Geoscience Semester Exam Study Guide

What is the most important part of the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) process?

• What is the most important part of the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) process?

• Reasoning, it explains why your evidence proves your claim.

• Claim, it provides an answer to the question.

• All of the above.

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Why is the CER process important to learning in Science?

• You learn how to write in science.

• You learn how to think critically.

• You learn how to evaluate and compare data.

• All of the above.

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You are given an essential question that reads: “What are stars made of?” From the statements below select the best response that would be an appropriate claim.

• I believe and think that stars are of different elements

• My claim is that stars are made of various elements.

• Stars are made from various elements.

• What are stars made of? Well, we are going to explore this in this writing.

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Which subatomic particle is different for each element?

• neutrons

• electrons

• protons

• neutrinos

Which answer correctly labels the different subatomic particles of this helium atom?

• protons are green, neutrons are red, electrons are yellow

• protons are yellow, neutrons are red, electrons are green

• protons are red, neutrons are green, electrons are yellow

• None of the above

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Which process does not create new or different atomic nuclei?

• Radioactive decay

• Nuclear fission

• Nuclear fusion

• Spontaneous combustion

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Nuclear fusion produces which of the following?

• light

• energy

• heat

• radiation

• all of the above

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Which of the following statements best describes the scale of energy released when comparing nuclear fusion and chemical reactions?

• Nuclear fusion and chemical reactions release an equal amount of energy.

• Nuclear fusion and chemical reactions do not release energy.

• Nuclear fusion releases more energy than chemical reactions.

• Chemical reactions release more energy than nuclear fusion.

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Which of the following statements best describes the process of nuclear fusion as it happens in our Sun?

• Heavier elements are split into lighter elements like hydrogen and helium.

• Lighter elements like hydrogen are fused into heavier elements like helium.

• Light elements are fused into lighter elements like iron.

• Heavy elements are split into heavier elements like iron.

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Which of the following statements best describes light?

• The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted from your eyes.

• The entire spectrum of electromagnetic radiation.

• The spectrum of visible light only.

• The spectrum from infrared light to ultraviolet light only.

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