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What is the removal of soil due to the passing of water?
wedging
leaching
filtration
erosion
2
Uneven breaking of a mineral
Streak
Luster
Fracture
cleavage
3
a variable that is changed or control in a scientific experiment
dependent variable
common variable
lost variable
independent variable
4
The inner planets are also called....
gas giants
terrestrial planets
wanderers.
dwarf planets.
5
Plate boundaries where one slides under the other
Divergent
Transforming
Convergent
Subduction
6
Which of the following isn NOT a technology to construct earthquake-resistant buildings?
mass damper
base isolator
tectonic plate
cross brace
7
__ is any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment.
Comict
bias
Biotic
Abiotic
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What happens at mid-ocean ridges?
earthquakes
magnetic reversal
sea-floor spreading
strike-slip faults
9
What is one factor that makes life possible on Earth?
high surface gravity
Liquid water on its surface
an irregular planetary orbit
a run-away greenhouse effect
10
is the evolutionary process where an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat.
Atmosphere
Extinction
Adaptation
Subduction
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Even breaking of a mineral
Cleavage
Hardness
Luster
Fracture
12
Measuring by using the 5 senses
Qualitative
Quandary
Quantum
Quantitative
13
Convection
the process where heat is directly transmitted through touch
energy moving using electromagnetic waves
movement where hot rises and cooler sinks.
moving from the left to the right in order
14
Which of the following is a direct cause of daylight and night?
Earth's seasons
Earth's rotation
Earth's tilt
Earth's sunrise
15
When you answer questions by doing an activity, what are you doing?
questioning
experimentation
engineering
resources
16
When infrared images show that an area is getting hotter, what could be happening there?
Pyroclastic material is filling a magma chamber.
Lava inside a caldera is being warmed by the Sun.
Magma is probably sinking deeper into the Earth's crust.
Magma is rising in an active volcano.
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Measuring by using numbers
Qualitative
Quandary
Quantitative
Quantum
18
A small body moving in the solar system
meteor
comet
meteoroid
asteroid
19
The concept that states that 2 objects will always be attracted to one and another is called...
Law of Universal Gravity
Law of Predictions
Law of Conservation of Mass
Theory of relativity
20
What happens when the moon is waxing?
getting more light reflected
disappearing
staying the same
getting less light reflected
21
Watching a television program to find answers to a science question is a form of what?
hypothesis
measurement
research
experiment
22
Another work for an earthquake's strength is its....
epicenter
intensity
focus
magnitude
23
Mid-Ocean ridges are the most common type of what?
continental-continental collision
divergent boundary
oceanic-oceanic collision
subduction zone
24
Plate boundaries that pull apart
Subduction
Convergent
Divergent
Transforming
25
GPS depends on what?
visual observations
the Internet
gravity
satellites
26
a variable that is measured in an experiment.
lonesome variable
dependent variable
partner variable
independent variable
27
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another
comet
unbiased
bias
convection
28
small body of matter that burns up in the atmosphere
meteorite
meteoroid
meteorology
meteor
29
Which kind of tool would you use after you have collected data?
tool for measuring
tool for seeing
tool for analyzing
tool for safety
30
The waves of energy from earthquakes that travel through Earth are called.....
seismic waves
earthquake waves
gap waves
transform waves
31
How the surface of a mineral appears when it reflects light.
Streak
Luster
Cleavage
Color
32
Radiation
the process where heat is directly transmitted through touch
moving from the left to the right in order
movement where hot rises and cooler sinks.
Energy moving using electromagnetic waves
33
The color of a mineral in powder form, seen by rubbing the mineral on a white tile.
Cleavage
Hardness
Color
Streak
34
is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species
Adaptation
Extinction
Eclipse
Transforming
35
are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment.
Biotic
Chaotic
bias
Abiotic
36
The time it takes for Earth to rotate once on its axis is a.....
day
eclipse
night
revolution
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Which tool is used to analyze data?
calculator
microscope
balance
stopwatch
38
Which is NOT an advantage of the metric units in science?
easy to change from one unit to another
all units are based on the number 10
based not he foot and the pound
most scientists use it
39
Conduction
The process where heat is directly transmitted through touch
energy moving using electromagnetic waves
Movement where hot rises and cooler sinks.
moving from the left to the right in order
40
region of space surrounding a body where another body experiences a pull of attraction.
Gravitational Force
Coulis Force
Coulibiacs pull
Gravitas pull
41
Why is Venus sometimes call Earth's twin?
they both rotate in the same direction
they are both the same size
the air is the same on both planets
they were both born at the same time
42
What is a rift?
a hot spot
an instrument that predicts eruptions
a closed vent
a crack in the Earth's crust
43
Plate boundaries that collide into each other
Divergent
Transforming
Subduction
Convergent
44
The outward appearance of the mineral
Color
Luster
Hardness
Streak
45
Minerals are made of how many elements?
1
3
0
2
46
Plate boundaries where they slide past each other
Transforming
Subduction
Divergent
Convergent
47
a small rocky body that makes it through the atmosphere and lands on Earth
asteroid
meteoroid
meteorite
meteor
48
During the rock cycle, what forms when magma cools?
Igneous rock
sedimentary rock
foliated rock
metamorphic rock
49
a small rocky body orbiting the sun
asteroid
meteoroid
comet
meteor
50
Which of these describes a climate change caused by a volcanic eruption?
Volcanic eruptions don't cause climate change.
Ash blocks sunlight, causing temperature change
Burned land creates dry conditions
Temperatures rise because of the lava
51
A repeating pattern of atoms, ions, or molecules in a mineral is called.....
elemental structure.
crystalline structure.
compound structure.
mineral structure.
52
The average weather condition in an area over a long period of time is called what?
weather
humidity
temperature
climate
53
Relative ability of a solid, such as a mineral to resist scratching
Fracture
Hardness
Cleavage
Luster
54
What type of boundary is formed when plates separate (go apart)?
divergent
transform
horizontal
convergent
55
Where are volcanoes most likely to form?
along bodies of water
along plate boundaries
Near the center of continents
in mountainous areas
56
What rocks are exposed to more wind, rain and ice?
rocks at a high elevation
rocks in streams
rocks in a warm, human climate
rocks at a lower elevation
57
What is the term for testing one factor at a time?
conceptual model
controlled experiment
variable
observation
58
relating to the sky or outer space
gravitational force
celestial objects
Celesta
outside force
59
Which of the following tools would you use to measure mass?
graduated cylinder
spring scale
meterstick
balance
60
Most earthquakes occur along the edges of what?
techtonic plates
epicenters
seismic gaps
wave boundaries
61
Which of the following is evidence that Pluto is not a gas giant?
its distance from the Sun
Its closeness to the Oort cloud
the size of its orbit
its density
62
a celestial object that is made of ice and dust
meteorite
asteroid
meteoroid
comet
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Which of the following describes the process by which sediments travels and comes to rest?
erosion
melting
deposition
cementation
