ABCTE MSE Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
What is Reflection - correct answer-A form of transformation that changes the object's
orientation; top, bottom, left, right. This creates a mirror image
Best method for showing the high and low temp for a city over a 12 month period? -
correct answer-color-coded bar graph
What is a Venn diagram useful for? - correct answer-Map logical relationships
What is a pie chart most commonly used for? - correct answer-Comparing percentages.
What does the right-facing horseshoe shape indicate? - correct answer-The numbers or
values are a proper subset of the overarching set.
What instrument would help you precisely measure an angle? - correct answer-A
Protractor
What is the mode? - correct answer-The number or numbers that occur most often in
the data set.
What is the mean? - correct answer-The average of the number set.
What is the Median? - correct answer-The middle number or the average of the 2
middle numbers.
What is the range of a number set? - correct answer-Subtract the smallest from the
largest number in the set.
How many more faces does a cube have than a triangular pyramid? - correct answer-2
What are syllogisms? - correct answer-Deductive reasoning strategies composed of
major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning - correct answer-Bases conclusions on specific examples
and can sometimes not be logically valid.
In the hydrologic cycle, which process transforms liquid to gas? - correct answer-
Evaporation - a physical change; it turns water into a gaseous state
, In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - correct answer-
Condensation.
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns solid to gas? - correct answer-Sublimation
(like when dry ice "smokes")
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - correct answer-precipitation
What is climate? - correct answer-The overall weather pattern over time in a certain
region.
What does "biotic" mean? - correct answer-the living elements in a biome - plants,
mammals, insects
What does abiotic mean? - correct answer-non-living element in a biome - pond, rain,
sunlight.
What is the purpose of the scientific method? - correct answer-To use observation to
test hypotheses and make predictions.
What is the scientific method based on? - correct answer-observation and the
replication of results; hypotheses are formed and tested, with the hope that a theory can
be created from the cycle of tested hypotheses.
According to Darwin's idea of natural selection... - correct answer-Populations pass
down traits that help them adapt to their environment.
19th century scientist George Mendel believed that... - correct answer-The emergence
of one trait will not affect the emergence of another.
How many planets in our solar system are known to have rings? - correct answer-4 -
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Give an example of the rain shadow effect: - correct answer-A town on the leeward side
of the mountain receives little annual rainfall.
Leeward side - correct answer-Side of the mountain protected from the wind.
What is the rain shadow effect? - correct answer-Mountains push moist air to higher
altitudes where it cools, and water vapor condenses to form rain or snow that only falls
on the windward side.
Can the gemstone sapphire be scratched by quartz? Why? - correct answer-No,
because it is a variety of corundum, which ranks a very high 9 on the Mohs scale of
mineral hardness. Quartz is a 7 on the scale.
Answers
What is Reflection - correct answer-A form of transformation that changes the object's
orientation; top, bottom, left, right. This creates a mirror image
Best method for showing the high and low temp for a city over a 12 month period? -
correct answer-color-coded bar graph
What is a Venn diagram useful for? - correct answer-Map logical relationships
What is a pie chart most commonly used for? - correct answer-Comparing percentages.
What does the right-facing horseshoe shape indicate? - correct answer-The numbers or
values are a proper subset of the overarching set.
What instrument would help you precisely measure an angle? - correct answer-A
Protractor
What is the mode? - correct answer-The number or numbers that occur most often in
the data set.
What is the mean? - correct answer-The average of the number set.
What is the Median? - correct answer-The middle number or the average of the 2
middle numbers.
What is the range of a number set? - correct answer-Subtract the smallest from the
largest number in the set.
How many more faces does a cube have than a triangular pyramid? - correct answer-2
What are syllogisms? - correct answer-Deductive reasoning strategies composed of
major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning - correct answer-Bases conclusions on specific examples
and can sometimes not be logically valid.
In the hydrologic cycle, which process transforms liquid to gas? - correct answer-
Evaporation - a physical change; it turns water into a gaseous state
, In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - correct answer-
Condensation.
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns solid to gas? - correct answer-Sublimation
(like when dry ice "smokes")
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - correct answer-precipitation
What is climate? - correct answer-The overall weather pattern over time in a certain
region.
What does "biotic" mean? - correct answer-the living elements in a biome - plants,
mammals, insects
What does abiotic mean? - correct answer-non-living element in a biome - pond, rain,
sunlight.
What is the purpose of the scientific method? - correct answer-To use observation to
test hypotheses and make predictions.
What is the scientific method based on? - correct answer-observation and the
replication of results; hypotheses are formed and tested, with the hope that a theory can
be created from the cycle of tested hypotheses.
According to Darwin's idea of natural selection... - correct answer-Populations pass
down traits that help them adapt to their environment.
19th century scientist George Mendel believed that... - correct answer-The emergence
of one trait will not affect the emergence of another.
How many planets in our solar system are known to have rings? - correct answer-4 -
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Give an example of the rain shadow effect: - correct answer-A town on the leeward side
of the mountain receives little annual rainfall.
Leeward side - correct answer-Side of the mountain protected from the wind.
What is the rain shadow effect? - correct answer-Mountains push moist air to higher
altitudes where it cools, and water vapor condenses to form rain or snow that only falls
on the windward side.
Can the gemstone sapphire be scratched by quartz? Why? - correct answer-No,
because it is a variety of corundum, which ranks a very high 9 on the Mohs scale of
mineral hardness. Quartz is a 7 on the scale.
