MATTER AND ENERGY
PROPERTIES OF MATTER
EARTH AND SPACE
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MORE PROPERTIES OF MATTER
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[Q16]
THE WORK OF MANY DIFFERENT SCIENTISTS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CELL THEORY. WHAT STATEMENT IS NOT PART OF THE CELL THEORY?
WHAT IS THE CELL PROVIDES EVERYTHING A LIVING THING NEEDS.
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[Q17]
FOUR BLOCKS MADE OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS ARE SHOWN BELOW. WHICH BLOCK HAS THE GREATEST DENSITY?
WHICH IS ...
100
[Q24]
MARIA WROTE THE FOLLOWING LIST OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ON THE BOARD: RADIO WAVES, INFRARED LIGHT, ULTRAVIOLET, GAMMA RAYS. DESCRIBE THE ORDER IN WHICH SHE LISTED THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.
WHAT IS FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST FREQUENCY?
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[Q20]
JACOB CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF ACID ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROCKS. HE FOUND THAT THE DATA HE COLLECTED DO NOT SUPPORT HIS HYPOTHESIS. WHY WOULD JACOB'S HYPOTHESIS STILL HAVE SOME VALUE?
WHAT IS IT MIGHT LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW INVESTIGATIONS.
100
[Q30]
MS. VEGA DRIVES A SCHOOL BUS AS A CONSTANT SEED ALONG A STRAIGHT ROAD TO SCHOOL WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING GRAPHS BEST SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTANCE MS. VEGA TRAVELED AND THE TIME SHE SPENT DRIVING?
WHAT IS 
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[Q18]
GREEN ALGAE, SLIME MOLDS, AND PROTOZOA ARE CLASSIFIED TOGETHER IN THE KINGDOM PROTISTA. IDENTIFY ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF ALL MEMBERS OF THIS KINGDOM.
WHAT IS THEIR CELLS ALL HAVE NUCLEUS.
200
[Q19]
ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, WHAT COULD HAPPEN?
WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL ENERGY USED WILL EQUAL THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY GIVEN OFF AS LIGHT AND HEAT.
200
[Q31]
A PLANET'S YEAR IS EQUAL TO ITS PERIOD OF REVOLUTION. WHICH PLANET HAS THE LONGEST YEAR.
WHAT IS NEPTUNE?
200
[Q34]
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS BEST SUPPORTS MARGULIS'S THEORY?
WHAT IS MITOCHONDRIA, CHLOROPLASTS AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND HAVE THE SAME CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE?
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[Q29]
TO MAKE COOKIE DOUGH, ELLA MIXES TOGETHER INGREDIENTS INCLUDING OATS, RAISINS, EGGS, SUGAR, AND FLOUR. THEN, TO MAKE COOKIES, WLLA BAKES THE COOKIE DOUGH IN AN OVEN. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE CHANGE FROM COOKIE DOUGH TO COOKIES?
WHAT IS A CHEMICAL CHANGE CAUSED BY A CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE.
300
[Q23]
MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, A MASS EXTINCTION OF NEARLY ALL THE DINOSAURS OCCURRED. THIS EXTINCTION INCLUDED THE HERBIVORE PROTOCERATOPS. MANY SCIENTISTS THINK THAT A MASSIVE METEROITE CRASHED INTO EARTH. THE IMPACT SENT UP LARGE CLOUDS OF DUST THAT BLOCKED OUT SUNLIGHT FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS. EXPLAIN HOW THE IMPACT COULD HAVE CAUSED PROTOCERATOPS TO BECOME EXTINCT.
WHAT ARE PLANTS DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUNLIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.
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[Q21]
LIGHT TRAVELS IN THE FORM OF WAVES. THE DIAGRAM BELOW SHOWS THE PATH OF LIGHTWAVE MOVING FROM MEDIUM A TO MEDIUM B.
WHAT OCCURS WHEN THE LIGHTWAVE ENTERS MEDIUM B?
WHAT IS THE LIGHT WAVE'S SPEED CHANGES.
300
[Q53]
ONE VAST STRUCTURE IN SPACE IS KNOWN AS THE MILKY WAY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE MILKY WAY?
WHAT IS A SPIRAL GALAXY CONTAINING BILLIONS OF STARS?
300
[Q60]
A SCIENTIST CONDUCTS AN EXPERIMENT ON THE STRUCTURE OF ATOMS. THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT SEEM TO DISPROVE PARTS OF TEH ACCEPTED ATOMIC THEORY. AFTER THE SCIENTIST PUBLISHES THE RESULTS, OTHER SCIENTIST CONDUCTING THE SAME AND SIMILAR EXPERIMENTS OBTAIN SIMILAR RESULTS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WILL MOST LIKELY HAPPEN?
WHAT IS THE ACCEPTED ATOMIC THEORY WILL BE CHANGED?
300
[Q28]
TWO OBJECTS AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES ARE ARRANGED AS SHOWN IN THE DIAGRAM BELOW.
IF OBJECTS ARE LEFT IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES T=WAHT WILL OCCUR?
WHAT IS HEAT WILL FLOW FROM OBJECT X TO OBJECT Y UNTIL BOTH ARE THE SAME TEMPERATURE?
400
[Q25]
SEAGRAPE IS A NATIVE SHRUB WITH WIDE GREEN LEAVES THAT GROWS ON FLORIDA'S COASTAL DUNES. DETERMINE A STATEMENT THAT DESCRIBES SEAGRAPE?
IT USES CHLOROPHYLL TO TRAP THE ENERGY IN SUNLIGHT.
400
[Q22]
A BOOK SITS ON A DESK. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MUST HAPPEN BEFORE AN ELECTRICAL FORCE CAN ACT ON THE BOOK?
WHAT IS AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE MUST BUILD UP ON THE BOOK.
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[Q42]
AS THE MOON MOVES IN ITS ORBIT AND EARTH SPINS ON ITS AXIS, THE PULL OF GRAVITY BETWEEN THE MOON AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF EARTH CHANGES. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS DO FLORIDA RESIDENTS OBSERVE AS A RESULT OF THIS CHANGING PULL OF GRAVITY?
WHAT IS OCEAN WATER LEVELS AT MIAMI BEACH RISE AND FALL TWICE EACH DAY.
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[Q36]
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES HOW A CHANGE IN OUR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF CELL STRUCTURES HAPPENED?
WHAT IS THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES LED TO EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF MARGULIS'S THEORY OF THE ORIGIN OF MITOCHONDRIA AND CHLOROPLASTS?
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[Q32]
THE DIAGRAM BELOW SHOES THE FORCES ACTING ON A BOY STANDING ON A PLATFORM.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS WOULD CAUSE THE BOY TO FALL TO THE GROUND?
WHAT IS THE BOY'S WEIGHT IS GREATER THAN THE FORCE EXERTED BY THE PLATFORM?
500
[Q27]
AN ALLIGATOR'S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM BREAKS DOWN FOOD, AND ITS EXCRETORY SYSTEM REMOVES WASTE PRODUCTS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO THESE AND OTHER ORGAN SYSTEMS MAKE UP?
WHAT IS AN ORGANISM?
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[Q26]
A PING PONG BALL, A TENNIS BALL, A BASEBALL, AND A BOWLING BALL ARE ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT PAIRS, AS SHOWN BELOW. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BALLS IN EACH PAIR IS 15 CENTIMETERS. BETWEEN WHICH PAIR OF BALLS WILL THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE BE THE GREATEST?
WHAT IS A BASEBALL AND A BOWLING BALL?
500
[Q65]
SOME PLANETS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAVE SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST DESCRIBES HOW MARS, VENUS, AND MERCURY ARE SIMILAR?
WHAT IS THEY ARE SMALL, ROCKY PLANETS?
500
[Q46]
ISABELLA USED LITMUS PAPER TO STUDY ACIDS AND BASES. BLUE LITMUS PAPER TURNS RED WHEN EXPOSED TO AN ACID. RED LITMUS PAPER TURNS BLUE WHEN EXPOSED TO A BASE. ISABELLA TESTED VINEGAR WITH BLUE AND RED LITMUS PAPER. SHE CONCLUDED THAT VINEGAR IS AN ACID. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MOST LIKELY DESCRIBES THE OBSERVATIONS THAT ISABELLA MAKE WHEN SHE TESTED THE VINEGAR?
WHAT OS TEH BLUE LITMUS PAPER TURNED RED, AND THE RED LITMUS PAPER DID NOT CHANGE COLOR.
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[Q33]
THE PICTURE BELOW SHOWS A BASKETBALL FALLING THROUGH A HOOP.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST DESCRIBES THE BALL AT POINT 2?
WHAT OS ITS POTENTIaL ENERGY IS DECREASING, AND ITS KINETIC ENERGY IS INCREASING?