Science Benchmark

Identify one way that would not conserve energy at school:

• Close Chromebooks when not in use

• turn off lights when leaving a room

• Turn off Smartboards when not using

• Keep air conditioner running all summer

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• wood

• fossil fuels

• gold

• gasoline

The Coriolis Effect is the movement of wind and water to the right or left that is caused by earth's rotation.

• True

• False

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True or False:The solar system appears to have formed from a disk of dust and gas, drawn together by gravity?

• True

• False

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The ________________ are a result of the tilt of the Earth and are caused by the differential intensity of sunlight on different areas of Earth across the year?

• seasons

• tides

• eclipses

• currents

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Water levels of the ocean rise and fall because of the gravitational pull of ___________________?

• The gravity of the Sun and the Moon

• the gravity of the Moon

• the gravity of the Sun

• the speed of the rotation of the earth

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What usually happens when a cold front and a warm front collide?

• Tornadoes

• Rain

• High Wind

• all of the above

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True or False: A cold front moves faster than a warm front?

• True

• False

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When the boundary between two air masses stall, the front is called a?

• Front

• Cold Front

• Occuluded Front

• Warm Front

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The above diagram represents what in the atmosphere?

• Air masses

• global wind belts

• inversions

• particulate motion

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