SCIENCE WORLD OTTER-LY TOASTY

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Which of the following statements BEST supports the claim that exposure to cold water greatly increases the risk of hypothermia—a dangerous drop in body temperature?

•  Ocean water can have warm or cold temperatures.

• Otters survive in cold water despite their small body size.

• Water always warms up an animal

• Water transfers heat rapidly, about 23 times faster than air.

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Which of the following adaptations helps sea otters stay warm? Choose all that apply.

• blubber

• thick fur

• small size

• extremely high metabolism

• gathering in groups

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Which of the following organisms are ectothermic, or rely on the temperature of their environment to maintain their internal body temperature? Choose all that apply

• Fish

• iguanas

• sea otters

• whales

• Camels

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Which of the following BEST describes the function of mitochondria?

• to produce energy

• to give instructions to the other organelles

• to store nutrients

• to store water inside cells

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Which of the following states of matter has a fixed shape?

• Solids

• Liquid

• Gas

• All of the answers are correct

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During which of the following state changes would the particles in the matter become more spread out?

• changing from liquid to gas

• changing from gas to liquid

• changing from gas to solid

• All three answers are correct

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Which of the following is NOT true about plasma?

• It is the most abundant state of matter in the universe.

• It is created at very low temperatures.

• It is made up of charged particles.

• It can generate magnetic fields.

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. Absolute zero is the lowest temperature theoretically possible. Based on the article, which of the following statements about absolute zero is MOST likely to be true?

• It is often observed outside of lab experiments.

• It is about room temperature, about 20°C (68°F).

• It does not affect the motion of atoms.

• It would cause atoms to nearly stop vibrating.

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. How are a Bose-Einstein condensate and a superfluid similar? Choose all that apply

• They both form at temperatures near absolute zero.

• Each state of matter’s particles vibrate in unison.

• Both states of matter have been observed only in laboratories.

• Both states of matter may occur inside stars.

• They are both formed by cooling a gas to extremely low temperatures.

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Why is Minecraft called a sandbox game?

• The game has building blocks made of materials like sand.

• Players can re-create only real-life objects, like a sandbox, in the game.

• Players can build whatever they want in the game, like kids do in a sandbox

• The game is constantly shifting and changing like sand.