Which statement describes the motion of Earth around the sun? Options: The speed of Earth is constant regardless of its distance from the sun., The speed of Earth is constant because the distance remains the same between Earth and the sun., Speed increases the farther Earth is from the sun and decreases the closer it is to the sun., Speed increases the closer Earth is to the sun and decreases the farther it is from the sun.
End of Year Earth Science Part 2

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Speed increases the closer Earth is to the sun and decreases the farther it is from the sun.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Scientists are studying a graph showing the time differences between the seismic P-waves and the seismic S-waves as they travel through Earth. What information can they learn from the graph? Options: the magnitude of an earthquake, the duration of an earthquake, the epicenter of an earthquake, the intensity of an earthquake
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the epicenter of an earthquake
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which agent of erosion leads to the formation of sand dunes? Options: ice, wind, water, gravity
Back
wind
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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How can water be an agent for physical weathering?
Back
by seeping into the cracks of rocks and freezing
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which is most likely a prevention strategy for flooding? Options: building artificial levees, reducing water consumption, recycling bottled-water containers, building waste landfills for metals and other contaminants
Back
building artificial levees
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What describes a disadvantage of adding large quantities of sand to the beach to stabilize the shoreline? Options: It causes inland erosion., It is a short-term solution., It creates a barrier that prevents the tides from occurring along the coastline., It creates a wall that disrupts the vegetation along the coastline.
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It is a short-term solution.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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Which results from the unequal heating of the ocean water of Earth?
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changes in ocean current patterns
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