Neptune’s Fury – Week 20
Day 1: Solving Equations
1) Jeff volunteers his time by working at an animal shelter.
Each year he works for a total of 240 hours. So far this year,
he has worked 97 hours. Which equation will solve for how
many more hours (h) Jeff will volunteer for?
A)
97 = 240 + h
C)
240 = 97 + h
B)
97 = 240h
D)
240 = 97 - h
Day 3: Converting Measurements
7)
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups
1 cup = 8 ounces
2) Allie noticed that to get her test grade, she could take
Valerie's grade, multiply it by 2 and subtract 15. If Valerie's test
grade was x, how would you write Allie's test grade?
How many ounces are in 4 gallons?
A)
32 ounces
C)
B)
A)
2x
C)
2x - 15
B)
2x + 15
D)
15x - 2
64 ounces
D)
256 ounces
512 ounces
8) A banner is 27 square feet. How many square inches is
that?
3) Tate has 5 more than twice as many pennies as Mia. If Mia
has x pennies, how many does Tate have?
Day 2: Using Equivalent Ratios
4) The ratio of boys to girls in the Science Club is 3:5. If there
are 35 girls, how many boys are there?
9
A)
324 square inches
C)
B)
3888 square inches
D)
6
5
square inches
9) Celine uses 24 inches of ribbon to make one hair bow. She
buys 6 yards of polka dot ribbon. If she uses all of the ribbon,
how many hair bows can Celine make?
9
A)
6 bows
C)
bows
B)
5) A part time employee earns $4182 for 4 months. What did
the employee earn for the last 2 months of work?
4
square inches
8 bows
D)
10
bows
Day 4: Coordinate Plane Distance
10) What is the length of the segment with endpoints (8,4) and
(5,4)?
11) Find the distance between the points with coordinates (-14,
0) and (6, 0).
6) In a jar of coins, the ratio of nickels to dimes is 5:7. If the jar
contains 350 dimes, how many nickels are there?
A)
200
C) 250
B)
225
D) 500
12) Find the distance between (5,2) and (5,-3).
Neptune’s Fury – Week 20
Day 1: Electromagnetic Waves
6)
Water
1) Juan was wearing a bright red shirt in a very dark room.
What color did his shirt appear to the people with him in the
room?
A)
black
C) brown
B)
blue
D)
red
2) If white light falls on a piece of white paper in a dark room,
the paper appears white to the eye. This is because the paper
reflects all the colors of light that fall on it. What color would the
paper appear to be if red light falls on it?
Wood
Neon gas
Arrange the substances in the table from the MOST to the
LEAST ordered particle arrangement.
Day 3: Properties of Planets
3) Why do we perceive the sky as blue instead of red?
Day 2: Effects of Heat on Matter
4) In which situation are the individual molecules moving the
fastest?
in a glass of tap
A)
in a bowl of hot soup
C)
water
B)
in a glass of iced tea
D)
in a cup of boiling
water
7) Earth seems to be the only planet in our solar system that
can support life. All BUT ONE of these is a reason why life is
found only on Earth. That is
it is the perfect
A)
a moderate climate.
C) distance from the
sun.
it has gravity to hold
an atmosphere in
place.
8) Unlike Earth, the planet Mars cannot support life. To give
the planet Mars the ability to support life, people would have to
find a way to change the planet’s
A)
atmosphere.
C) surface.
B)
the presence of
water on Earth.
B)
size.
D)
D) temperature.
9) Sun - Mercury - Venus - Earth - Mars.
Omitting Pluto, what is the last planet in the sequence of
planets in our solar system?
5) What must be added to water in order to change state from
liquid to a gas?
Day 4: Earth Systems
10) Geologists trying to drill into the mantle would MOST
LIKELY drill from a platform in the ocean, rather than on land,
because the crust beneath the ocean is
A)
older.
C) thinner.
B)
softer.
D)
less dense.
11) What is the densest part of Earth?
12) Which of these is the thickest layer of the Earth?