Practice Questions Quizizz

Which two factors are most responsible for the movement of air masses over the United States?

• prevailing winds and upper air currents

• prevailing winds and hurricanes

• thunderstorms and upper air currents

• thunderstorms and hurricanes

An air mass that forms over the ocean near the equator will most likely be

• cold and dry

• cold and humid

• warm and dry

• warm and humid

Base your answers to the questions on the diagram below and on your knowledge of science. The diagram shows the apparent path of the Sun across the sky for an observer in North America on March 21. Identify the compass directions in which the observer will see the sunrise and the sunset on March 21.

Base your answers to the questions on the diagram below and on your knowledge of science. The diagram represents a partial food web. Decomposers play an important role in an ecosystem. Identify one type of decomposer that is most likely found in this ecosystem.

Sugar will most likely dissolve in water at the fastest rate when the temperature of the water is:

• cool and the solution is stirred

• cool and the solution is not stirred

• warm and the solution is stirred

• warm and the solution is not stirred

Identify the two organ systems directly responsible for locomotion that are coordinated by the nervous system.

Four dogs belong to the same species. The significant differences between these four dogs were caused by humans. These differences are best explained by the process of .

• biological adaptation

• selective breeding

• metamorphosis

• regulation

Base your answers to the questions on the diagram below and on your knowledge of science. The diagram represents the inferred properties of Earth's interior. Which Earth layer contains convection currents that are believed to be responsible for the movement of Earth's tectonic plates?

• lithosphere

• plastic mantle

• stiffer mantle

• outer core

Which process is carried out by both a plant and an animal?

• eating food

• growing in size

• taking in carbon dioxide

• making oxygen

The diagram below represents a human organ system. What is the function of this system?

• breakdown of food

• production of sex cells

• removal of dissolved wastes

• coordination of body movement