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Which term describes the substance that forms when two or more types of of atoms join?
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mixture
composite
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compound
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Which shows on example of a physical change and then one example of a chemical change?
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roasting meat and freezing leftovers
dissolving sugar and grinding pepper
melting butter and mixing flour with salt
boiling water and burning gasoline
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Which term describes the substance that forms when two or more types of of atoms join?
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Which shows on example of a physical change and then one example of a chemical change?
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Which is an example of a physical change?
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If a chemical reaction such as the formation of iron oxide contains 4 atoms of iron (Fe) in the product, how many atoms of the iron (Fe) would be in the reactants?
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Which is an example of a non-renewable energy resource?
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Which problem is most likely to result from the use of nuclear power?
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Which is the most likely result of not conserving energy?
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Which describes a characteristic of river basins?
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One dry summer, a large number of fish suddenly died in a shallow river. Which is the best explanation for the fish kill?
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Which of these is most likely to have a harmful effect on the water quality?
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How can scientists use the law of superposition?
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A scientist finds fossils of sea organisms in a layer of rock on dry land. Which is the best conclusion for the scientist to make?
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Which best describes how ice cores provide evidence of Earth's history?
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Which of these can reproduce only when inside a host cell?
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Which diseases are most likely to be treated with antibiotics?
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Epidemics of polio and measles used to be common in the United States. Now they are rare. What is the best explanation for this?
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Which is an example of biotechnology?
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Which describes a risk of biotechnology?
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Which organisms are found at the level with the most available energy?
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Which of these organisms are least likely to be producers?
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Which is a basis for biological classification?
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Which best describes the relationship between genetic variation and adaptation?
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Which trait would be most likely to help a species survive in a changing environment?
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How is carbon dioxide in the air turned into the carbon in food molecules?
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Which system delivers nutrients to the body's cells?
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Which is the best example of a mixture?
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Which action causes a chemical change?
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Which best describes a chemical change?
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Which of these best illustrates the law of conservation of mass?
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Which is a possible disadvantage of using biomass as fuel?
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Which renewable resource comes from the energy of moving water?
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Wilson Creek, a National Wild and Scenic River, flows through the Wilson Creek Gorge before it joins the Johns River. Which term best describes Wilson Creek?
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What are the most likely effects of ocean upwelling?
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Which factors are most characteristic of a healthy body of water?
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A scientist finds a fossil of an armored fish. What would help the scientist determine the approximate age of the fossil?
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Which process would be best for finding the absolute age of a fossil?
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Which is the best explanation for why a fish fossil is found in the rock at the top of a mountain?
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What do earthquakes and faults reveal about Earth's history?
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Why are people encouraged to get a flu shot?
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How is Lyme disease transmitted from an infected mouse to a human?
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Amebic dysentery is a disease caused by organisms that live in dirty water. Which is most likely to prevent an epidemic of amebic dysentery?
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Which of these describes a pandemic rather than an epidemic?
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Which is most likely to be a risk of biotechnology?
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Which is an example of an abiotic factor that would strongly affect the population of water lilies in a pond?
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Cleaner fish are fish that eat the parasites on larger fish. Which term best describes the relationship between the cleaner fish and the large fish?
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How does nitrogen gas in the air become nitrogen in the molecules of living things?
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Scientists once placed sea stars, jellyfish and comb jellies in a phylum called Radiata. Now scientists classify these animals in separate phyla. What is the most likely reason?
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Which describes a feature of natural selection?
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Which process releases energy from food molecules?
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How do animals obtain the carbon and nitrogen they need for building materials?
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According to the periodic table, the atomic number of oxygen (O) is 8. How many protons does one oxygen atom contain?
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Magnesium (Mg) is immediately to the right of sodium (Na) on the periodic table. In what way does a magnesium atom differ from a sodium atom?
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Which of these elements has chemical properties most similar to those or carbon (C)?
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Which best describes renewable energy resources?
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Critics say that electric cars are not as pollution -free as people think. Why?
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What is a disadvantage of solar energy?
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Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?
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Which organism is most likely to be found in an estuary environment
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If a body of water has low levels of dissolved oxygen, what can most likely be concluded?
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Phosphates help detergents make clothes whiter and clean dishes better. Which is the best reason why phosphates have been removed from detergents?
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What are scientists most likely to learn about Earth's history by studying fossils?
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How do viruses differ from other disease - causing organisms?
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Which kind of organisms are disease - causing yeasts and molds?
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Which is the best way to treat athlete's foot?
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Which of these is best described as a pandemic?
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Studying biotechnology is most likely to be useful for which career?
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Suppose most of the rabbits in an area suddenly die from a disease. What would happen to the populations of the rabbits' predators and competitors?
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Which of these is not a body of freshwater?
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Which is evidence that two species evolved from a common ancestor?
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Which is the best evidence that a series of fossils shows the evolution of the whale?
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How does adaptation explain the evolutionary history of the horse?
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How do plant cells release the energy they need to carry out their life processes?
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Which is likely to improve a person's respiratory and cardiovascular systems the most?