Crystal Lab/Chp 9 L 1-2 Quiz

What is the purpose of heating the water in the borax crystal experiment?

• To speed up the cooling process

• To dissolve the borax faster

• To increase the concentration of borax in the solution

• To make the solution more acidic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Emily is an astronaut preparing for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. She needs to don her spacesuit because she will be exposed to:

• the exosphere

• the thermosphere

• the mesosphere

• the troposphere

What physical property do borax crystals exhibit?

• Elasticity

• Transparency

• Brittleness

Maria is an airplane pilot flying at cruising altitude. She knows she is currently flying through which layer of the atmosphere?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What role do pipe cleaners or string play in the formation of borax crystals?

Ahmed is studying the Earth's atmosphere and learns that the layer where most weather phenomena occur is the:

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of solution is typically used to create borax crystals?

What gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Ozone

• Carbon Dioxide

Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors?

• exosphere

• troposphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• methosphere

• stratosphere