Benchmark

What happens when you add energy to the particles shown in the attached image? Select two correct answers.

• The large particles move faster

• The small particles move faster

• The large particles move slower

• It has no effect

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Deval drew models of particles in a substance. Which model best represents the particles in a solid?

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Choose the arrow that shows which way the thermal energy is moving in the attached image.

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Which of the following are made of matter? Choose all that apply.

• Air

• Water

• Rocks

• Animals

• The Sun

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Select the sentence from the section "Building A $40 Million Observatory" that BEST explains why the Simons Observatory is being built.

• The project will cost about $40 million to build.

• The observatory will be located in a desert in South America.

• He thinks that the new Simons Observatory will help scientists get a better look at the CMB.

• “What this Simons grant allows us to do is make a huge leap forward,” Devlin says.

Which answer choice BEST summarizes the section "See If There Are Better Ideas"?

• Scientists are excited to use the Simons Observatory to look at stars in the night sky.

• Some scientists believe in the theory of inflation, while others are looking for different theories.

• Ancient gravitational waves have not been seen yet, so scientists have concluded that they do not exist.

• Paul Steinhardt came up with the idea of inflation, and he still believes it is the best theory to explain how the universe began.

Which of these statements about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• The existence of natural laws was rejected

• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe

• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy

• The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings

Supernovae play an important role in the Big History narrative of increasing complexity because they…

• Eventually become dwarf stars

• Are hot enough to forge elements heavier than iron

• Are the only stars to form carbon and oxygen

• Run out of hydrogen so slowly

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In Big History, “thresholds " refer to…

• Moments in the history of the Universe when something entirely

  new and more complex develops

• Perfect or "just right" conditions needed to bring about more

  complex things in the Universe

• Times in the Earth's history when large numbers of species have died off, either abruptly or over long periods of time

• Changing the tools used to measure time, space and size

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According to David Christian, “complex” things in the universe

• Are more abundant and widespread than simple things in the universe

• Are characterized by emergent properties and precise arrangement of parts

• Generally have very few bits and pieces, with little variety among them

• Require less work and less energy to construct than simple things do

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