• In flowering plants, which structure transports pollen from the stigma toward the ovary?
• Which term describes the ability to attract certain metals and to attract or repel other magnetic materials?
• What is another name for a circle graph?
• What term refers to animals eaten by other animals?
• Which term describes a trait that improves survival and is inherited?
• A scientist observes that a plant grows taller under sunlight than in shade. What is the best conclusion?
• Which process describes water changing from a liquid to a gas, often occurring below the boiling point?
• Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
• Which term means reusing old materials to make new ones?
• Which organelle is known as the control center of the cell and contains genetic material?
• What is a rock cycle concept?
• What is a physical change?
• What is a conductor?
• Which term describes deliberately consuming fewer resources to minimize waste?
• What is natural selection?
• What term refers to animals that eat other animals?
• Which statement best describes how producers obtain energy?
• What term means the release of harmful materials into the environment?
• Which term is a simple representation used to study a real object or system?
• Which term means there are too many people for the resources available?
• A system of electrical parts in a path that is broken or incomplete is called
• Air, water, plants, animals, and soil describe which of the following?
• What is the process of saving or protecting natural resources called?
• How do vaccines relate to the immune system?
• What is the role of chlorophyll?
• The part of the stamen where pollen is produced.
• Which process forms sedimentary rocks?
• What term refers to signals from the environment that trigger a response?
• Which statement describes energy transformation?