Part A: Questions 1-35 (Multiple Choice)

Location of the dwarf planet Ceres

• Mercury and Venus

• Earth and Mars

• Mars and Jupiter

• Saturn and Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Redshift of light from galaxies

• red shift because the galaxies are moving toward Earth

• red shift because the galaxies are moving away from Earth

• blue shift because the galaxies are moving toward Earth

• blue shift because the galaxies are moving away from Earth

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Comparison of terrestrial and Jovian planets

• large, gaseous, and of low density

• large, gaseous, and of high density

• small, rocky, and of low density

• small, rocky, and of high density

Cause of the apparent shift in a Foucault pendulum's swing

• inclination of Earth’s axis

• spinning of Earth on its axis

• orbiting of Earth around the Sun

• distance between Earth and the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Motion causing seasonal visibility of constellations in New York State

• rotation of Earth on its axis

• revolution of Earth around the Sun

• rotation of the constellations around Earth

• revolution of the constellations around the Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which set of New York State locations would have the greatest difference in the altitude of Polaris observed in the night sky?

• Niagara Falls and Albany

• Rochester and Ithaca

• Riverhead and Massena

• Plattsburgh and Jamestown

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Processes of the water cycle adding water vapor to the atmosphere

• condensation and evaporation

• condensation and infiltration

• transpiration and evaporation

• transpiration and infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the dewpoint when the dry-bulb temperature is 19°C and the relative humidity is 73%?

• 12°C

• 14°C

• 3°C

• 16°C

Interpreting air pressure from a weather station model

• 1015.0 mb

• 915.0 mb

• 150 mb

• 15.0 mb

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Celestial object at the center of star trails in an Albany, NY photograph

• Polaris

• Alpha Centauri

• the Sun

• the Moon