Science Week

Science investigators initially use classification systems to

• extend their powers of observation

• make more accurate inferences

• organize their observations in a meaningful way

• make direct comparisons with standard units of measurement

The diagrams represent four solid objects mode of the same uniform material. The volumes of the sphere and the bar are not given. What will occur when the sphere is heated?

• Its mass will increase and its volume will remain the same

• Its mass will decrease and its volume will remain the same

• Its mass will remain the same same and its volume will increase

• Its mass will remain the same and its volume will decrease

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which graph best represents the relative densities of the objects?

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which NYS city is located at 42^o39'N 73^o45'W?

• Buffalo

• Albany

• Ithaca

• Plattsburgh

What is the approximate altitude of Polaris at Syracuse, NY?

• 43^o

• 47^o

• 76^o

• 90^o

The lines of which set of views best represent Earth's latitude system?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which two locations are found in the same NYS landscape region?

• Old Forge and Utica

• Kingston and Rochester

• Niagara Falls and Watertown

• Plattsburgh and Ithaca

The diagram shows a broken crystal of the mineral halite. The shape of halite crystal is a direct result of the

• internal arrangement of atoms

• temperature at which the crystal formed

• type of surface on which the crystal formed

• stream erosion that changed the crystal

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Which rock forms by the recrystallization of unmelted rock material under conditions of high temperature and pressure?

• Granite

• Gneiss

• Rock gypsum

• Bituminous coal

Slate is formed by the

• deposition of chlorite and mica

• foliation of schist

• metamorphism of shale

• folding and faulting of gneiss

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