Earth Science Midterm Review

Mr. S normally uses praise as a reward to train his dog. He wants to know the best way to train his dog, so he sets up an experiment to find out if there is a better way to get his dog to respond to commands. What is his dependent variable?

• Type of reward
• Praise
• Type of dog
• Amount of time the dog follows commands

Jessie is concerned about how tired his classmates seem. He created a drink that he thinks will boost their energy. He recruits 100 classmates with a history of tiredness. He has 50 of them drink his new special energy drink. The other 50 drink a beverage that looks like the special energy drink, but is just water and food coloring. Both groups were told that they were getting the special drink that would boost energy. After 2 hours, 30 classmates in the first group reported having more energy and 8 classmates in the second group reported having more energy.
What is the independent variable?

• Amount of energy
• Special energy drink
• The food coloring

Location D is located at which coordinates?

• 30^oN, 90^oW

• 90^oN, 30^oW

• 10^oN, 40^oW

• 30^oN, 90^oE

What city is located at 32 degrees south and 150 degrees east?

• Shanghai
• Sydney
• Durban
• Calcutta 

Which side is steeper?

• The left side of the hill

• The right side of the hill

How many mountains are in this picture?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which stage is our Sun located in? The stage that our Sun is currently in is ________, but once it runs out of hydrogen fuel, it will then become a _________.

• White Dwarf, red giant

• main sequence, red Supergiant

• Main Sequence, red giant

• Red Giant, white dwarf

• White Dwarf, planetary nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Which type of eclipse has the Earth casting a shadow on the Moon?

• Solar Eclipse
• Lunar Eclipse
• Total Eclipse
• Partial Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which type of eclipse is shown in this picture?

• Solar Eclipse
• Orbit
• Lunar Eclipse
• Total Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As the solar system continued to evolve, material in the disk collided with other material and grew into planetesimals, then protoplanets, and then planets. This process of growth by collision created a lot of heat, melting the early Earth. Growth by collision is called ___.

• differentiation

• accretion

• adsorption

• kinetic molecular theory

Answer explanation