Post Spring Break Earth Science

All but one of the words should be included in the water cycle. Which word should be omitted?

• Radiation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

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The composition of a mineral represents its

• size

• texture

• hardness

• color

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Which (on average) takes the longest to orbit the sun (longest period)?

• asteroid

• comet

• mars

• earth

Which resource is a non-renewable and non-recyclable resource?

• rain forests

• beef cattle

• iron

• gasoline

The process of circular motion in the Earth’s mantle that causes the plates of the lithosphere to move is called

• convection

• raditation

• conduction

• deposition

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Which location is MOST LIKELY to be struck by a hurricane?

• Kansas City, Kansas

• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Sand Diego, California

• Charleston, South Carolina

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A geologist is studying a rock core sample of a hillside. Which would be the BEST evidence that this hillside was once covered by a body of water?

• The top of the core sample would contain fossils of shells.

• The bottom of the core sample would be saturated with water.

• The top of the core sample would contain leafy plant material.

• Aquatic fossils would be found near the bottom of the core sample.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

During which season do the rays of the sun hit the Earth at the MOST indirect angle?

• fall

• summer

• winter

• spring

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What causes sedimentary rock to change into metamorphic rock?

• cooling

• melting

• heat and pressure

• weathering and errosion

Metamorphic rock is changed into igneous rock by

• weathering and erosion.

• sedimentation and lithification.

• heat, pressure, and chemical activity.

• melting followed by cooling and solidification.