FTCE Earth/Space Science 6-12 Prep
questions and answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
In scientific investigations, which of the following steps is most likely to occur first?
- forming conclusions
-posing questions
-designing an experiment
-communicating results
- correct answer posing questions
A class of 7th-grade science students conducting an experiment involving tomato plants collected both
quantitative and qualitative data. Which data were qualitative?
-average height of the plants
-length of the stems of each plant
-number of leaves on each plant
-general appearance of the plants
- correct answer general appearance of the plants
Evidence that supported Harry Hess's theory of seafloor spreading led scientists to review which
scientist's hypothesis of continental drift?
Evangelista Torricelli
Alfred Wegener
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
, Auguste Piccard
- correct answer Alfred Wegener
A scientist collects and tests the pH of water from six local ponds following major rainstorms to
determine whether rainfall increases the acidity of pond water. The most significant flaw in the
scientist's experimental design is that it is lacking
-manipulated variables.
-a clear hypothesis.
-control data.
-a dependent variable.
- correct answer control data.
An *anemometer* would be used in determining
-air temperature.
-relative humidity.
-wind speed.
-atmospheric pressure.
- correct answer wind speed.
The continental crust is thickest beneath
mountains.
oceans.
valleys.
plains.
- correct answer mountains
Which of the following types of rock is formed by the cooling and hardening of magma or lava?
questions and answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
In scientific investigations, which of the following steps is most likely to occur first?
- forming conclusions
-posing questions
-designing an experiment
-communicating results
- correct answer posing questions
A class of 7th-grade science students conducting an experiment involving tomato plants collected both
quantitative and qualitative data. Which data were qualitative?
-average height of the plants
-length of the stems of each plant
-number of leaves on each plant
-general appearance of the plants
- correct answer general appearance of the plants
Evidence that supported Harry Hess's theory of seafloor spreading led scientists to review which
scientist's hypothesis of continental drift?
Evangelista Torricelli
Alfred Wegener
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
, Auguste Piccard
- correct answer Alfred Wegener
A scientist collects and tests the pH of water from six local ponds following major rainstorms to
determine whether rainfall increases the acidity of pond water. The most significant flaw in the
scientist's experimental design is that it is lacking
-manipulated variables.
-a clear hypothesis.
-control data.
-a dependent variable.
- correct answer control data.
An *anemometer* would be used in determining
-air temperature.
-relative humidity.
-wind speed.
-atmospheric pressure.
- correct answer wind speed.
The continental crust is thickest beneath
mountains.
oceans.
valleys.
plains.
- correct answer mountains
Which of the following types of rock is formed by the cooling and hardening of magma or lava?
