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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of plate boundary is this?PlateDivergentConvergentTransform - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of plate boundary is this?TransformConvergentDivergentPlate
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThis layer of Earth is solid Iron and NickelOuter CoreMantleInner CoreCrust
- 4. Multiple ChoiceMany scientists think hot plastic-like rock in the mantle is forced upward toward the surface, cools, and sinks. This process is called a(n) _________.earthquakeconvergent boundaryvolcanoconvection current
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why does the Sun generally appear to rise in the east, move across the sky, and set in the west each day?
Earth rotates on its axis.
Earth revolves around the Sun.
The Sun rotates on its axis.
The Sun revolves around Earth.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which season is occurring in the Northern Hemisphere?
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
- 7. Multiple Choice
Explain why Uranus takes longer than Mars to revolve around the Sun.
Uranus has a longer orbit than Mars.
Mars is farther from the Sun than Uranus.
Uranus is closer to the Sun than Mars.
Mars has a longer orbit than Uranus.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which force is represented by X?
gravity
friction
electricity
magnetism
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA huge cloud of dust and gas that is the location for star formation is known asPlanetisimalProtoplanetNebulaRed Giant
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of galaxy do we live in?SpiralEllipticalIrregularCoaxial
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe composition of the atmosphere is mostly made of:carbonnitrogen and oxygenoxygen and more oxygenair
- 12. Multiple Choice
Most weather occurs here:
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Ozone
Troposhere
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhy is there uneven heating on Earth?
There is uneven heating on Earth because _____________________.the force by the sun is also uneven.the Earth is round, so the sun rays hit different angles of the Earth.the Sun has different types of rays that heat differently.the troposphere blocks some sun rays. - 14. Multiple ChoiceThe movement of air from land toward water is a _____.air pressuresea breezeland breezeair mass
- 15. Multiple ChoiceBlizzards form from what type of pressure systems?low-pressure systemshigh-pressure systemsno pressure systemany type of pressure system
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of these would be shorter if Earth ROTATED faster?
days
months
years
weeks
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich moon phase follows the new moon?full moonwaxing crescentfirst quarterwaning crescent
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich number illustrates Condensation?1234
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat does this symbol on a weather map indicate?High pressure systemLow pressure systemCold frontWarm front
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis weather tool measures wind speed and directionthermometerbarometeranemometerpsychrometer
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe boundary between two air masses is known as:frontstormclimateflood
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThis instrument measures air pressure.anemometerbarometerrain gaugethermometer
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWeight is different than mass because weight is affected byinertiamassgravitydistance
- 24. Multiple Choice
The map below shows the total rainfall, in inches, for parts of New York State, Vermont, and New Hampshire over one year. The numbered dark lines connect locations with the same amount of total rainfall. State boundaries are indicated by the dashed lines.
What was the probable amount of rainfall, in inches, for Waterbury, Vermont, for that year?
36
41
37
43
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe temperature at which water vapor condenses is therelative humidityhumidityfreezing pointdew point
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