STAAR Review

What do these volcanoes indicate about plate tectonics in the region?

• The volcanoes form an island arc, indicating a converging plate boundary.

• The volcanoes form a line, indicating a diverging plate boundary

• Two plates are moving past each other, causing faulting and magma formation.

• Two plates are moving apart, creating new seafloor.

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Which of the particles in the chart is a neutron?

• Particle A

• Particle B

• Particle C

• Particle A and B

Which two types of organisms in this aquatic food web have a producer–consumer relationship?

• Microscopic algae and white suckers

• Small invertebrates and amphipods

• Phytoplankton and mummichogs

• Amphipods and channel catfish

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Coefficients in chemical formulas...

• Multiply just the first atom

• Add to the subscripts at the end of the molecule

• Multiply elements without subscripts

• Multiply EVERYTHING!

The substances listed on the right side of a chemical equation are the

• Yields

• Reactants

• Products

• Precipitates

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The substances listed on the left side of a chemical equation are the

• Products

• Coefficients

• Precipitates

• Reactants

In chemical reactions, what does the principle of conservation of mass mean?

• Matter is not created or destroyed.

• The total mass of the reactants is greater than the total mass of the products.

• The total mass of the reactants is less than the total mass of the products.

• Matter is not changed.
  

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy greatest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is this?"The car has to go from 40mph to 60mph when entering the freeway"

• Speed

• Velocity

• Acceleration