Comp 3 Science Mission Possible Day 2

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In 1815 a volcano erupted spewing billions of tons of ash into the sky. This ash “cloud” caused global annual temperatures to drop below normal, causing “a year without a summer” in 1816. Which sphere did this ash “cloud” affect to cause these changes?

• hydrosphere: because the water in the ash absorbed the suns radiation

• hydrosphere: because the ice in the ash caused the sun’s radiation to reflect off

• atmosphere: because the ash allowed more radiation than normal to reach the surface

• atmosphere: because the ash blocked more radiation than normal, not allowing it to reach the surface

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What spheres are interacting if a lengthy and severe drought affects Florida?

• Cryosphere is eliminated, which affects the biosphere.

• Cryosphere is eliminated, which affects the geosphere.

• Hydrosphere is eliminated, which affects the biosphere.

• Hydrosphere is eliminated, which affects the geosphere.

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When Daniel was studying for his Earth Science class, he asked his friend Cesar to quiz him about the rock cycle. Cesar presented Daniel with a scenario. Imagine that a large area of sedimentary rock gets moved deeper into Earth’s crust through tectonic plate movement. There, rising temperatures and high pressure change the rock. Eventually the rock melts from the high temperatures and pressure. After some time in those conditions, there is a time of cooling. Cesar asked Daniel to predict what kind of rock there will be at the end of all these steps. What should Daniel predict?

• Magma

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Metamorphic rock

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After a mountain has formed through the collision of tectonic plates, rock that was buried deep in Earth is suddenly exposed to surface events. What statement predicts what will happen to these newly exposed rocks?

• The newly exposed rocks will be broken down by weathering from wind, water, and temperature changes.

• The newly exposed rocks will melt and turn to magma, which will eventually cool to become igneous rock.

• The newly exposed rocks will become metamorphic rocks when exposed to high pressure and a dramatic increase in temperature.

• The newly exposed rocks will become sedimentary rocks as they are centered together by wind, water, and temperature changes

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Mike is drawing a model of an atom. He will draw the electron cloud first, and then he will draw the nucleus. Where will he draw the nucleus of the atom?

• On the outer edge of the electron cloud

• Among the electrons in the electron cloud

• Between the center of the atom and the electron cloud

• In the center of the atom, surrounded by the electron cloud.

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The chart below shows the different combinations that some elements make when they

react with oxygen

• When an element reacts to form a compound, its physical properties are not changed

• When an element reacts to form a compound, its atoms can only combine in one way.

• When an element reacts to form a compound, only its chemical properties are changed.

• When an element reacts to form a compound, its atoms combine in a multitude of ways.

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George painted a picture on a canvas, and he mixed some colors together because he wanted to make a particular shade of blue. Mixing paint is an example of what kind of process?

• Chemical change

• Physical change

• Forming a compound

• Dissolving one substance into another

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A metal block (A) with a temperature of 25°C is placed on top of another identical metal block (B) with a temperature of 38°C. Which of the following is most likely to occur as soon as you place block A on top of block B?

• Thermal energy will be transferred from block A to block B.

• Both blocks will remain at the same initial temperature

• The temperature of block B will increase

• Thermal energy will be transferred from block B to block A.

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Before Timothy’s soccer game he ate a big lunch. Which of the following energy transformations occur as he played his soccer game?

• Sound energy into kinetic energy

• Chemical energy into kinetic energy

• Kinetic energy into nuclear energy

• Potential energy into nuclear energy

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Oceanic crust is denser than continental crust. Which of the following is most likely to happen when a plate carrying oceanic crust converges with a plate carrying continental crust?

• The plates collide, and mantle convection stops

• The denser oceanic plate gradually sinks into the mantle and melts.

• Both the oceanic and the continental plates sink into the mantle and melt.

• The less dense continental plate gradually sinks into the mantle and melts.

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