Cumulative Review 1

The map is used to predict the weather. Students in which city will MOST likely want to wear a raincoat the next day?

• Denver

• Houston

• New York City

• Seattle

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Which type of severe event is MOST likely to occur during these weather conditions?

• clear skies

• thunderstorms

• sunny

• cool and clear

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Which of these actions causes wind?

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• movement of air from water to land

• uneven heating of Earth’s surface

• air passing Earth as it revolves around the Sun

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Which best completes the graphic organizer?

• estuary

• creek

• river

• swamp

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Decomposers are important to the flow of energy in an ecosystem because they

• are at the top of every food chain.

• eat things other organisms do not eat.

• make up a large portion of the top layer of the soil.

• break organic material into parts that can be reused.

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High average daily temperature and heavy annual precipitation are found in a

• desert

• grassland

• tropical rainforest

• tundra

The diagram shows part of a river food web. Which change would MOST likely reduce the number of both large roach fish and steelhead fish?

• an increase in the amount of algae

• an increase in the number of small invertebrates

• a decrease in the number of predatory invertebrates

• a decrease in the number of young stickleback fish

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The heat from the lamp allows this lizard to remain warm. This is an example of which type of heat transfer?

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• condensation

Yuko designed an experiment to test the effect of heating and cooling on air. She blew up two balloons to similar sizes and measured their circumferences. She placed one balloon in a freezer for one hour and left the second balloon on the table. After one hour she measured their circumferences again. She then left both balloons on the table for one more hour. The graph below shows the change in the sizes of the balloons during the experiment.

Which statement BEST explains the differences seen between the two balloons during the experiment?

• Air contracts when cooled but is not affected by warming.

• Cooling causes air to contract and heating causes air to expand.

• Balloons put more pressure on cold air than room temperature air.

• Freezing causes balloons to contract and thawing causes them expand.

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Manuel was having trouble opening a new glass jar of pickles. His father told Manuel to hold the metal lid of the jar under running hot water for a few seconds, then try again. Then the lid opened easily. What is the MOST likely reason Manuel’s father suggested using hot water to loosen the lid?

• Glass contracts when it is heated.

• Metals expand when they are heated.

• Metals are easier to grip when they are warm.

• Hot water reduces friction between metal and glass.