Re-takes Science Guide

When carbon is returned to the soil when dead plants decompose, the interaction is between which two spheres?

• Hydrosphere and geosphere

• Biosphere and atmosphere

• Biosphere and Geosphere

• Cryosphere and geosphere

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Directions: The picture below shows a forest fire caused by a lighting strike. Use the picture to answer any questions that follow.

Which of the following is an interaction between the geosphere and biosphere after this forest fire?

• Animals lose their plant-based homes and food sources.

• Water in the river changes from the ash that settles in it.

• Dead plants add a layer of nutrients into the soil.

• Water in the river changes direction as trees fall and block the rivers' flow.

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The most important weather phenomenon occurs in the ____________

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

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Which of the following statements refers to weather?

• “It rains a lot in the spring in my city.”

• “We are going south to Florida in January because it will be warmer.”

• “There are many people who don’t believe there is a hole in the ozone layer”

• “It’s very hot and sunny today. Let’s go to the beach.”

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Which of the following is the best explanation for sea breezes and land breezes along Florida’s coasts?

• Conduction currents of rising cool air and falling warm air.

• Convection currents of rising, less-dense warm air and falling, denser cool air caused by differences in how quickly water and land absorb or lose the Sun’s heat.

• The Gulf Stream current in the Atlantic.

• Continental polar air masses moving in from the north.

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The arrows in the picture below show several ways heat is transferred from the Sun as it strikes sand on the surface of a beach. Which arrow shows radiation?

• 2

• 1

• 3

• 4

How do ocean currents (gyres), such as the Gulf Stream, regulate the Earth’s temperature?

• they increase the formation of sea ice at high latitudes

• they remove heat from the equator and carry it towards the poles

• they prevent evaporation at low latitudes

• they remove heat from the western hemisphere and carry it toward the eastern hemisphere

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Directions: The weather map below shows the movement of the polar jet stream on a day in January. The polar jet stream is a strong wind current that travels through Canada and the United States. Use the map to answer the questions that follow.

The average winter temperature in Dallas, Texas, is 19°C. Why would the temperature measure 5°C for Dallas, Texas, on this day in January?

• The polar jet stream got faster and rose, bringing warm air up into the atmosphere, lowering the ground temperature.

• The polar jet stream got slower and sank, bringing cold air down from the upper atmosphere, lowering the ground temperature.

• The polar jet stream dipped east of Dallas, bringing cold air from the Pacific ocean.

• The polar jet stream dipped south of Dallas, bringing cold air from the Arctic region.

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The Picture below show a humpback whale, weighing a massive 140 million grams, and a pygmy shrew, weighing 4 grams.

Are these two vastly different organisms classified in the same domain or kingdom?

• They are classified into different domain and kingdoms.

• They are classified into different domains, but they are the same kingdom.

• They are classified into the same domain and same kingdom

• They are classified into the same domain, but they are in different kingdoms.

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The table below gives both the common and scientific names of five New York State vertebrates.

Which two vertebrates are most closely related?

• B and E

• A and C

• A and E

• A and B

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