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Earth and Environmental Science
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1
What is a threat to biodiversity?
Invasive Species
Extinction
Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
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What kind of climate does NC have?
Dry
Humid Mid latitude
Polar
Humid Tropical
3
At what type boundary does volcanic island arcs occur?
Divergent
Transform
Continental-Continental Convergent
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent
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A mass movement is identified by the material moving, how it moves, and the speed of movement
True
False
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What is a hypothesis?
An explanation that is well tested and highly excepted
An independent variable
A possible explanation for an observation that can be tested
A rule that describes a pattern in nature
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As you increases in altitude, what happens to temperature?
It becomes more dense
It decreases
It flies away
It increases
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What do nuclear power plants use to split atoms?
Fusion
Fission
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What is precession?
the earth orbiting a fixed point
the change in direction of the axis
the earth spinning on it’s axis
The oscillatory movement or wobble of the earth
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What is it called when water moves through spaces in the ground?
Percolation
Infiltrtion
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Which natural phenomenon occurs as a result of Earth rotating on its axis?
Day and night
movement of tectonic plates
deep ocean currents
seasonal changes
