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One of the softest minerals is ___________. a. amethyst b. talc c. quartz d. topaz
What is talc
100
Fog is a ______ cloud that forms near the ground. a. cirrocumulus b. stratus c. cumulus d. cirrus
What is stratus
100
___________ is a process of trying to understand the world. a. Science b. technology c. a control d. a constant
What is Science
100
__________ is a force that attracts all objects toward each other. a. Density b. Distance c. Gravity d. Mass
What is Gravity
100
A behavioral adaptation in which animals undergo a period of greatly reduced activity in winter is _________. a. hibernation b. estivation c. burrows d. clusters
What is hibernation
200
It takes the moon the same amount of time to orbit Earth once as it does to rotate ________ on its axis. a. three times b. four times c. once d. twice
What is once
200
Moderate temperatures are characteristic of __________. a. the tropics b. polar zones c. both a and b d. temperate zones
What is temperate zones
200
During El Nino, trade winds that blow east to west weaken and sometimes __________. a. speed up b. stop c. reverse d. rise
What is reverse
200
Venus's surface temperature is _______ than Earth's surface temperature. a. much cooler b. hotter c. cooler d. none of these
What is hotter
200
The interaction of air, water, and ________ causes weather. a. humidity b. the Sun c. wind d. land
What is the Sun
300
The process of gathering information through the senses is called _________. a. inferring b. observation c. analyzing d. hypothesizing
What is observation
300
Muscovite Mica will peel off in flat sheets. this is an example of the physical characteristic called _______. a. fracture b. hardness c. cleavage d. streak
What is cleavage
300
Most hurricanes _________. a. gain energy when they strike land b. are high-pressure systems c. travel west to east d. travel east to west
What is travel east to west
300
Igneous rocks form from _________ when it cools. a. magma b. lava c. neither a nor b d. both a and b
What is both a and b
300
A __________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops. a. tornado b. front c. air mass d. cloud
What is air mass
400
A ______ connects points of equal temperature. a. isobar b. station model c. isotherm d. none of the above
What is isotherm
400
When lava cools at Earth's surface, __________ igneous rocks are formed. a. coarse-grained b. intrusive c. metamorphic d. extrusive
What is extrusive
400
Detrital rocks are ___________. a. formed from magma b. made from broken fragments of other rocks c. deposited from solution d. all of the above
What is made from broken fragments of other rocks
400
Which receives the most solar radiation? a. the oceans b. the temperate zones c. the tropics d. the polar zones
What is the tropics
400
A gas that increases the greenhouse effect is _________. a. carbon dioxide b. oxygen c. hydrogen d. none of the above
What is carbon dioxide
500
When Earth moves into the moons shadow, the result is a ________ eclipse. a. gravitational b. lunar c. solar d. total
What is Solar
500
Factors that are measured in an experiment are _______. a. dependent variables b. independent variables c. hypothesis d. constants
What is dependent variables
500
Sedimentary rocks are changed to sediments by _________. a. heat and pressure b. weathering and erosion c. compaction d. cementation
What is weathering and erosion
500
Magma from deep inside Earth rises toward the surface because ____________. a. it is denser than surrounding solid rock b. it is less dense than surrounding solid rock c. it has the same density as surrounding solid rock d. none of the above
What is it is less dense than surrounding solid rock
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Seasons are caused by differences in daylight, temperature, and weather patterns due to _________. a. the tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun b. global warming c. El Nino d. all of the above
What is the tilt of Earth as it revolves around the Sun
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