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What is the term for an area created from the deposition of water-carried sediments
and nutrients derived from a drainage basin?
Delta
When a tiny particle is loosened, chemically or mechanically, but stays in the pit of its
rock, what is the process called?
Weathering
What is the name of the process by which glaciers and rivers may transport dirt and
rock?
Erosion
Oceanic crust forms when magma wells up from the mantle at which type of tectonic
plate boundary?
Divergent Plate Boundary
Molten iron metal, not rock, is the primary component of which earth layer?
Outer Core
When the sun and plants formed, heavier and more massive elements collected closer to
the sun. Jupiter is the largest of the planets. What would it be composed of compared to
Earth?
Lighter Elements
What is the term for stars that are grouped together because of the attraction for each
other due to gravity?
, Galaxies
As your spacecraft passes Jupiter and approaches Mars and Earth, you narrowly avoid
a collision with a rocky object about 30 kilometers across. What would this object be
classified as?
Asteroid
As you travel through the spiral galaxy, you pass by a star with several planets orbiting
it. Suppose the force of gravity between the planets and their star was suddenly turned
off. Which of the following BEST describes the motion of the planets in the absence of
any gravitational force?
They would move in a straight line
Your spacecraft enters a large spiral galaxy. What does it have at its center?
A Black Hole
Cu+1 is an ion of copper with a charge of plus one. If Cu+1 loses one electron what will
be formed?
Cu+2
Two atoms of nitrogen bond together to form N2. Which type of chemical is N2?
A Compound
When NaCl forms, each Na atom transfers one electron to a Cl atom. When this occurs,
the Na and Cl atoms become ions. What is the charge of each Na ion?
+1 THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS NO LONGER EQUALS THE NUMBER OF
PROTONS
Wearing damp clothes can make you feel cold. Why?
Answers
What is the term for an area created from the deposition of water-carried sediments
and nutrients derived from a drainage basin?
Delta
When a tiny particle is loosened, chemically or mechanically, but stays in the pit of its
rock, what is the process called?
Weathering
What is the name of the process by which glaciers and rivers may transport dirt and
rock?
Erosion
Oceanic crust forms when magma wells up from the mantle at which type of tectonic
plate boundary?
Divergent Plate Boundary
Molten iron metal, not rock, is the primary component of which earth layer?
Outer Core
When the sun and plants formed, heavier and more massive elements collected closer to
the sun. Jupiter is the largest of the planets. What would it be composed of compared to
Earth?
Lighter Elements
What is the term for stars that are grouped together because of the attraction for each
other due to gravity?
, Galaxies
As your spacecraft passes Jupiter and approaches Mars and Earth, you narrowly avoid
a collision with a rocky object about 30 kilometers across. What would this object be
classified as?
Asteroid
As you travel through the spiral galaxy, you pass by a star with several planets orbiting
it. Suppose the force of gravity between the planets and their star was suddenly turned
off. Which of the following BEST describes the motion of the planets in the absence of
any gravitational force?
They would move in a straight line
Your spacecraft enters a large spiral galaxy. What does it have at its center?
A Black Hole
Cu+1 is an ion of copper with a charge of plus one. If Cu+1 loses one electron what will
be formed?
Cu+2
Two atoms of nitrogen bond together to form N2. Which type of chemical is N2?
A Compound
When NaCl forms, each Na atom transfers one electron to a Cl atom. When this occurs,
the Na and Cl atoms become ions. What is the charge of each Na ion?
+1 THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS NO LONGER EQUALS THE NUMBER OF
PROTONS
Wearing damp clothes can make you feel cold. Why?
