MAAP Science Review

A girl collects rocks while at the beach.  She notices that the rocks are milky white and contain fossils.  What type of rock has she found?

• Sedimentary, because it contains fossils

• Sedimentary, because it is milky white

• Metamorphic, because it contains fossils

• Metamorphic, because it is milky white

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Suppose you find fossils of dinosaurs on an island but no fossils of bird or mammal fossils found on the continent it broke off from  This information provides evidence of _________________.

• global warming

• seafloor spreading

• mountain building

• continental drift

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In order to be an index fossil the fossil must

• exist for a short period of time over a large area.

• exist for a long period of time over a small area.

• exist in spotty areas around the world.

• exist, die out,  and come back into existence.

True or false?

When white light strikes an object, we only see the colors that are absorbed.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The color of objects that we see is the color of the wavelength that is _______ from its surface.

• opaque

• absorbed

• reflected

• shined

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Is this picture showing a balanced or unbalanced force?

• balanced

• unbalanced

• neither

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What is the net force acting on this box?

• 18 N

• 80 N

• 2 N

• 108 N

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Which law states that acceleration depends on an objects mass and the force acting on it.

• Newton's 1st

• Newton's 2nd

• Newton's 3rd

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Which law states that an object in motion will stay in motion or at rest unless acted upon by a nonzero force

• Newton's 1st

• Newton's 2nd

• Newton's 3rd

Which law states that an object that exerts a force on another object will receive an equal and opposite force from the second object

• Newton's 1st

• Newton's 2nd

• Newton's 3rd

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