| Weather | ||
| #1 | Which title best describes the processes shown in the diagram below?
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1. The Rock Cycle |
| #2 | The drawing below shows the original size and shape of a rock sample before it is thrown into a rapidly moving stream. Which drawing best shows the actual size and shape the rock will have after being carried several hundred miles downstream and deposited? |
3. Smooth and smaller |
| #3 | The graph below shows tide levels for two days at an ocean location.
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12 hours |
| #4 | Base your answers to the following questions on the cross section below and on your knowledge of science. The cross section shows the heat flow and movement of some material within Earth, causing sections of Earth’s crust (plates) to move. How does the temperature of Earth’s crust compare to the temperature of Earth’s interior? [1]
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Earth's inside is much hotter than the surface. |
| #5 | Four identical sand castles are shown below. Which sand castle will most likely be eroded fastest by the wind? |
3. The fastest wind speed and nothing to block the wind.
Four identical sand castles are shown below. Which sand castle will most likely be eroded fastest by the wind? |
| Catastrophic Events | ||
| #1 | Oceans, glaciers, lakes, and rivers are part of Earth’s |
3.) hydrosphere |
| #2 | Which factor contributes to global warming? |
2.) increased burning of fossil fuels. |
| #3 |
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Two tectonic plates meet at the west coast.
More volcanoes. |
| #4 | The diagram below uses letters A, B, C, and D to represent processes occurring in a water cycle.
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A. Evaporation B. Condensation C. Precipitation D. Runoff |
| #5 | Base your answers to the following questions on the partial map of the State of Wyoming below. The locations of Casper and Rawlins, Wyoming, are shown.
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| Food Chains and Webs | ||
| #1 | How many organisms in this food web feed on the mice? (1) 5 |
3 organisms eat mice |
| #2 |
Which group of organisms is missing from this food web? (1) carnivores |
4. decomposers |
| #3 | Populations living in one place form a (1) community |
1. Community |
| #4 | The diagram below shows a food web. |
4. bird, mouse and grasshopper |
| #5 | Which process gives rise to a variety of traits within a species? |
1.) Sexual reproduction |
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Freezing |
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| #2 | Base your answers to the following questions on the diagram below and on your knowledge of science. The diagram shows two students readu to dive into a pool. Explain why student B has more potential energy than student A. [1] |
Student B is higher than student A. |
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| #3 | The diagram below shows two different-colored moths resting on a tree trunk.
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Allows the dark organism to be more fit or better able to survive in this environment. |
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| #4 | Base your answers to the following questions on the table below, which compares human populations and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere over time. Human Population and Carbon Dioxide Levels
(1) The human population has increased while the amount of CO2 has decreased. (2) The human population has decreased while the amount of CO2 has increased. (3) Both the human population and the amount of CO2 have increased. (4) Both the human population and the amount of CO2 have decreased. |
3. The human population increased and the CO2 levels increased. |
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| #5 | A student is given a mixture of salt, sand, and iron filings. Explain two laboratory methods that the student could use to physically separate some of these substances. [2] |
You could filter the mixture, use a magnet, or use evaporation. |
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| Miscellaneous | ||
| #1 | Which substance provides humans with their main source of energy? |
1.) Food- it provides calories |
| #2 | Base your answers to the following questions on the diagrams below and your knowledge of science. The diagrams show liquid water changing to water vapor in four different situations. Which observation would be evidence that the water is undergoing a phase change? |
4. Water level decreases
Base your answers to the following questions on the diagrams below and your knowledge of science. The diagrams show liquid water changing to water vapor in four different situations.
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| #3 | Base your answers to the following questions on the information and diagram below. What physical property of the liquids causes them to separate into different layers when poured into the test tubes? [1] |
Density |
| #4 | Which graph best represents the relative distance between the particles of most substances in their solid, liquid, and gas states? |
1. Solid particles are close together
Which graph best represents the relative distance between the particles of most substances in their solid, liquid, and gas states? |
| #5 | How is heat energy transferred within the liquid water in the pond? |
2. Convection Currents
How is heat energy transferred within the liquid water in the pond? |
| Final Question | |
Base your answers to the following questions on the diagram below, which shows two insulated Styrofoam cups of water connected by an aluminum bar. The thermometers show the temperature of the water in cup A and cup B at the beginning of a heat-flow experiment. Which process is most responsible for the temperature changes that will take place? (1) radiation of heat from the water in the cups to the thermometers |
2.) Conduction of heat through the aluminum bar |
