MSTEP Science Review #3

What is an example of a rapid event that can cause changes to landforms?

• Volcanic eruption

• River erosion

• Wind erosion

• Glacial movement

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Which of the following rock types is formed when a rock experiences so much heat and/or pressure that it changes and becomes a different rock?

• molten

• sedimentary

• metamorphic

• igneous

What does the crystal shape of a mineral show?

• How the atoms are arranged

• Whether it is hard or soft

• Its color

• Its weight

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What is the process by which hot melted rock cools on the Earth's surface to eventually solidify into igneous rock?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Lava cooling

Earth rotates on its axis at close to 1,000 miles per hour at the equator. Because gravity holds us tight to the surface of our planet, all of us who live on Earth's surface are moving with it. How long does it take Earth to make a full rotation on its axis?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 29 days

• 365 days

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What makes up a galaxy?

• A group of stars that makes a pattern in the sky.

• A large group of stars, planets, gas, and dust.

• Only the Sun and the planets around it.

• Several universes located close together.

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Ethan is presenting his model of the Solar System. Which statement can he use that best describes the differences between the inner planets and the outer planets?

What type of rock can be found as 'layers' of another, or can contain fossils?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Lava

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Which of the following factors would most likely cause a hurricane to decrease in strength?

• staying over a warm body of water for a long time

• increasing the number of large clouds

• moving over a continent

• moving toward tropical waters

Which of the following processes is responsible for changing liquid water into water vapor?

• photosynthesis

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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