First exam quiz

Question 1

Which sample do you think is your control in this image?

Accepted Answer

Plant A

Question 2

Which light wave in the image is being absorbed?

Accepted Answer

Middle

Question 3

Science has been used throughout history to answer questions about the world.

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True

Question 4

How did we first map the seafloor?

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boats using sonar

Question 5

What does a wave carry?

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energy

Question 6

Which of the following can travel through a vacuum?

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light, radio waves, x rays

Question 7

What do you call the lowermost part of a transverse wave?

Accepted Answer

trough

Question 8

How are the experimental and descriptive methods different?

Accepted Answer

Experimental has controls in it

Question 9

The number of trials conducted is the same in every experiment.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What is the name of the original supercontinent Wegener proposed.

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 11

Which light wave in the image is being transmitted?

Accepted Answer

Right

Question 12

What evidence did Wegener use to support the Theory of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 13

This is a type of scientist who studies Earth's origin, history, structure, and composition.

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geologist

Question 14

What do you call the distance from crest to crest, or trough to trough?

Accepted Answer

wavelength

Question 15

How do waves transport energy without transporting matter?

Accepted Answer

Energy moves from particle to particle

Question 16

What kind of graph is the man drawing?

Accepted Answer

bar

Question 17

In this image, what is the medium that the light wave travels through?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 18

Wegener proposed that the continents were once joined to form a supercontinent called...

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 19

Plate Tectonic theory states that:

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Broken parts of the crust move around on the asthenosphere

Question 20

If your experiment rejects your hypothesis, then your experiment was a waste of your time.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Name layer A of the Earth

Accepted Answer

lithosphere

Question 22

The large sections of Earth's crust that cause different geologic features are called ...

Accepted Answer

plates

Question 23

What happens when light is absorbed?

Accepted Answer

energy is transferred into the object, the object will warm up

Question 24

Which wave causes matter to move in the same direction (parallel) as the energy?

Accepted Answer

longitudinal

Question 25

Identify the Plate Boundary

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 26

Good Experiments can only be conducted if you have the latest materials and tools.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

If the volume of a sound increases, the frequency increases.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

The waves we study come in two kinds. Select one of them below.

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Electromagnetic, Mechanical

Question 29

If a wave has a higher pitch, what does that mean about its wavelength?

Accepted Answer

It is shorter

Question 30

The higher the frequency, the ____________ the sound.

Accepted Answer

higher

Question 31

Which is not a feature associated with subduction zones?

Accepted Answer

Opening of New Seas

Question 32

If more waves pass a point in 1 second, you would say it has a higher what?

Accepted Answer

frequency

Question 33

Scientists use prior experience to

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make predictions about what will happen

Question 34

The distance from midline to crest, or height of a wave, is called what?

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amplitude

Question 35

Study the image: The boundary between the African and Antarctic Plate is an example of...

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 36

What is your manipulated variable in this setup?

Accepted Answer

Fertilizer

Question 37

What larger theory is continental drift part of?

Accepted Answer

plate tectonics

Question 38

Comparing silk, cotton, and flannel is what type of observation?

Accepted Answer

qualitative

Question 39

How are these two waves different?

Accepted Answer

Top wave has longer wavelength

Question 40

What forces are responsible for Plate Movement?

Accepted Answer

Convection Currents

Question 41

How long ago does the evidence suggest Pangaea broke apart?

Accepted Answer

200 million years

Question 42

What would make a good responding variable in this test?

Accepted Answer

The size of the fruit, plant growth

Question 43

One example of technology that is commonly used by scientists is_______________.

Accepted Answer

computers

Question 44

Recording the number of students in each grade level is what type of observation?

Accepted Answer

quantitative

Question 45

Alfred Wegener used several different pieces of evidence to support his theory. Another one was

Accepted Answer

Freshwater animal fossils found on opposite sides of oceans

Question 46

What do you call the most stretched part of a longitudinal wave?

Accepted Answer

rarefaction

Question 47

What is the first step of the experimental or descriptive methods?

Accepted Answer

Identify a problem

Question 48

Select one of the types of mechanical waves below.

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Transverse, Longitudinal, Compressional

Question 49

Identify the Plate Boundary

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 50

What kind of graph is shown in this drawing?

Accepted Answer

line

Question 51

Which group would be best to use if you wanted people's opinion in a survey?

Accepted Answer

Group B

Question 52

Identify the Plate Boundary

Accepted Answer

convergent (with subduction)

Question 53

Alfred Wegener used several different pieces of evidence to support his theory. Another was

Accepted Answer

Plant fossils found in climates they don't grow in, The same plant fossils were found on different continents.

Question 54

When you build a graph, how do you decide what goes on each axis?

Accepted Answer

use your variables

Question 55

Alfred Wegener used several different pieces of evidence to support his theory. One was...

Accepted Answer

Same type & age of rocks were found on S. America & Africa.

Question 56

Which scientist developed the theory of continental drift.

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 57

One way to reduce bias in an experiment is to _____________.

Accepted Answer

take numerical measurements of the results

Question 58

If the volume of a sound increases, what does that mean about the amplitude?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude increases

Question 59

Name layer B of the Earth

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

Question 60

What is the BEST description of a hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

prediction

Question 61

What features on the seafloor helped us realize the theory of seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

ridges

Question 62

What do you call the topmost part of a transverse wave?

Accepted Answer

crest

First exam quiz

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First exam quiz

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