Quiz about TCAP Review

Question 1

Energy of motion is which type of energy?

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Kinetic

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Potential

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Sound

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Gravitational

Question 2

What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

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Chemical

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Thermal

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Sound

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Nuclear

Question 3

A cooking smoker, used to cook meats, works by allowing the warm air filled with smoke to rise to the meat, while the cooler air sinks closer to the fire. What type of heat transfer is responsible for smoking the meat?

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Convection

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Electrical

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Radiation

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Conduction

Question 4

Geothermal energy is energy from

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heat from deep in the earth

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the sun

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wind

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inexhaustable

Question 5

Wind energy is

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starts with moving air and generates electricity

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generated from moving water

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starts with the sun

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comes from the earth

Question 6

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

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more

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less

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none of the above

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all of the above

Question 7

At which point(s) on the roller coaster is the gravitational potential energy at its maximum?

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 8

At which point(s) on the roller coaster is the kinetic energy at its maximum?

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 9

Is energy always conserved?

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Always

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Often

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Never

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Sometimes

Question 10

What type of energy is in this picture?

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Potential

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Kinetic

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Chemical

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Sound

Question 11

Work is:

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A transfer of energy by a force to move and object

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Something you get paid for

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Something you take home

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Makes you sweat

Question 12

On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?

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At the top of a big hill

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At the bottom of a big hill

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When going around a corner

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When going upside down

Question 13

What does friction produce?

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heat

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light

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sound

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gravity

Question 14

On which surface will a toy car travel the furthest?

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Ice

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Carpet

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Polished Wood

Question 15

What is this biome?

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Desert

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Arctic Tundra

Question 16

What is this biome?

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Grassland

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Desert

Question 17

What is this biome?

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Arctic Tundra

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Desert

Question 18

What is this biome?

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Deciduous Forest

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Tropical Rainforest

Question 19

What is the main factor that separates the biomes?

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Climate

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Land

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Water

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Longitude

Question 20

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

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Temperate Forest

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Rainforest

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Grasslands

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Taiga

Question 21

Which biome has coniferous trees (which don't lose their leaves)?

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Taiga

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Temperate Forest

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Tundra

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Grasslands

Question 22

Which biome has wide-open fields of grass?

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Grasslands

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Taiga

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Temperate Forest

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Rainforest

Question 23

In which 2 biomes can only plants/animals with adaptations survive?

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Tundra/Desert

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Taiga/Temperate Forest

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Grasslands/Desert

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Rainforest/Tundra

Question 24

What living things make their own energy?

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Producers

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Consumers

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Decomposer

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Carnivores

Question 25

The following list of things are producers.

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Tree, grass, and flowers.

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Bat, lion, and dog.

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Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, and Game Stop.

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Cashier, Salesman, and waiter

Question 26

A __________________ is a type of animal that hunts other animals to eat.

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predator

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prey

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herbivore

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producer

Question 27

A food chain is?

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A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

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Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

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The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

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biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

Question 28

A consumer gets energy by doing what?

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Feeding on other organisms.

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Making it themselves.

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Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.

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Soaking it up from the ground.

Question 29

Which group of organisms is missing from the food web above?

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Decomposer

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Carnivore

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Herbivore

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Omnivore

Question 30

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

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tree

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sunlight

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stream

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rock

Question 31

Most producers get energy from the Sun using the process of

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photosynthesis

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cellular respiration

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chemosynthesis

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consumption

Question 32

Food webs are models that show

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networks of feeding relationships

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one sequence of producers and consumers.

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stored energy in food chains

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a. only primary consumers in an ecosystem

Question 33

The water cycle, in which water moves from the atmosphere, to the surface, below ground, and back, is also called the

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Hydrologic Cycle

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Carbon Cycle

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Biogeochemical Cycle

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Atom Cycle

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT an alternative energy source?

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fossil fuels

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geothermal

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hydroelectric

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wind

Question 35

Biofuel is...

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Fuel from plant material

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Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air

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Energy that comes from the Sun

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A source of non- renewable energy

Question 36

One problem with ____ energy is that it produces radioactive waste.

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nuclear

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solar

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tidal

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geothermal

Question 37

Oil, natural gas and coal are called ________resources because they are not easy to replace.

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nonrenewable

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fossil fuels

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cheap

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natural resources

Question 38

Why are fossil fuels more widely used than solar energy?

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Fossil fuels are much cheaper

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Solar energy is harder to find

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Fossil fuels are more abundant

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The sun's energy can never be harnessed

Question 39

A student is preparing a presentation about alternative energy resources and recorded the information below.

Which alternative energy source does this information describe?

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Hydroelectricity

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Solar energy

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Biofuels

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Wind

Question 40

Which of the following is NOT an alternative energy source?

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fossil fuels

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geothermal energy

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hydroelectric energy

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wind energy

Question 41

What is one of the biggest disadvantages to wind turbines?

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They can interfere with bird migration

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They're big

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They're expensive

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It takes a long time to put one up and then maintain it

Question 42

Which type of alternative energy source is shown in this picture?

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Hydroelectric

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Wind

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Solar

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Geothermal

Question 43

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

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more

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less

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none of the above

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all of the above

Question 44

__________ is stored energy.

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Potential

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Kinetic

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None of the above

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All of the above

Question 45

Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

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Height and mass

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Friction and movement

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Mass and Movement

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Height and Friction

Question 46

Elastic potential energy is energy stored in object that are compressed or __________.

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stored

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movement

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harnessed

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pulled

Question 47

Can energy be destroyed?

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no

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yes

Question 48

Energy stored by things that stretch

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Elastic Potential Energy

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Kinetic Energy

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Gravitational Potential Energy
Energy

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Chemical Potential Energy

Question 49

What remains the same regardless of your location?

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mass

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weight

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attitude

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memory

Question 50

What does the food represent?

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chemical energy

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kinetic energy

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heat energy

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potential energy

Question 51

Which SI unit is used to measure energy?

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Joules

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Meters

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Weight

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Mass

Question 52

At which point does the slinsghot have the greatest Elastic Potential Energy?

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2

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1

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3

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4

Question 53

What are the yearly conditions of temperature, precipitation and humidity?

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climate

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weather

Question 54

What imaginary line divides our world into the northern and southern hemispheres?

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equator

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international date line

Question 55

Which climate zone gets the least amount of direct sunlight and is the coldest?

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polar

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tropical

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temperate

Question 56

Which climate zone gets the most amount of direct sunlight and rainfall and is the warmest?

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tropical

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temperate

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polar

Question 57

What part of the water cycle includes rain, sleet and snow?

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precipitation

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condensation

Question 58

Which factor does not affect climate?

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longitude

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distance from large bodies of water

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latitude

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altitude

Question 59

What are the daily conditions of temperature, humidity and precipitation?

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weather

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climate

Question 60

In an ocean, warm water moves __________ and cold water moves ____________.

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Up, Down

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Down, Up

Question 61

What causes wind?

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movement of high pressure to low pressure

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movement of low pressure to high pressure

Question 62

During convection, more dense currents _________ and less dense currents _________.

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sink, rise

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rise, sink

Question 63

Any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds is called what?

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Precipitation

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Sublimation

Question 64

The curving path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth's rotation is called what?

Accepted Answer

Coriolis Effect

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Sublimation

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Continental Deflection

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Transpiration

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