ES PRS 9 Quiz

Prefix is the part of a word that comes ____ the root.

• after

• in between

• before

• at the end of

The protoplanetary disk is the ________ stage of a star's development.

• first

• second

• middle

• last

Pyrotechnics are also known as:

• a rock concert

• a fireworks display

• a theatrical production

• a musical

A cow will regurgitate its cud in the process of digestion. This means that it will:

• throw it back up again

• mix it with water

• chew it to a pulp

• excrete it through its salivary glands

When Mars is in retrograde it seems to move _____ in the sky.

• upward

• southward

• northward

• backwards

The salinity of the oceans refers to the ______ content in the water.

• plankton

• nekton

• salt

• fish

A seismogram is a recording of:

• a musical instrument

• a message left to old people

• an elephant

• an earthquake

A stratocone volcano is made up of:

• layers of ash and plutons laid down over several eruptions

• a simple mound of ash and plutons dumped all at once

• a hole in an undersea vent

• a mound of lava flow from a single eruption

Your pulse is an indication that blood is being _______ your veins and arteries.

• stopped in

• driven through

• absorbed in

• evaporated out of

A hemisphere is half a:

• cube

• circle

• ball

• square