ES-Jun 2014 Q21-30

ES-Jun 2014 Q21-30

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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ES-Jun 2014 Q21-30

ES-Jun 2014 Q21-30

Assessment

Quiz

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

Media Image
The block diagram below represents caves that developed in a region over time.
Which type of weathering was primarily responsible for the development of these caves?
physical weathering of sandstone
physical weathering of limestone
chemical weathering of sandstone
 chemical weathering of limestone

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which agent of erosion is most likely responsible for the deposition of sandbars along ocean shorelines?
glaciers
mass movement
wave action
wind action

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
The block diagram below represents the drainage basins of some river systems separated by highland divides, shown with dashed lines. The arrows show the directions of surface-water flow.
The three areas separated by highland divides are called
meanders
floodplains
watersheds
 tributaries

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which New York State landscape region is mostly composed of horizontal sedimentary bedrock at high elevations?
Hudson Highlands
Allegheny Plateau
Taconic Mountains
Atlantic Coastal Plain

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which characteristic do samples of the mineral pyroxene normally exhibit?
yellow to amber color
bubbling in hydrochloric acid
cleaves at 56° and 124°
 hardness of 5 to 6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
The photograph below shows the texture of a rock composed of various minerals as seen through a microscope.
Which rock is most likely shown above?
sandstone
 anthracite coal
dunite
schist

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which minerals contain the two most abundant elements by mass in Earth’s crust?
 fluorite and calcite
magnetite and pyrite
amphibole and quartz
galena and sulfur

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