ES-Aug 2016 Q41-50

ES-Aug 2016 Q41-50

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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ES-Aug 2016 Q41-50

ES-Aug 2016 Q41-50

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Other Sciences, Other

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The map shows the locations of major watersheds in New York State. Letters A through K represent individual watersheds.
 Over which two landscape regions do the streams in watershed D flow?
Tug Hill Plateau and the Catskills
Tug Hill Plateau and Erie-Ontario Lowlands
Adirondack Mountains and Champlain Lowlands
Adirondack Mountains and St. Lawrence Lowlands

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the mineral chart below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The mineral chart lists some properties of five minerals that are the major sources of the same metallic element that is used by many industries.
Which two minerals have compositions that are most similar to calcite?
brucite and carnallite
carnallite and dolomite 
dolomite and magnesite
magnesite and olivine

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the mineral chart below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The mineral chart lists some properties of five minerals that are the major sources of the same metallic element that is used by many industries.
Which mineral might scratch the mineral fluorite, but would not scratch the mineral amphibole?
brucite 
magnesite
carnallite
olivine

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answers to questions 2 through 4 on the mineral chart below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The mineral chart lists some properties of five minerals that are the major sources of the same metallic element that is used by many industries.
Which mineral has a different common color from its color in powdered form?
brucite
carnallite 
magnesite
 olivine

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answers to questions 5 through 7 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Locations A through D represent four positions of Earth in its orbit. Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) at position A, and farthest from the Sun (aphelion) at position C.
At which position is the gravitational attraction between the Sun and Earth the greatest?
A
B
C
D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answers to questions 5 through 7 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Locations A through D represent four positions of Earth in its orbit. Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) at position A, and farthest from the Sun (aphelion) at position C.
Which change in seasons occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at position D?
Winter is ending and spring is beginning
Spring is ending and summer is beginning.
Summer is ending and fall is beginning.
Fall is ending and winter is beginning.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Base your answers to questions 5 through 7 on the diagram below and on your knowledge of Earth science. The diagram represents Earth in its orbit around the Sun. Locations A through D represent four positions of Earth in its orbit. Earth is closest to the Sun (perihelion) at position A, and farthest from the Sun (aphelion) at position C.
At all four positions, the northern end of Earth’s axis points toward
 
the Sun
the Moon
Betelgeuse
Polaris

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