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Pregunta 1
Pregunta
How are atoms structured?
Respuesta
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Electrons and neutrons are located in the nucleus, protons surround nucleus
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Molecules and neutrons are located in the nucleus, electrons surround nucleus
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Protons and neutrons are located in the nucleus, electrons surround nucleus
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Protons and electrons are located in the nucleus, neutrons surround nucleus
Pregunta 2
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How do we determine the mass and number of an atom?
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Mass is equal to the number of neutrons in the nucleus, and the number is the sum of protons and electrons.
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Mass is the sum of protons and neutrons, and the number is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus.
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Mass is the sum of electrons and neutrons, and the number is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus.
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Mass is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus, and the number is the sum of neutrons and electrons.
Pregunta 3
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An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 4
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What is an isotope?
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Two or more forms of the same element that contain equal numbers of protons but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei
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An element with more protons than neutron
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A pair of valence electrons in an element
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A group of elements that have the same amount of protons but different numbers of neutrons
Pregunta 5
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What are the different states of matter?
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Gas
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Liquid
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Vapor
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Plasma
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Condensation
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Solid
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Volatile
Pregunta 6
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A solid can take on shapes of its container.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 7
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A liquid flows easily and is not easily compressible.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 8
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Gases have large spaces between particles and move freely.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 9
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What is Plasma?
Respuesta
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Heated to temperatures of 5,000 degrees C
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Least commonly found state of matter
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Another word for a gas
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Collisions knock atoms together that the electrons are knocked away from the atoms
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Found in Stars, Sun, Lightning, Light Bulbs, and neon signs
Pregunta 10
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Mixtures cannot be separated easily.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 11
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What are compounds?
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Composed of atoms of two or more different elements that are chemically combined
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Composed of multiple atoms of one element that are chemically combined
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Composed of different elements that are physically combined
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Composed of multiple atoms of one element that are physically combined
Pregunta 12
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What are some special features in identifying a mineral?
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inorganic
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solution
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solid with a specific chemical composition
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a definite crystalline structure
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synthetically produced
Pregunta 13
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Field Tests to identify a mineral sample.
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Color
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Lust
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Texture
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Streak
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Weight
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Size
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Hardness
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Cleavage & Fracture
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Ores
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Gems
Pregunta 14
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What should be on the y-axis of graphs?
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Distance
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Time
Pregunta 15
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What should be on the x-axis?
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Distance
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Time
Pregunta 16
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What are the causes for a sedimentary rock to turn into a metamorphic rock?
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Changed by heat, pressure, and/or chemical action
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Weathering & Erosion
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melting and Solidification
Pregunta 17
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How do sedimentary Rocks form?
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Weathering and Erosion
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Compaction and Cementation
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transportation and Deposition
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Heat and Pressure
Pregunta 18
Pregunta
In what Type of rock can a fossil be found?
Respuesta
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Sedimentary
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Metamorphic
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Igneous
Pregunta 19
Pregunta
Latitude lines show north & South and include the Equator.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 20
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Longitude lines show east & west and the Prime Meridian is 0 degrees.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 21
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How many time zones are there?
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24
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6
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12
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36
Pregunta 22
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What is the equator?
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0 degrees latitude
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0 degrees longitude
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180 degrees longitude
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90 degrees latitude
Pregunta 23
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Each Longitude line is 15 degrees, how much time is in between?
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one hour
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two hours
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one day
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12 hours
Pregunta 24
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The South Pole is at 90 degrees north.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 25
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What type of river is the oldest?
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Meandering
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Braided
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Anabranching
Pregunta 26
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What is the time zone difference between Boston and Denver?
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2 hours
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4 hours
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1 hour
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They are in the same time zone
Pregunta 27
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What is the energy released during an earthquake?
Respuesta
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magnitude
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intensity
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seismic waves
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aftershock
Pregunta 28
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Where are you safest during an earthquake?
Respuesta
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Under a sturdy table or in a door frame
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Under a sturdy table or move quickly
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In a door frame or move quickly
Pregunta 29
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The quiet volcano is the shield volcano and it is round with sloping sides
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 30
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Which type of volcano is the most explosive?
Respuesta
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Composite
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Shield
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Cinder Cone
Pregunta 31
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What causes volcanoes to explode?
Respuesta
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Pressure of gases
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Shifting of plates
Pregunta 32
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Where is the Ring of Fire located?
