Environmental Science Midterm Review Part 1

A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 

• scientific method
• recipe
• data collection
• metric system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Testing a hypothesis often involves a(n):

• answer
• experiment
• problem
• safety check

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NGSS.MS-PS2-5

This variable in an experiment is the one being changed by the scientist. 

• dependent variable
• independent variable
• data
• control group

Which of the following would be considered quantitative data?

• Color
• Smell
• 6.84 cm
• texture

The first step of the scientific method is to make a(n) ____________ of something in the world.

• observation
• paper airplane
• hypothesis
• conclusion

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• submergent

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is this a picture of?

• plate tectonics
• continental drift
• pangea
• glacier scaring

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

It is the middle and thickest layer of the earth

• crust

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle