CAST Science Practice Test

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Predict the changes in the sea urchin population as the kelp population INCREASES. Options: Sea urchin population increases, Sea urchin population decreases, Sea urchin population remains steady.

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Sea urchin population decreases

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Predict the changes in the kelp population as the kelp population INCREASES using the graphs and the partial food web.

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Kelp population decreases

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A student conducts 5 trials to investigate factors affecting the formation of impact craters. The student drops a marble into a box with fine powder. Analyze the results in the graph pictured. Because the mass is 40g in each trial, mass is a...

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constant

Front

In an experiment where a marble is dropped into a box with fine powder to measure the depth of impact craters, what is the depth considered as?

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dependent variable

Front

In an experiment dropping a marble into powder at different speeds to measure depth, what is the speed?

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independent variable

Front

What is true about the results of the experiment on impact craters conducted by a student with 5 trials?

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As the speed of the marble increases, the depth of the crater increases

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Which statement BEST describes the results of the investigation on factors affecting the formation of impact craters?

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The kinetic energy of the marble just before impact is proportional to the depth of the crater it forms

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Select a moon location in the model that supports the explanation that the New Moon phase explains why the disk becomes a ring.

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2

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Why don't solar eclipses happen every month despite a new moon occurring?

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The model should show that the plane of the Moon's orbit around the Earth is inclined relative to the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun.

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Leah conducts two trials to identify a chemical reaction: 1) SiO2 into H2O, 2) AgNO3 into KCl. In which trial did a chemical reaction occur?

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Trial 2