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Outside of the Pacific Ocean
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Outside of the Atlantic Ocean
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Outside of the Indian Ocean
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Outside of the Arctic Ocean
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Only In Asia
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Only In America
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Only In Europe
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Only In Africa
Pregunta 33
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In what time period is the early man formed?
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Cenozoic
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Paleozoic
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Mesozoic
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Precambrian
Pregunta 34
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What phase of the moon comes after the New Moon
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Waxing Crescent
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Waning Crescent
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Waxing Quarter
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Waning Quarter
Pregunta 35
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What is a wave's length?
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From crest to crest
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From trough to crest
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From trough to trough
Pregunta 36
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Which has the shortest wave length?
Respuesta
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gamma ray
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UV rays
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Radio
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Micro wave
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Infrared
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Visible
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X-Ray
Pregunta 37
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Which has the longest wave length?
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Radio
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Microwave
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Infrared
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Visible
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ultraviolet
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X-ray
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Gamma ray
Pregunta 38
Pregunta
Freshwater is denser than ocean water.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 39
Pregunta
What type of clouds create thunderstorms?
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cumulonimbus
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stratus
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cumulus
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cirrus
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stratocumulus
Pregunta 40
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In what type of fault does the hanging wall slide down and the foot wall go up?
Respuesta
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normal
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reverse
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strike-slip
Pregunta 41
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What is the epicenter?
Respuesta
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the above ground origin of the earhtquake
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the under ground origin of the earhtquake
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a break in Earth's crust
Pregunta 42
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What is the focus of an earthquake?
Respuesta
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the under ground origin of an earthquake
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the above ground origin of an earthquake
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a break in Earth's crust
Pregunta 43
Pregunta
Which type of seismic wave is the fastest?
Respuesta
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Primary waves
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Secondary Waves
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Surface waves
Pregunta 44
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What are the three types of seismic waves?
Respuesta
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primary
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secondary
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surface
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normal
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reverse
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strikeslip
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transform
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divergent
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convergent
Pregunta 45
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What are the three types of rivers listed from oldest to youngest?
Respuesta
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straight, braided, meandering
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meandering, braided, straight
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braided, straight, meandering
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braided, meandering, straight
Pregunta 46
Pregunta
A contour line is a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 47
Pregunta
How do you know if a rock is fluorescent?
Respuesta
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shining a UV light on it
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putting it in the dark
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it had bright colors
Pregunta 48
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Scratching rocks together determines the hardness
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 49
Pregunta
There is 180 degrees between each pole and the equator.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 50
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In what hemisphere does the Coriolis effect turn clockwise?
Respuesta
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Northern Hemisphere
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Southern Hemisphere
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Western Hemisphere
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Eastern Hemisphere
Pregunta 51
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In what hemisphere does the Coriolis effect turn counterclockwise?
Respuesta
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Northern Hemisphere
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Southern Hemisphere
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Eastern Hemisphere
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Western Hemisphere
Pregunta 52
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What is a space rock called when it enters Earth's atmosphere?
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meteor
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asteroid
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comet
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meteorite
Pregunta 53
Pregunta
What type of thunderstorm is created by an extreme change in temperature over land vs water?
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seabreeze thunderstorm
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single cell
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supercell
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multicell
Pregunta 54
Pregunta
In which direction does weather often move in the United States?
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North to south
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South to north
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East to west
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West to east
Pregunta 55
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What occurs when oceanic crust and continental crust collide and the oceanic crust goes under? Pick three.
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earthquakes
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volcano
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subduction zone
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mountains
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island
Pregunta 56
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Which zone is below the water table?
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Zone of saturation
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Zone of aeration
Pregunta 57
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Which zone is above the water table?
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Zone of saturation
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Zone of aeration
Pregunta 58
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What is caused by water expanding when it freezes?
Respuesta
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ice wedging
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cross-cutting
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glaciers
Pregunta 59
Pregunta
A map legend/key explains what the symbols on the map represent.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 60
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What process breaks down rocks?
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erosion
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weathering
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mass movement
Pregunta 61
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What process moves the broken down material on Earth's surface?
Respuesta
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weathering
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erosion
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mass movement
Pregunta 62
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What is the most permeable layer through which water flows easily?
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aquifer
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well
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bedrock
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humus
Pregunta 63
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If the wind is blowing from the west, which side of the sand dune will be the steepest?
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north
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south
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east
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west
Pregunta 64
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Which is an example of a mixture?
