Science CMAS

The diagrams shows 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 rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following processes caused the breakup and relocation of the landmasses over the last 225 million years?

• tectonic plate motion

• strong ocean currents

• erosion and sedimentation

• volcanic eruptions and weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

(7.MS-ESS2-2) Subduction occurs when one plate sinks beneath another plate due to differences in:

• pressure

• density

• height

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is it called when water on the surface of Earth absorbs heat from the sun and turns into water vapor?

• EVAPORATION

• PRECIPITATION

• TRANSPIRATION

• CONDENSATION

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

As water vapor rises into the atmosphere temperatures decrease and water vapor changes into ice/water droplets. What is the name of this process?

• Melting

• Evaporatation

• Condensation

• Precipitatation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

(7.MS-ESS2-4) When condensed water droplets become too large and fall to the ground it is known as:

• precipitation

• sublimation

• condensation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth's surface?

• Volcanoes

• Sun

• Lightening

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice?

• the shape or size of the cup

• where it has been stored

• if it is being used for irrigation

• what its temperature is

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

• cold, rainy

• cold, sunny

• warm, rainy

• warm, sunny

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water carrying sediment down a hill is an example of...

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition