Which is a measure of the distance moved in a given amount of time?
A. speed B. force C. motion D. acceleration
What is A. speed
100
A microwave oven uses microwaves to heat food. By which process is thermal energy transferred in a microwave oven?
A. insulation B. radiation C. conduction
D. convection
What is B. radiation
100
Which pond will freeze fastest?
A. a shallow pond on a very cold day
B. a deep pond on a very cold day
C. a shallow pond on a cool day
What is A. a shallow pond on a very cold day
100
The mountain effect causes which part of a mountain to be dry?
A. the top of the mountain B. bottom of the mountain
C. the leeward side of the mountain
What is C. the leeward side of the mountain
100
Which two plates move away form each other, what type of boundary is it?
A. pushing B. sliding C. converging D. diverging
What is D. diverging
200
Air resistance is a form of:
A. gravity B. friction C. velocity D. magnetism
What is B. friction
200
Which is an example of kinetic energy?
A. a barrel of oil B. a bowstring pulled back
C. a moving roller coaster
What is C. a moving roller coaster
200
Which is the temperature of a material at which it changes from a solid to a liquid?
A. solubility B. melting point C. boiling point
What is B. melting point
200
Which kind of air mass forms over an ocean near the equator?
A. maritime polar B. continental polar
C. maritime tropical
What is C. maritime tropical
200
Where would you be most likely to observe a volcano?
A. northern Tennessee B. rim of the Pacific Ocean
C. Florida D. Great Lakes
What is B. rim of the Pacific Ocean
300
Which of these forces is not a contact force?
A. friction B. air resistance C. gravity D. kicking a ball
What is C. gravity
300
By which process is thermal energy transferred in gases and liquids?
A. radiation B. conduction C. convection
D. electromagnetic waves
What is C. convection
300
Which is the freezing point of water on the Celsius scale?
A. 0 B. 32 C. 100 D. 212
What is A. 0 degrees
300
Which are caused by warm ocean water?
A. sea breezes B. land breezes C. northern breezes
D. southern breezes
What is B. land breezes
300
Which type of mountains are the Rocky Mountains?
A. dome mountains B. fold mountains C. volcanoes
D. fault-block mountains
What is D. fault-block mountains
400
Which of the following best explains why a ball that is hit into the air falls to the ground?
A. inertia B. density C. gravity D. aceleration
What is C. gravity
400
Which form of energy is a type of kinetic energy?
A. chemical energy B. energy due to position
C. sound energy D. elastic energy
What is C. sound energy
400
Which of the following is a chemical change?
A. a hot air balloon rises B. kite is stuck in a power line
C. Lightning ignites a grass fire
What is C. Lightning ignites a grass fire
400
In which layer of the atmosphere do most weather events occur?
A. mesosphere B. stratosphere C. troposphere
D. thermosphere
What is C. troposphere
400
By studying the wavy line of a seismograph, scientists can:
A. prevent earthquakes B. cause earthquakes
C. ignore earthquakes D. measure earthquakes
What is D. measure earthquakes
500
Three objects have equal masses but different shapes. Which object will fall the most slowly?
A. the one with the greatest density
B. the one with the greatest velocity
C. the one with the greatest air resistance
What is C. the one with the greatest air resistance
500
By which process is heat traveling from the lamp to the thermometers?
A. radiation B. insulation C. conduction
D. convection
What is A. radiation
500
When hydrogen gas and oxygen gas react, they burn and form water. What kind of change is this?
A. physical B. chemical C. both physical and chemical
What is B. chemical
500
Which is one way that oceans can affect weather?
A. they make the air above them drier
B. they make the air above them colder
C. they make the air above them more moist
What is C. they make the air above them more moist
500
Which causes the Ring of Fire?
A. hot magma B. earthquakes C. plate subduction
D. mountain building