Respuesta
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soup
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salt
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sugar
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water
Pregunta 65
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Which of the following is a compound?
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water
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table salt
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sucrose
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soil
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air
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iron
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oxygen
Pregunta 66
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What are the four agents of erosion?
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wind
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water
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gravity
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glaciers
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sun
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soil
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sand
Pregunta 67
Pregunta
What causes erosion and weathering to break down rocks?
Respuesta
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mechanical(physical) weathering
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chemical weathering
Pregunta 68
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Soil's A Horizon includes a concentration of organic matter and humus and is dark in color.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 69
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Soil's B Horizon is enriched with clay and minerals, is under A horizon, is less-developed and hardpan.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 70
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What are some characteristics of the C horizon?
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under B horizon
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above B horizon
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above solid bedrock
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below solid bedrock
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contains weathered plant material
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contains clay and minerals
Pregunta 71
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How do sand dunes form?
Respuesta
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from the wind blowing sand
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sand being washed onto the beach by waves
Pregunta 72
Pregunta
Carrying capacity explains that the faster the flowing wate,r the more the load can take
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 73
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What is the load of a stream?
Respuesta
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all materials the water carries
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the volume of the water
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the velocity of the water in the stream
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everything in a stream
Pregunta 74
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What is a water table?
Respuesta
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upper boundary of the zone of saturation
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ground water flow in permeable layer
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area surrounding a pumping cell and supplies groundwater to recharge the cell
Pregunta 75
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What is the zone of contribution?
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upper boundary of the zone of saturation
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ground water flow in permeable layer
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area surrounding a pumping cell and supplies groundwater to recharge the cell
Pregunta 76
Pregunta
What does the Richter Scale measure?
Respuesta
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magnitude
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intensity
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vibrations
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movement
Pregunta 77
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What does the Mercalli Scale measure?
Respuesta
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magnitude
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intensity
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vibrations
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movement
Pregunta 78
Pregunta
Where do most volcanos occur?
Respuesta
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plate boundaries
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on land
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in the ocean
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the middle of plates
Pregunta 79
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Extrusive igneous rocks reach the surface through volcanos and cool quickly.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 80
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Intrusive igneous rocks are glassy and have small crystals like obsidian.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 81
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What is a hot spot?
Respuesta
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unusually hot region's of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface
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where two plates meet and collide and form a volcano
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Where an active volcano is located
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concentrated magma in the mantle
Pregunta 82
Pregunta
How were the Hawaiian Islands formed?
Respuesta
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from a hot spot
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plate boundary
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convection currents
Pregunta 83
Pregunta
Which of the following are part of a wave?
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fetch
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trough
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crest
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wave length
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wave height
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breaking point
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backwash
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swash
Pregunta 84
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What happens at the Mid-Ocean Ridge and Earth's crust?
Respuesta
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seafloor spreading
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subduction
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volcanos
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earthquakes
Pregunta 85
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What is a subduction zone?
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Where denser crust sinks back into the asthenosphere
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Where denser crust sinks back into the lithosphere
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Where lighter crust sinks back into the asthenosphere
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Where lighter crust sinks back into the lithosphere
Pregunta 86
Pregunta
There is no difference between oceanic and continental crust.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 87
Pregunta
What are the different types of plate boundaries?
Respuesta
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transform
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convergent
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divergent
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normal
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reverse
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fault
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line
Pregunta 88
Pregunta
When plates collide, the denser plate sinks back into the asthenosphere, or if with continents, folded mountains form.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 89
Pregunta
How is geologic time broken down?
Respuesta
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era
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eon
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period
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epoch
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time
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century
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decade
Pregunta 90
Pregunta
Super positioning says that the oldest rock layer is on the bottom, and they get older going up.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 91
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What is a rock layer that is out of place and a disruption to the order?
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unconformity
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nonconformity
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index fossil
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key bed
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disconformity
Pregunta 92
Pregunta
What is uniformitarianism?
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The processes and natural laws that occur on Earth now, have always been at work on the Earth
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The processes and natural laws that occur on Earth now, have not always been at work on the Earth
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That every rock layer at the same depth is the same throughout the Earth
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That every rock layer at the same depth is not the same throughout the Earth
Pregunta 93
Pregunta
Tides on Earth are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 94
Pregunta
What is the amount of salt in minerals in ocean water?
Respuesta
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salinity
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saltiness
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density
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sodium levels
Pregunta 95
Pregunta
What is an ocean current?
