Final exam review/tk

Why does the Sun generally appear to rise in the east, move across the sky, and set in the west each day?

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• Earth revolves around the Sun.

• The Sun rotates on its axis.

• The Sun revolves around Earth.

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The length of a year is equivalent to the time it takes for one

• rotation of Earth

• rotation of the Sun

• revolution of Earth around the Sun

• revolution of the Sun around Earth

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Some constellations (star patterns) observed in the summer skies are different from those observed in the winter skies. The best explanation for this observation is that

• the Earth revolves around the Sun

• the Earth rotates on its axis

• constellations are moving away from the Earth

• constellations revolve around the Earth

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The diagram below shows the Moon at four positions in its orbit around Earth. An observer on Earth could see a solar eclipse when the Moon is at position

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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The geologic columns A, B, and C in the diagrams below represent widely spaced outcrops of sedimentary rocks. Symbols are used to indicate fossils found within each rock layer. Each rock layer represents the fossil record of a different geologic time period. According to the diagrams for all three columns, which would be the best index fossil?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The diagrams below show a natural process that weathers rock. Which statement best explains why this process results in weathering?

• Frozen water acts as a solute.

• Water expands when it freezes.

• The mass of water increases when it freezes.

• Frozen water dissolves most types of rocks.

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Which process involves either a physical or chemical breakdown of earth materials?

• deposition

• sedimentation

• weathering

• cementing

A sediment particle transported by a stream over a long period of time will most likely show

• a decrease in mass and more rounded

• a decrease in density and size

• an increase in weight and hardness

• an increase in volume and number of cleavage planes

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Four different kinds of particles (A, B, C, and D) with the same shape and diameter were mixed and poured into a column of water. The mass, volume, and density of the particles are shown below. Which diagram best shows how the particle beds would be arranged in the column of water after settling (top to bottom)

• A,B,C,D

• B,C,A,D

• C,B,A,D

• D,C,B,A

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Part of the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa have matching fossils within the same series of rock layers. This provides evidence that these two continents were once

• separated by a much larger ocean

• joined together as one landmass

• located near the North Pole

• in a different hemisphere

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