CA 3 review 2

the whole mass of air surrounding the Earth.

• gravity
• atmosphere
• axis
• physical features

How often do each of these phases of the moon appear?

• yearly

• monthly

• every day

• every six month

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?

• Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.

• The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.

• Annual high temperatuers in the summer have increased over many decades.

• The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the next year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The average winter temperature is 30 degrees F.

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The meteorologist predicts that tomorrow, it will be very windy outside.

• Weather

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.
• The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.
• Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock.
• Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.

Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -

• A. plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow
• B. organic matter is buried along with sediments
• C. rivers carry sediments down mountainsides
• D. sediments are used by humans as a resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then -

• A. buried and squeezed and cemented together. 
• B. melted by the heat of the Earth's core
• C. completely dissolved in the salt water of the ocean 
• D. used by humans as a natural resource

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NGSS.4-ESS1-1

What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

• A. Industrial Pollution
• B. Ocean Currents
• C. Volcanic Activity
• D. Heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1