Susie Q CFE Review 1

Despite being 93 million miles from the sun, we feel its warmth. This is an example of which kind of heat transfer?

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

Which of these is not evidence that an ice age occurred in a particular area?

• extreme variations in sea levels

• glacial striations on desert bedrock

• boulders moved far from their source

• ocean current salinity changes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of heat transfer is happening in the mantle within Earth?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• there is no heat transfer happening

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A frying pan with a metal handle is on a hot stove. A girl grabs the handle and burns her hand. What kind of heat transfer is this?

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• there is no heat transfer

Which type of weather front produces the worst weather (bad thunderstorms, etc.) as it approaches an area?

• warm front

• stationary front

• occluded front

• cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

During the last ice age, was the center of Florida drier or wetter than it is today?

• Drier, because ocean levels rose.

• Drier, because ocean levels dropped.

• Wetter, because ocean levels rose.

• Wetter, because ocean levels dropped.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Part of California is on the Pacific plate, heading north. The other part of California is on the Atlantic plate, heading south. Which type of plate boundary separates the two plates?

• convergent

• divergent

• subduction

• transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A scientist built a small tornado in a wind tunnel in his lab. Which type of scientific model is this? Pick the best choice.

• visual only

• computer

• physical

• conceptual

An air mass is being pushed up and over another air mass. The air mass being pushed upwards is a __________.

• cold air mass

• warm air mass

• jet stream

• stationary air mass

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm water in the ocean rises to the surface, eventually moves toward the poles, cools off and sinks, only to return to the equator, heat up, and rise again. What type of heat transfer is occurring within the ocean?

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6