7th Grade Integrated Science Multiple Choice 1. What is the density of a log floating in a lake? A. B. C. D.

less than air less than water the same as water more than water

2. A student wishes to find the density of an irregular piece of rock. How will she find volume? A. B. C. D. length x width x height place it on a triple beam balance put it in a beaker use water displacement

3. If the volume of a rock is 8 cm3 and its mass is 16 g., what is its density? A. B. C. D. .5 g/ cm3 1.0 g/ cm3 2 g/ cm3 128 g/ cm3

4. A gold panner shakes a mixture of mud and water in a gold pan. He looks for gold at the bottom. Why? A. B. C. D. gold is very dense and sinks gold dissolves in water and is carried there gold is hard to find because it can hide gold is repelled by other Earth materials

5. Why is finding the density of gasses difficult? A. B. C. D. They cannot be trapped. They are often deadly They do not have much mass. Their volumes are changeable.

Use this information to answer the next two questions. Students mixed sand, gravel, clay and humus in a jar with water and shaken. The substances settle out in the jar as pictured below.

6. Which substance is most dense? A. B. C. D. sand gravel clay humus

7. If this was a river, which sediment would wash away first? A. B. C. D. sand gravel clay humus

Use this data to answer the next two questions: Substance Oil Water Plastic Rock Aluminum Density .8 g/mL 1.0 g/mL .9 g/ cm3 4.2 g/ cm3 2.3 g/ cm3

8. When mixed, what would be the order of the substances starting from the bottom and going up? A. B. C. D. rock, aluminum, plastic, water, oil rock, aluminum, water, plastic, oil rock, plastic, oil, water, aluminum rock, oil, aluminum, plastic, water

9. Where would a substance with a mass of 14 g and a volume of 20 mL float? A. B. C. D. At the bottom In the middle At the top below the water

10. A rock and a lead weight both sink when dropped into a lake. What do you know about their densities? A. B. C. D. They have the same density. They have different densities. They are more dense than water. They are less dense than water.

11. Water has a density of 1 g/mL. What density might a typical rock be? A. B. C. D. .005 g/cm3 .5 g/cm3 5 g/cm3 50 g/cm3

12. A student collected data about the density of air. She found that .1 g of air had a volume of 100 cm3 . What is the density of the air? A. B. C. D. .001 g/ cm3 .01 g/cm .1 g/cm3 1.0 g/cm3

13. A rock dropped in a graduated cylinder raises the level of water from 20 to 35 mL. The rock has a mass of 45 g. What is the density of the rock? A. 1.3 g/ cm3 B. 2.3 g/ cm3 C. 3.0 g cm3 D. 4.5 g/ cm3 14. A liquid is found to have a volume of 75 mL in a graduated cylinder. When placed on a balance, the liquid and graduated cylinder have a mass of 125 g. The empty graduated cylinder has a mass of 50 g. What is the density of the liquid? A. B. C. D. .1 g/mL 1 g/mL 2.2 g/mL 22g/mL

15. A liquid has a density of 1g/mL. If you have 50 mL of the liquid, what would its mass be? A. B. C. D. 25 g 50 g 75 g 100g

16. A square chunk of plastic has a length of 5 cm, width of 5 cm and height of 5 cm. It has a mass of 200 g. What is its density? A. B. C. D. .12 g/cm3 1.0 g/cm3 1.6 g/cm3 2.3 g/cm3

17. A student shakes a jar with a mixture of sand types. Instead of mixing, the sand grains separate into layers. Why? A. B. C. D. The grains are different colors. The grains have different shapes. The grains have different densities. The jar has a round shape.

18. Water is added to a jar with soil in it and the jar is shaken. Which drawing shows what will happen after it sits for a few minutes? A. B. C. D.

19. In the spring, rivers in Utah are often brown in color. A sample of the water shows it contains very small particles of silt. Why is silt suspended in the water? A. B. C. D. Silt is in brown in color. The water is moving rapidly. Silt is small with low density. Water has a high density.

20. In winter, a layer of cold air settles in the valleys and warmer air is often found higher in the mountains. What might account for this condition? A. B. C. D. There is more warm air than cold air. There is more cold air than warm air. Cold air is less dense than warm air. Cold air is more dense than warm air.

21. A beach is composed of particles of sand of the same size. Why doesnt the beach have materials of all sizes? The particles have A. B. C. D. come from the same place. come to the beach at the same time. been found in underwater canyons. been sorted by size and density.

22. A streambed contains round rocks, all about the same size. Why are there no smaller particles of sand and clay? Sand and clay A. B. C. D. is more dense. have washed away. were never there. are too small to see.

23. In an experiment, students shook jars of water with soil and rock in them. What does the shaking model in nature? A. B. C. D. A lake environment A stream current Living things in an environment A rainstorm

24. Which question would help a student learn more about the behavior of materials in a mixture? A. B. C. D. Does lake water rise in warm winters? How do rocks and minerals form? Why are grains of beach sand alike? How is a living thing organized?

25. A lake study reveals larger particles near the mouth of an incoming stream and smaller ones in the center of the lake. What inference can be made from these observations? A. B. C. D. The particles are being sorted by size. The particles are made of different materials. The particles are different densities. The particles are traveling at different speeds.

Essay 1. Describe the action of a stream on Earth materials as the stream flows through them. 2. Describe how you would find the density of air, water and rock.

Answers:

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. A 9. C 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. B 16. C 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. D 21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. A Essay-Sample Answer 1. Sample Answer: The stream carries away the lighter, less dense materials first, leaving behind the larger or more dense materials. 2. Gas: Mass an empty plastic baggie. Fill the baggie with air and mass again. Subtract to find mass. Fill the bag with water and measure the volume of the water. Divide volume into mass Liquid: Mass a liquid in a graduated cylinder. Read the cylinder to get volume. Mass the graduate empty. Subtract the mass of the graduate from the mass of the volume and graduate. Divide the mass of the liquid by the volume. Solid: Find the volume in an overflow cup. Mass on a balance. Divide the mass by the volume.