Quiz Bowl Qualifier
Quiz Bowl Qualifier
Quiz Bowl Qualifier
Qualifying Quiz
This quiz does not count as a grade for your report
card, but will be used to make your quiz bowl teams.
The higher your score, the more likely you will get to
be a quiz bowl captain! Captains will have special
meetings with your teacher and will be in charge of
leading their team to victory.
A. Safety goggles make it easier to see what you are doing, which helps
to avoid making mistakes during the experiment.
B. Safety goggles protect your eyes from liquids that could splash up and
cause serious damage.
C. Safety goggles protect your body from getting burned during an
experiment.
D. Safety goggles make you look like youre a real scientist.
A. Give two groups of corn different amounts of water and record the
results.
B. Give two groups of corn different types of fertilizer and record the
results.
C. Give two groups of corn different amounts of sunlight and record the
results.
D. Give two groups of corn the same amount of water and record the
results.
3. A KIPP Science Class is learning how to answer questions they
can answer through investigation. Which of the following is a
question that they could ask and find the answer to?
4. Erika has ten slices of bread from the same loaf. She places five
of them in a dark closet. She places five of them on a windowsill.
Mold grows on all ten pieces of bread.
A. Baby X
B. Baby Y
C. Baby Z
D. All 3 babies gained the same amount of weight.
Physical science
6. Charlotte is doing a science project to find out what materials
complete the circuit shown below to make the bell ring. She closed
the circuit with a plastic pen cap and then a wooden popsicle stick.
7. Maya is playing the guitar. She strums the strings and the guitar
produces noise. Maya is transforming ___________ energy into
__________ energy.
10. When the tires of a car rub against a road as the car moves,
heat is produced. What causes this?
A. friction
B. electricity
C. static
D. coolness
Life science
11. In Clarkwood Forest, half of the squirrels have thick coats of fur
and half of the squirrels have thin coats of fur. Over the next
several years, the average temperature in the forest drops much
lower.
14. The diagram above shows the life cycle of which animal?
A. worm
B. frog
C. spider
D.butterfly
A. apples
B. bread
C. yogurt
D. turkey
A. Southwest
B. Midwest
C. Northeast
D. Southeast
17. Which of the following is a reason the Eastern half of the United
States is more densely populated (more people live in an area)
than the Western half?
18. Sally just returned from her family vacation. She said the
weather was very warm. She visited the Grand Canyon and saw a
cactus and a rattlesnake. Which region of the United States was
she most likely visiting?
A. The Southwest
B. The Southeast
C. The Northeast
D. The Midwest
19. A family is taking a cross-country trip from their home in
Portland, Oregon, all the way to Portland, Maine. In the middle of
their trip, they will cross the Midwest and the Great Plains states.
Jarrods home state of Oregon has many trees and mountains.
How will the Great Plains of the Midwest look different from the
West?
A. Rocky Mountains
B. Midwest
C. Northeast
D. Southwest
United states history and government
21. Why did Abraham Lincoln want to fight the Civil War?
A. Location 1
B. Location 2
C. Location 3
D. Location 4
23. Which of the following was one of the goals of the Lewis and
Clark expedition?
A. A Sikh family wears white turbans on their heads when they go out.
B. Students gather on a college camping, chanting anti-war slogans.
C. A reporter writes about a local official who has been caught accepting
bribes.
D. A man writes a letter to the editor of the local paper, complaining
about taxes.
27. According to the map above, why are many port cities found in
the Southeast region?
A. The region has more lakes and rivers than other regions.
B. The region has poor soil for farming, so they must make their money
using seaports.
C. The region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
D. The region is landlocked and is difficult to reach by ship.