Quiz about Science Vocabulary 5th Grade Review

Question 1

Which best represents the word organism?

Accepted Answer

A human

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A rock

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The soil

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The sun

Question 2

Which best represents the meaning of the word transport?

Accepted Answer

Taking or carrying from one place to another

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Staying or remaining in the same place

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Being changed

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Being idifferent

Question 3

Which best represents the word unicellular?

Accepted Answer

Bateria

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Tree

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Bird

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Dog

Question 4

Which best represents the meaning of the word inhale?

Accepted Answer

To breathe in

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To breathe out

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To hold your breath

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To release your breath

Question 5

Which best represents the word multicellular?

Accepted Answer

Frog

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Water

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Rock

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Bacteria

Question 6

Which best represents the meaning of the word exhale?

Accepted Answer

To breathe out

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To breathe in

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To hold your breath

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To collect your breath

Question 7

Which best represents the meaning of the word waste?

Accepted Answer

Materials that are not wanted nor needed

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Materials that are beneficial

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Materials that are wanted and needed

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Materials that are wanted by not needed

Question 8

Which best represents the meaning of the word nutrients?

Accepted Answer

Substances needed for growth and life

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Substances that are not healthy

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Substances needed for growth but not life

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Substances that are not beneficial

Question 9

Which best represents the meaning of the word reduce?

Accepted Answer

To make smaller or less in amount

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To keep the same amount

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To break down into equal parts

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To make larger or more in amount

Question 10

Which best represents the meaning of the word beneficial?`

Accepted Answer

To produce good results

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To produce bad results

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Producing no results

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Producing many results

Question 11

Which best represents the meaning of the word absorb?

Accepted Answer

Taking in or soaking up

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Exhaling

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Breaking down

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Releasing or letting out

Question 12

Which best represents the word acquire?

Accepted Answer

Black aquifer his love for fishing over the years

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Black acquired his brown eyes from his dad

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Blake acquired being right-handed from his parents

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Blake acquired his height from his grandparents

Question 13

Which best represents the meaning of the word digest?

Accepted Answer

Breaking down

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Keeping the same

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Releasing or letting out

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Taking in or soaking up

Question 14

Which best represents the word inherit?

Accepted Answer

The horse inherited his brown hair

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The horse inherited the scar on his leg

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The horse inherited his love for carrots

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The horse inherited the horseshoes on his hooves

Question 15

Which best represents the meaning of the word expand?

Accepted Answer

An object becoming larger

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An object becoming smaller

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An object staying the same

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An object turning into a liquid

Question 16

Which best represents the meaning of the word contract?

Accepted Answer

An object becoming smaller

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An object becoming larger

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An object staying the same

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An object turning into a liquid

Question 17

Which best represents the meaning of the word matter?

Accepted Answer

Something that has mass and takes up space

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Something that has mass and does not take up space

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Something that has no mass and takes up space

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Something that has no mass and does not take up space

Question 18

Which best represents the meaning of the word mass?

Accepted Answer

Amount of matter

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Force of gravity

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Scale

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Weight

Question 19

Which best represents the meaning of the word reverse?

Accepted Answer

To undo an action

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To repeat an action

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To delay an action

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To stay the same

Question 20

Which best represents the term physical change?

Accepted Answer

Ice melting into a liquid

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An apple core turning brown

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Rust forming on a bike

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Paper burning into ashes

Question 21

Which best represents the term chemical change?

Accepted Answer

Wood burning in a fire

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Melting butter

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Boiling water

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coffee beans being ground

Question 22

Which best represents the meaning of the word mixture?

Accepted Answer

When two or more substances are combined without a chemical change

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When a chemical change occurs

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When two or more substances cannot be separated

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When a new product is formed

Question 23

Which best represents the meaning of the word solution?

Accepted Answer

Substances are evenly spread out and completely mixed

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Substances are broken down into new products

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Substances are made smaller

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Substances are made larger

Question 24

Which best represents the meaning of the word boiling?

Accepted Answer

When heat is added to a liquid causing it to turn into a vapor

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When heat is added to a solid causing it to turn into a liquid

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When heat is taken away from a gas causing it to condense

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When heat is taken away from a liquid causing it to freeze

Question 25

Which best represents the meaning of the word dissolve?

Accepted Answer

When sugar is absorbed in water

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When salt and pepper are mixed together

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When an ice cube melts

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when a magnet attracts iron filings

Question 26

Which best represents the meaning of the term heat transfer?

Accepted Answer

Heat moving from a warmer object to a cooler object

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Energy particles moving quickly

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Moving from one place to another

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Heat moving from a cooler object to a warmer object

Question 27

Which best represents the meaning of the word transfer?

Accepted Answer

Moving from one place to another

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Heat moving from a cooler object to a warmer object

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Energy particles moving quickly

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Closely compacted together

Question 28

Which best represents the meaning of the word heat?

Accepted Answer

The energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules

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The transfer of energy through rays or waves

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A measurement of how dense something is

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A measurement of how hot or cold something is

Question 29

Which best represents the meaning of the word temperature?

Accepted Answer

A measurement of how hot or cold something is

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A measurement of how dense an object is

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Energy particles moving quickly

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Energy particles closely compacted together

Question 30

Which best represents the meaning of the word dense?

Accepted Answer

Closely compacted together

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Energy particles moving quickly

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Atoms that are far apart from one another

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A measurement of how hot or cold something is

Question 31

Which best represents the meaning of the word conduction?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of heat between two objects that touch

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The transfer of heat through the movement of molecules in a gas or liquid

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The transfer of heat through rays or waves

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The transfer of heat between objects that are separated

Question 32

Which best represents the meaning of the word convection?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of heat by movement of molecules in water or gas in which warmer molecules rise and cooler molecules sink

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The transfer of heat by rays or waves

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The transfer of heat by movement of molecules in water or gas in which cooler molecules rise and warmer molecules sink

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The transfer of heat through two objects that touch

Question 33

Which best represents the meaning of the word radiation?

