Question 1

What are the two types of bodies of saltwater?

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oceans and seas

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ponds and lakes

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rivers and lakes

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oceans and rivers

Question 2

gases that surround earth

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atmosphere

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humidity

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air pressure

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precipitation

Question 3

flowing water that empties into an ocean or lake

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river

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ocean

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sea

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pond

Question 4

wide, thick sheets of ice that cover large acres of land

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ice caps

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gull

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cold front

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icebergs

Question 5

how much of animal and plant weight is water?

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at least half

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a fouth

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nearly 99%

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less than a tenth

Question 6

When water particles change from a liquid to a gas

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evaporation

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condensation

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troposphere

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precipitation

Question 7

Where does water evaporate from?

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all of the above

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land

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the ocean

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water surfaces

Question 8

When the water particles lose heat energy and slow down

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condensation

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precipitation

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evaporation

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none of the above

Question 9

when water falls in the form of rain, snow, hail, and sleet

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precipitation

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evaportation

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rain storm

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condensation

Question 10

What are the three major steps of the water cycle?

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evaporation, condensation, precipitation

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accumulation, evaporation, condensation

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gas, liquid, solid

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atmosphere, troposphere, stratosphere

Question 11

Ocean tides are caused by the pull of gravity between...

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the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth

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The Moon and Earth

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The Sun and the Moon

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the Earth, the Sun, and Mars

Question 12

What occurs when there is no precipitation for an extended period of time?

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a drought

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a flood

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a warm front

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a cold front

Question 13

what happens during a flood?

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water accumulates more rapidly than the soil can absorb

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no precipitation for an extended period of time

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a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass

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a change in temperature occurs

Question 14

a mixture of gases

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air

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warm front

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cold front

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altitude

Question 15

the layers of the atmosphere

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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere

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thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere

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troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere

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layer one, layer two, layer three, layer four

Question 16

What is a property of air?

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all of the above

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wind

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air temperature and pressure

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humidity

Question 17

the measurement of how much water vapor is in the air

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humidity

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wind

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air masses

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air pressure

Question 18

large areas of air with nearly the same temperature and moisture

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air masses

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air pressure

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cold front

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tropics

Question 19

the boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures

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front

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water vapor

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humidity

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latitude

Question 20

what do fronts usually bring?

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a change in weather

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a change in altitude

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a change in humidity

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a change in climate

Question 21

when a warm air mass pushes into a cold air mass

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warm front

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cold front

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thunderstorm

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air mass

Question 22

when a cold air mass pushes into a warm air mass

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cold front

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arctic front

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warm front

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none of the above

Question 23

which choice below is NOT an important feature of climate?

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likeliness of a drought

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average humidity

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types of percipitation

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average temperature

Question 24

the movement of the earth around an imaginary axis

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rotation

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revolution

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spinning

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axitation

Question 25

the movement of the earth around the Sun

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revolution

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orbit

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elipsation

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rotation

Question 26

Sort the characteristics of the planets

Question 27

Order the planets!

Question 28

Match the length of time to the correct word

Question 29

What is the smallest planet, and what is the biggest?

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Mercury, Jupiter

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Mercury, Saturn

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Mars, Uranus

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Venus, Jupiter

Question 30

If a cold front came through this week, what would happen to the temperature?

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it would decrease

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it would match the average temperature at that time of year

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it would stay constant

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it would increase

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