1. PHYSICAL, LIFE and EARTH
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PHYSICAL, LIFE and EARTH
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2. What is the atomic number of this atom?42 ? ? ?

3. Acid or base? ACID pH below 7 Tastes sour
Turns blue litmus paper RED (red litmus paper stays RED)

4. Name this group of elements.
Noble Gases

5. What kind of energy transformation occurs when you turn on a cell phone?
A. chemical energy into radiant/sound/thermal energy
B. chemical energy into electrical/sound energy
C. electrical energy into radiant/sound/thermal energy
D. radiant energy into chemical energy

6. Name this group of elements.
Alkali Metals

7. OPEN – Matter can escape
OPEN OR CLOSED SYSTEM?
OPEN – Matter can escape

8. decomposer A. producer B. consumer C. decomposer D. scavenger
Which of the following breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients to the soil?
A. producer
B. consumer
C. decomposer
D. scavenger
decomposer

9. Acid or base? BASE pH above 7 Feels slippery
Turns red litmus paper BLUE (blue litmus paper stays BLUE)

10. Which land biome would receive the least amount of precipitation?
A. savanna
B. desert
C. rainforest
D. grassland
desert

11. The area of land that supplies water to a river system
What is a watershed?
The area of land that supplies water to a river system

12. Describe point-source pollution.
SINGLE, KNOWN source

13. Waves transfer ???? without transferring matter.
A. water
B. energy
C. particles
D. matter
energy

14. Name this group of elements.
Alkaline Earth Metals

15. natural selection A. natural selection B. overpopulation
Which term refers to better adapted organisms surviving longer and reproducing more?
A. natural selection
B. overpopulation
C. competition
D. variation
natural selection

16. Which term refers to an area’s population exceeding carrying capacity?
A. natural selection
B. overpopulation
C. competition
D. variation
overpopulation

17. Name a pioneer species that would most likely begin primary succession.
Mosses and lichens

18. In which layer of the atmosphere would we find the ozone layer?

19. Name and describe each stage of the hydrologic cycle.
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation

20. Which transfer of thermal energy? Touching a hot pan
A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
D. condensation
conduction

21. Name the layers of the atmosphere in order from earth’s surface to space.
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere

22. What is one way that earth’s atmosphere protects or supports life?
The troposphere provides the air we breathe.
The troposphere has greenhouse gases that keep us from freezing at night.
The stratosphere holds the ozone layer that blocks most ultraviolet radiation.
The mesosphere prevents most meteoroids from hitting Earth’s surface.

23. Describe non-point source pollution.
MULTIPLE or UNKNOWN sources

24. Which transfer of thermal energy? Sitting in a sauna (warm air)
A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
D. condensation
convection

25. Name this group of elements.
Halogens
Name this group of elements.