ACT Science Test 5

According to Figure 2, at an initial %O₂ of 16, which of the 4 materials sustained a flame the longest

• Candle

• Dry paper

• Match

• Pine Wood

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

According to Figure 2, what is the order of the 4 materials tested, from the material that required the highest initial %O₂ to ignite to the material that required the lowest initial %O₂ to ignite?

• Match, pine wood, dry paper, candle

• Match, dry paper, pine wood, candle

• Pine wood, candle, dry paper, match

• Pine Wood, dry paper, candle,match

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

According to Figure 2, at an initial %O_2, of 17, approximately how many seconds greater was the flame duration for dry paper that the flame duration for pine wood?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

According to Figure 1, how many paleo wildfires are known from the rock record between 95 mya and 85 mya?

• 4

• 9

• 14

• 19

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A scientist claimed that paleo wildfires could only have occurred when the %O₂ was higher than 15. For which of the following time intervals during the Mesozoic era are the data in Figure 1 inconsistent with this claim?

• 250-230 mya

• 180-160 mya

• 120-100 mya

• 90-70 mya

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The %O₂ in Earth's atmosphere today is about 21. According to Figure 1, at which of the following times during the Mesozoic era was the %O₂ in Earth's atmosphere closest to the %O₂ in Earth's atmosphere today

• 250 mya

• 200 mya

• 150 mya

• 100 mya

How many questions did passage 3 have?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What did the right side of the graph of the figure one show?

• %O₂

• Millions of years MA

• number of known Paleo wildfires

• flame duration

What did the left side of the graph of the figure one show?

• %O₂

• Millions of years MA

• number of known Paleo wildfires

• flame duration

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5

What did the bottom of the graph of the figure one show?

• %O₂

• Millions of years MA

• number of known Paleo wildfires

• flame duration