2025 ESH CFE Review 3

Which type of plate boundary can form folded mountains, subduction zones, and stratovolcanoes?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

What force sets the ocean's surface currents in motion?

• surface winds

• the Coriolis Effect

• continental deflection

• water temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which seismic wave would do the most damage to structures on the surface?

• Love

• S

• P

• Rayleigh

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What's the independent (test) variable?

• the amount of sleep

• the time it took to take the test

• the test scores

• the type of test

The final fate of a star depends on its initial mass. Which of these is likely to become a black hole or a neutron star?

• yellow average star

• yellow-white star that's a little larger than average

• orange average star

• blue-white star of immense size

Why is the spoon gaining heat?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Florida is a peninsula. What process is mostly responsible for its formation?

• deposition of sand

• water erosion

• weathering by ocean waves

• plate tectonics

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Energy is always transferred from the __________ to the ____________ object.

• warmer......cooler

• cooler.........warmer

Why is the little boy cold?

• cold energy is traveling from the air to the boy.

• the cold air is giving the boy its coldness.

• he is giving his warm energy to the cold air.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A star's fate depends on its initial mass. Which of these stars is most likely to be a red giant, then a white dwarf?

• yellow, average star

• red supergiant

• white hypergiant

• blue supergiant