Respuesta
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the large movement of a wave in one direction
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the rising and falling of sea level
Pregunta 96
Pregunta
What happens in a convection current?
Respuesta
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warm air rises, and cold air sinks
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warm air sinks, and cold air rises
Pregunta 97
Pregunta
How long is a solar year in days? (approximately)
Respuesta
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365
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24
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12
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248
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60
Pregunta 98
Pregunta
What type of lava does a shield volcano eject?
Respuesta
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rhyolitic
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basaltic
Pregunta 99
Pregunta
What type of lava does a composite volcano eject?
Respuesta
-
rhyolitic
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basaltic
Pregunta 100
Pregunta
What type of lava does a cinder volcano elect?
Respuesta
-
rhyolitic
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basaltic
Pregunta 101
Pregunta
What theory is accepted for the origin of our universe?
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The Big Bang theory
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Steady State
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Creation theory
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Oscillating universe
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Eternal inflation
Pregunta 102
Pregunta
A solstice is when the sun reaches the highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, winter and summer solstice are the shortest and longest days.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 103
Pregunta
The day when daytime and night are of approximately equal duration is an equinox.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 104
Pregunta
How can we tell how old a fossil is?
Respuesta
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relative dating
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radioactive dating
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comparative dating
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location dating
Pregunta 105
Pregunta
What elements are used for radioactive dating?
Respuesta
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Uranium-238
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Carbon-14
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Oxygen-10
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Hydrogen-2
Pregunta 106
Pregunta
Mendeleev is the father of geology
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 107
Pregunta
How important are certain organisms that lived on Earth but no longer live here to geologic time?
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They can be found in fossils in rock layers and show how old the rock layer is.
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They have no importance.
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They are not shown in old rock layers because they no longer exist.
Pregunta 108
Pregunta
Why is tyrannosaurus rex an important fossil to find? Choose the most important
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It is an index fossil to show how old the rock layer is
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They help us learn about the time of dinosaurs
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There is no importance
Pregunta 109
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What is cross-cutting of rock formations that Hutton discovered?
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When one type of rock cuts through other rocks, it had to form after the rocks that it cuts.
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When one type of rock cuts through other rocks, it had to form before the rocks that it cuts.
Pregunta 110
Pregunta
Rock layering is important in understanding the passing of time in Earth and measuring it, because different layers contain different fossils and types of soil.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 111
Pregunta
How does density affect the movement of warm and cold ocean water?
Respuesta
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Warm water rises to the surface and then cold water sinks to the bottom, when heated up this deep water rises and the warm water cools and sinks.
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Cold water rises to the surface and then warm water sinks to the bottom, when cooled this deep water rises and the cold water warms and sinks.
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Warm and cool water have the same density and there is no movement between
Pregunta 112
Pregunta
Sparks of electricity from water droplets blowing apart generates lightning in a thunderstorm.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 113
Pregunta
What type of wind moves from California towards New York?
Respuesta
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prevailing westerlies
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prevailing easterlies
Pregunta 114
Pregunta
How does a rain drop form?
Respuesta
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water droplets collide and become too heavy for the cloud to hold
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droplets of water group together
Pregunta 115
Pregunta
What process changes something from a liquid to a gas?
Respuesta
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evaporation
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condensation
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Conduction
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Convection
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sublimation
Pregunta 116
Pregunta
What process changes something from a gas to a liquid?
Respuesta
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evaporation
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condensation
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conduction
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convection
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sublimation
Pregunta 117
Pregunta
What process transfers energy through colliding materials?
Respuesta
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evaporation
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condensation
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conduction
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convection
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sublimation
Pregunta 118
Pregunta
What process transfers energy through the flow of a heated substance?
Respuesta
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evaporation
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condensation
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conduction
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convection
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sublimation
Pregunta 119
Pregunta
What process changes something from a solid to a gas?
Respuesta
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evaporation
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condensation
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conduction
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convection
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sublimation
Pregunta 120
Pregunta
A cold front includes clouds and rain.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 121
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A warm front causes thunderstorms.
Respuesta
- True
- False
Pregunta 122
Pregunta
What are the main stages of the Star Cycle?
Respuesta
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nebula
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protostar
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star
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red giant
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white dwarf
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gas giants
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terrestrial
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planetary nebula
Pregunta 123
Pregunta
Spring tide occurs during a full moon and it has the highest high tide and the lowest low tides.
Respuesta
- True
- False
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