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- 1. Multiple Choice
Meteorologists forecast the high temperature for the day to be 90°F. At which time would the temperature be the closest to 90°F?
6:00 Am
2:00 PM
7:00 Pm
4:00AM
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which is the most important reason for the study and collection of weather data?
to increase citizens’ knowledge about weather data
to increase employment opportunities for meteorologists
to help predict weather patterns that impact the safety of people
- 3. Multiple Choice
Rolanda is growing tomato plants in her garden. She has created a compost pile and has been adding compost around her tomato plants to help fertilize them. Compost is solid waste in which organic material is broken down by microorganisms in the presence of oxygen to where it can be safely stored, handled, and applied to the environment. On what does Rolanda primarily rely in order for composting to work?
Producers
Consumers
Scavengers
Decomposers
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which best describes a forest ecosystem?
an ecosystem with various trees, shrubs, diverse animals, and adequate rainfall
an ecosystem with freshwater surrounded by land and includes a variety of animals
an ecosystem with only grass, fertile soil, and varying temperatures depending on location
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which material would be the best choice for a cooking tool to be used when grilling food over a fire?
Plastic
Wood
Paper
Metal
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which best describes a material that would be used to insulate a house?
excellent conductor of heat
excellent conductor of cold
poor conductor of heat
poor conductor of cold
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which best explains why offspring usually look like their parents?
Parents choose appropriate characteristics for their offspring.
Offspring receive characteristics that have been passed down from their parents.
Parents change the appearance of the offspring until they more closely resemble them.
Offspring adapt to their surroundings, causing them to develop characteristics similar to their parents.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Joe and his family all have brown eyes, brown hair, and love chocolate. Which is an example of a learned characteristic?
brown hair
brown eyes
love of chocolate
- 9. Multiple Choice
Lilly has a flat piece of paper and a ball of paper. She drops both papers at the same time from the same height. The ball of paper hits the ground first. Which force acts on the flat piece of paper that slows it down?
Friction
gravity
inertia
magnetism
- 10. Multiple Choice
How does the Sun MOST affect the water cycle?
The Sun causes the ocean water to evaporate.
The Sun creates water droplets in the clouds.
The Sun forces water to drain back into the ocean.
The Sun makes the clouds produce precipitation.
- 11. Multiple Choice
While working in the yard, John and his father trimmed a few trees and put the branches into a machine to create mulch for the yard. If they created 10 kg of mulch, which is most likely the weight of the branches they used?
5 g
10kg
15kg
20kg
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which is most likely the result from an increase in sunlight?
decreased condensation
increased evaporation
increased runoff
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which best describes the purpose of the cardiovascular system?
It delivers blood to the body’s tissues.
It supplies stability to the skeleton.
It delivers food to power the body.
It supplies oxygen to the body.
- 14. Multiple Choice
How are algae able to survive?
The algae get energy from other algae.
The algae do not require energy to survive.
The single cell controls all the algae’s life processes.
Other multi-celled organisms provide food for the algae.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which pair of organisms benefits each other the MOST?
birds building a nest in a bush
worms eating the roots of a plant
squirrels burying seeds from a tree
deer scraping their antlers on a tree
- 16. Multiple Choice
A bee depends on certain flowers for food. The flowers depend on the bee to
carry pollen for reproduction.
make sugars for photosynthesis.
remove wastes for healthy growth.
sting herbivores for protection.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which correctly describes El Nino?
An unusual cooling of water in the eastern Pacific Ocean
A cold current in the atmosphere that flows across the United States
An unusual warming of water in the eastern Pacific Ocean
A warm ocean current that flows across the United States
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which best describes a characteristic of the jet stream?
It forms a boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass.
It creates the high winds around the eye of a hurricane.
It forces the hot air along the equator to rise to areas in North
America.
It causes high pressure air masses to rotate clockwise.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What will most likely result when the jet stream moves south of North
Carolina?
North Carolina will experience tropical weather conditions.
North Carolina will experience hot, dry weather.
North Carolina will experience mild weather.
North Carolina will experience cold weather.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which best explains what type of weather the Gulf Stream usually brings
to North Carolina?
increased wind speed
increased air pressure
increased temperature
increased evaporation
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which best describes the Gulf Stream?
an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes warm water to travel up the east coast of the United States
an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes cool water to travel up the east coast of the United States
an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes warm water to travel down the east coast of Mexico
an ocean current which originates in the Gulf of Mexico and causes cool water to travel down the east coast of Mexico
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