A mass of humid air moves across North Carolina from the western side of the Applachian Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. At which point on the mountain will rain form in this mass of air?
What is the top of the mountain
100
What type of map shows lines so you can see the elevation?
What is a countour map
100
Which object has the greatest momentum: a car traveling at 60 km per hour or a freight train traveling at 20 km per hour?
What is a freight train traveling at 20 km per hour
100
In a food pyramid, what is at the bottom
What is the producer
100
Global winds that blow through the majority of our country
What is prevailing westerlys
200
Which part of the water cycle cause the least amount of erosion?
What is evaporation
200
Which location is most likely to have the greatest amount of soil erosion?
What is a steep hillside with very few plants
200
Which simple machine can be used to lift very heavy objects straight up?
What is a pulley
200
Nutrients are broken down and returned to the soil
What is decomposer
200
When rivers erode soil from their banks, the sediment is carried to the mouth of the river and forms which landform?
What is Delta
300
Sarah notices on her weather barometer that the atmospheric pressure is dropping outside. Which weather condition will Sarah most likely find?
What is cloudy and rainy
300
Which term refers to a small stream that flows into a larger river?
What is a tributary
300
In order for an object to begin moving or to change its direction what must happen?
What is a force must act on the object
300
Which animal does not share the same habitat: frog, racoon, fox, camel?
What is a camel
300
A book was sitting still on a table when it suddenly started to slide across the table. What best describes the forces acting on the book when it started to move?
What is unbalanced
400
Which best explains how clouds form
What is water vapor changing into water droplets when the air cools
400
What term refers to the broad flat area next to a river that is usually a fertile place to grow crops?
What is floodplain
400
Which would slow down a toy car faster a desk top or carpet?
What is the carpet
400
Which pair of animals competes for the same food source in the same ecosystem? Grasshopper and bird; wolf and deer; bear and rattlesnake or moose and elk?
What is moose and elk
400
Which biome has the most diversity of plants and animals?
What is rainforest
500
Which type of cloud would bring partly cloudy skys with only a small chance of showers.
What is cumulus
500
Fast flowing water was the most important factor in forming what landform?
What is a canyon
500
Which basketball has balanced forces acting on it: A basketball that has dropped to the floor or a basket ball that is still?
What is a basketball that is still
500
What explains why ecosystems can support many different types of organisms?
What is adaptation
500
What landform is not created by water: canyon, meander, delta, volcano