Accepted Answer

The transfer of heat by rays or waves

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The transfer of heather through two objects that touch

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The transfer of heat by friction

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The transfer of heat through the movement of water or gas molecules

Question 34

Which best represents the meaning of the word conductor?

Accepted Answer

A material that heat moves through easily

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A material that blocks heat from moving easily

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a material that limits how much heat can go through it

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A material that limits how much cold can go through it

Question 35

Which best represents the meaning of the word insulator?

Accepted Answer

A material that limits how much heat can go through it

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A material that increases how much heat can go through it

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A material that heat moves through easily

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A material that cold moves through easily

Question 36

Which best represents the meaning of the term water cycle?

Accepted Answer

The process of how water moves through the Earth and atmosphere

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The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere

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The process of how water moves through run-off

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The passage of water vapor from the atmosphere to the ground

Question 37

Which best represents the meaning of the word transpiration?

Accepted Answer

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere

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The heating of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

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The cooling of water changing it from a gas to a liquid

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The run-off of water from land to rivers

Question 38

Which best represents the meaning of the word condensation?

Accepted Answer

The cooling of water vapor, changing it from a gas to a liquid

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The cooling of water vapor, changing from a liquid to a gas

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The heating of water, changing it from a liquid to a gass

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Water evaporates from leaf pores

Question 39

Which best represents the meaning of the word run-off?

Accepted Answer

Precipitation that is not absorbed by the soil and travels to a body of water

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Precipitation that falls from clouds in either liquid or solid form

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The heating of water changing from a liquid to a gas

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The cooling of water vapor, changing it from a gas to a liquid

Question 40

Which best represents the meaning of the word precipitation?

Accepted Answer

Water that falls from clouds in either liquid or solid forms

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The heating of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

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The cooling of water changing it from a gas to a liquid

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Water that changes state from a liquid to a solid

Question 41

Which best represent the meaning of the word evaporation?

Accepted Answer

The heating of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

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Water that falls from clouds in either liquid or solid form

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Water that is not absorbed by the soil and travels to a body of water

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The cooling of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

Question 42

Which best represents the meaning of the word weather?

Accepted Answer

Day-to-day conditions outside

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Amount of water vapor in the air

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The weight of the air

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Typical weather conditions over time

Question 43

Which best represents the meaning of the word climate?

Accepted Answer

Typical weather conditions over time

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A prediction of future weather events

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The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere (air)

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Fast-moving cold air traveling from west to east

Question 44

Which best represents the meaning of the word forecast?

Accepted Answer

A prediction of further weather events

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Typical weather conditions over time

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Day-to-day conditions outside

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A record of past weather events

Question 45

Which best represents the meaning of the word humidity?

Accepted Answer

The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere (air)

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Day-to-day conditions outside

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The weight of the air

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Typical weather conditions over time

Question 46

Which best represents the meaning of the term air pressure?

Accepted Answer

The weight of the air

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The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere (air)

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Day-to-day conditions outside

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Typical weather conditions over time

Question 47

Which best represents the meaning of the term jet stream?

Accepted Answer

Fast-moving cold air traveling from west to east across the United States

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Fast-moving cold air traveling from east to west across the United States

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Warm current of water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico through the North Atlantic Ocean

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Cold current of water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico through the North Atlantic Ocean

Question 48

Which best represents the meaning of the term Gulf Steam?

Accepted Answer

Warm current of water flowing from the Gulf dog Mexico through the North Atlantic Ocean

Answer

Fast-moving cold air traveling from west to eat across the United States

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Slow-moving cold air traveling from west to east across the United States

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Cold current of water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico through the North Atlantic Ocean

Question 49

Which best represents the meaning of the word cumulus?

Accepted Answer

Clouds that look like cotton balls and bring partly cloudy skies

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Low, gray clouds that can bring precipitation

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Thin and wispy clouds high in the atmosphere

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Clouds that look like cotton balls and bring heavy precipitation

Question 50

Which best represents the meaning of the word stratus?

Accepted Answer

Layers of low clouds that cover the sky

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Thin and wispy clouds high in the atmosphere

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High, tick clouds that look like a column

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Clouds that look like cotton balls and bring partly cloudy skies

Question 51

Which best represents the meaning of the word evaporation?

Accepted Answer

The heating of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

Answer

The heating of water changing it from a gas to a liquid

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The cooling of water changing it from a gas to a liquid

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The cooling of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

Question 52

Which best represents the meaning of the word condensation?

Accepted Answer

The cooling of water changing it from a gas to a liquid

Answer

The cooling of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

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The heating of water changing it from a gas to a liquid

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The heating of water changing it from a liquid to a gas

Question 53

Which best represents the meaning of the word latitude?

Accepted Answer

Imaginary lines extending around the Earth horizontally (east to west)

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Imaginary lines extending around the Earth vertically (north to south)

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An imaginary line drawn around the Earth, dividing the Earth in half

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The Earth divided into northern and southern halves

Question 54

Which best represents the meaning of the word longitude?

Accepted Answer

Imaginary lines extending around the Earth vertically (north to south)

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Imaginary lines extending around the Earth horizontally (east to west)

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the Earth divided into northern and southern halves

Answer

An imaginary line drawn around the Earth, dividing the Earth in half

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