1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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2. Earth Science Review _________________________ _____________________
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8. Glass is chemically related to what mineral?
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Quartz
Pyrite A B
Halite
Fluorite C D
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9. In the northern hemisphere, hurricanes moving northward from the equator shift toward the east due to the Earth’s:
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Rotation
Gravitational pull A B
tilt
Curved surface C D
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10. The southern hemisphere is warmer in Jan that in July because:
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It is experiencing summer
Cold winds are concentrated in the Northern hemisphere A B
The sun puts out more energy
Ozone hole C D
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11. Which planet is often called Earth’s twin because it is similar in mass and diameter to the Earth
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Mars
Mercury A B
Venus
Pluto C D
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12. The sun emits energy by converting H into He, what is this process called?
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Fusion
Fission A B
Sunspot Formation
Solar wind C D
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13. The moon rotates on its axis the same rate that it revolves around the sun. This causes-
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Very high tides
The phases of the moon A B
Partial eclipse of the moon
One side of the moon to always face the Earth C D
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14. If matter from Saturn would float in water, and matter from earth would sink in water, which of the following is true?
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Saturn is smaller than the Earth
Saturn is smaller than the sun A B
Saturn has a lower density than Earth
Saturn has a higher density than the earth C D
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15. What powers stars? 50/50 A B C D fission fusion combustion
radioactivity C D
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16. How are stars distributed in space?
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Evenly distributed throughout space with no significant clumping
In clumps that are evenly distributed throughout space, wth stars scattered in between A B
In clumps that are themselves evenly distributed throughout space
In clumps that are themselves unevenly distributed without space C D
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17. What causes currents in the atmosphere?
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Ocean Waves and Currents
Pressure from the ozone layer A B
Solar heating of the upper atmosphere
Warm air rising and cold air sinking C D
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18. In which layer of the atmosphere does most of our weather occur
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Troposphere
stratosphere A B
ionosphere
lithosphere C D
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19. An example of a cloud associated with rainfall is:
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Cirrus
cumulus A B
altostratus
nimbostratus C D
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20. Which will warm up faster?
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Land
Oceans A B
They warm up the same
Ozone hole C D
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21. Each mineral has a unique crystal shape because of the-
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Hardness being between 1 & 10
Arrangement of the atoms A B
Streak being constant
Variations of its colors C D
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22. A student found a rock and weighed it to determine its mass
A student found a rock and weighed it to determine its mass. What steps should the student take to determine its density?
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Determine its volume by how much water it displaces, then divide mass by volume
Determine tis volume by length x weight x height, then divide mass by volume A B
Crush the rock to a powder and measure its volume in a graduated cylinder, the divide mass by volume.
Determine the volume by using the volume of a sphere, then divide mass by volume. C D
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