Middle School Science Praxis 5440
Questions and Answers Already Passed
What is the term for the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?
✔✔Transpiration
What is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
✔✔Gravitational force
What do we call the motion of heat energy through a material by direct contact?
✔✔Conduction
What is the term for a change in matter that forms a new substance?
✔✔Chemical change
What type of rock forms from the cooling of molten material?
✔✔Igneous rock
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,What is the term for a system in which matter cannot enter or leave, but energy can?
✔✔Closed system
What is the name of the bond formed when atoms share electrons?
✔✔Covalent bond
What do we call the process of a liquid changing into a solid?
✔✔Freezing
What is the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI)?
✔✔Kilogram
What is the energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules?
✔✔Chemical energy
What is the term for the change from a gas to a liquid?
✔✔Condensation
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,What type of energy is associated with the motion of objects?
✔✔Kinetic energy
What is the term for a mixture that has unevenly distributed components?
✔✔Heterogeneous mixture
What is the scientific name for the process in which a cell divides into two identical cells?
✔✔Mitosis
What is the process by which plants absorb water through their roots?
✔✔Absorption
What is the term for the movement of a wave through a medium?
✔✔Propagation
What is the name for a particle that has a positive charge?
✔✔Proton
3
, What is the term for a material that allows heat or electricity to flow through it easily?
✔✔Conductor
What do we call the force that acts on a body in the direction of gravity?
✔✔Weight
What is the energy transformation that occurs when a battery powers a flashlight?
✔✔Chemical energy to electrical energy
What is the process by which different species evolve to have similar characteristics due to
similar environments?
✔✔Convergent evolution
What is the process by which organisms with beneficial traits survive and reproduce more
successfully than others?
✔✔Natural selection
What is the term for the process that changes a solid directly into a gas?
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Questions and Answers Already Passed
What is the term for the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?
✔✔Transpiration
What is the force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
✔✔Gravitational force
What do we call the motion of heat energy through a material by direct contact?
✔✔Conduction
What is the term for a change in matter that forms a new substance?
✔✔Chemical change
What type of rock forms from the cooling of molten material?
✔✔Igneous rock
1
,What is the term for a system in which matter cannot enter or leave, but energy can?
✔✔Closed system
What is the name of the bond formed when atoms share electrons?
✔✔Covalent bond
What do we call the process of a liquid changing into a solid?
✔✔Freezing
What is the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI)?
✔✔Kilogram
What is the energy stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules?
✔✔Chemical energy
What is the term for the change from a gas to a liquid?
✔✔Condensation
2
,What type of energy is associated with the motion of objects?
✔✔Kinetic energy
What is the term for a mixture that has unevenly distributed components?
✔✔Heterogeneous mixture
What is the scientific name for the process in which a cell divides into two identical cells?
✔✔Mitosis
What is the process by which plants absorb water through their roots?
✔✔Absorption
What is the term for the movement of a wave through a medium?
✔✔Propagation
What is the name for a particle that has a positive charge?
✔✔Proton
3
, What is the term for a material that allows heat or electricity to flow through it easily?
✔✔Conductor
What do we call the force that acts on a body in the direction of gravity?
✔✔Weight
What is the energy transformation that occurs when a battery powers a flashlight?
✔✔Chemical energy to electrical energy
What is the process by which different species evolve to have similar characteristics due to
similar environments?
✔✔Convergent evolution
What is the process by which organisms with beneficial traits survive and reproduce more
successfully than others?
✔✔Natural selection
What is the term for the process that changes a solid directly into a gas?
4
