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1
What category does our Sun fall under?
Red Giant
Main Sequence
White dwarf
Yellow Giant
2
Which is not an example of a chemical change?
Photosynthesis
Digesting Food
An egg rotting
Chopping Food
3
Which moon phases come before and after a waning crescent?
Full moon; waning gibbous
Waning gibbous; new moon
Third quarter; new moon
Third quarter; full moon
4
If a star was classified as having an
average mass
, what would its final stage of life be?
Planetary Nebula
Supernova
White dwarf
Main Sequence
5
Which plate boundary is responsible for mid-ocean ridges?
Convergent: subduction
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
6
If the sun-earth-moon were aligned in a right angle, what type of tide would this produce?
Spring tide
low tide
high tide
neap tide
7
If a New Moon took place on April 3, when would the next new moon most likely take place?
May 18
May 1
April 21
April 15
8
Which plate boundary is responsible for rift valleys?
Convergent: subduction
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
9
Convection currents are in which layer of the earth?
Outer Core
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
10
What is the name of Newton's second law of motion?
Law of Force-Acceleration
Law of Inertia
Law of Action-Reaction
Law of Karma
11
If a star is classified as
massive / large mass
, what will be its last stage of life?
White Dwarf
Supernova
Main Sequence
Black Hole
12
What do you call the RIGHT side of a chemical equation?
Product
Reactant
13
If it was spring time in South Africa, it would be this season in Dallas.
fall
spring
summer
winter
14
If Ms. CJ is riding her bike at 13 km/hr north, it is an example of this.
Acceleration
Speed
Velocity
15
Which group of elements are said to be the most
stable?
Alkali Metals
Alkaline Earth Metals
Noble Gases
Halogens
16
Which type of front is responsible for severe thunderstorms?
Warm Front
Cold Front
Stationary Front
Occluded Front
17
If a car is driving at a constant speed and makes a right turn, this has happened.
Speed
velocity
acceleration
18
What can be said about elements within the same
group
?
Similar chemical properties
Same number of protons
Same amounts of electron rings
19
Which plate boundary is responsible for the creation of volcanic arcs?
Convergent: continental/continental
Convergent: Subduction
Transform
Divergent
20
This level of organisms provide the most energy in an ecosystem.
Secondary consumer
Producer
Primary Consumer
Decomposer
21
Which type of front is responsible for steady periods of showers that can last for days?
Warm Front
Cold Front
Occluded Front
Stationary Front
22
When you are trying to find the distance between lines on a topo map, you are looking for this
Index Contour
Relief
Contour line
Contour Interval
23
Which plate boundary is responsible for folded mountain ranges?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent: subduction
24
This is the rate an object travels in a given amount of time.
Velocity
Speed
Acceleration
25
When one organism benefits, and the other organism is neither harmed nor helped, it is this.
Mutualism
Predator-Prey
Parasitism
Commensalism
26
Which plate boundary is responsible for faults?
Convergent: subduction
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
27
Applying Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, what would be the formula for MASS?
M = F / A
M = A / F
M = F * D
M = A * F
28
In a Distance-Time graph, if there is a straight horizontal line, this has taken place.
Constant Speed
Object Stopped
Object accelerated
Object changed directions
29
What is an object's resistance to its change in motion called?
Inertia
Friction
Force
Motion
30
If the sun-earth-moon are lined up in a straight line, what type of tide could this produce?
high tide
Neap tide
low tide
spring tide
31
Approximately, how many weeks does it take all of the lunar phases to go through one cycle?
1
4
5
3
