District Checkpoint #3 Review (Modeling Matter & Earth Systems)

What is one method to prevent fertilizer run-off?

• Use more fertilizers

• Plant more crops

• Increase irrigation

• Use pesticides

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Which of the following is a method to prevent water pollution?

• Dumping waste in rivers

• put more trash cans in public places

• Use filters to separate pollution from water

• Burning fossil fuels

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What are the four Earth spheres that interact with each other?

• Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere

• Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

• Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Stratosphere, Biosphere

• Geosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Troposphere

What is an example of interaction between the atmosphere and geosphere?

• Wind blowing water vapor towards a mountain

• Rain falling into the ocean

• Sunlight warming the earth

• Plants growing in soil

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What is one method to prevent fertilizer run-off?

• Build more parking lots and buildings

• Use large grates to filter water

• let cows and horses graze nearby

• create more time for run-off to soak into the ground

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What is the rainshadow effect?

• Even rain distribution on both sides of a mountain

• Uneven rain pattern caused by wind and mountains

• Rain falling only in deserts

• Rain falling only in forests

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What causes more condensation of water vapor in the rainshadow effect?

• Higher temperatures

• Lower temperatures

• More sunlight

• Less wind

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What is the water cycle?

• The process of water staying in one place

• The movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

• The process of water turning into ice

• The movement of water only in oceans

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What is the conservation of mass?

• Matter is created during chemical changes

• Matter is destroyed during physical changes

• Matter is neither created nor destroyed

• Matter is only created in labs

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If 4 liters of liquid water evaporate, how many liters of water vapor (gas molecules) will there be in a closed system?

• 2 liters

• 3 liters

• 4 liters

• 5 liters

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