NYSTCE CST 245 Arts and Science
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Seasonal changes - CORRECT ANSWER - moon orbits earth once per month
Yearly Changes - CORRECT ANSWER - earth orbits around the moon one time per year
physical change - CORRECT ANSWER - A change in a substance that does not change its
identity
chemical change - CORRECT ANSWER - charastics change in state or phase
transformation of energy examples - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemical Energy is
converted to Electrical Energy (stove), Kinetic Energy (car), Electricity (power plant), and
Mechanical Energy (space shuttle). Electricity is converted to light (light bulb) and sound and
light (TV).
effects of common forces - CORRECT ANSWER - accelerate in body is in motion if at
rest
conservation of energy - CORRECT ANSWER - Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it
may be transformed from one form into another, but the total amount of energy never changes
nation-state - CORRECT ANSWER - A country who's population share a common
identity.
nationalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
, Fuedalism - CORRECT ANSWER - political system based on bonds of loyalty between
lords and vassals where the lords let them rent land for a price
resource - CORRECT ANSWER - A substance in the environment that is useful to people,
is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
cultural diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies
from one people to another
Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of how living things interact with each other
and their environment
Six Elements of Geography - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The World in Spatial Terms
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society
6. The Uses of Geography
Scarcity - CORRECT ANSWER - Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants
oppertunity cost - CORRECT ANSWER - cost of the loss of the next most desireable good
or service that could have been produced with a recource
Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER - A system that allows each branch of
government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
democratic - CORRECT ANSWER - ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect
representatives to make and carry out laws.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Seasonal changes - CORRECT ANSWER - moon orbits earth once per month
Yearly Changes - CORRECT ANSWER - earth orbits around the moon one time per year
physical change - CORRECT ANSWER - A change in a substance that does not change its
identity
chemical change - CORRECT ANSWER - charastics change in state or phase
transformation of energy examples - CORRECT ANSWER - Chemical Energy is
converted to Electrical Energy (stove), Kinetic Energy (car), Electricity (power plant), and
Mechanical Energy (space shuttle). Electricity is converted to light (light bulb) and sound and
light (TV).
effects of common forces - CORRECT ANSWER - accelerate in body is in motion if at
rest
conservation of energy - CORRECT ANSWER - Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it
may be transformed from one form into another, but the total amount of energy never changes
nation-state - CORRECT ANSWER - A country who's population share a common
identity.
nationalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
, Fuedalism - CORRECT ANSWER - political system based on bonds of loyalty between
lords and vassals where the lords let them rent land for a price
resource - CORRECT ANSWER - A substance in the environment that is useful to people,
is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
cultural diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER - The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies
from one people to another
Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - The study of how living things interact with each other
and their environment
Six Elements of Geography - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The World in Spatial Terms
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society
6. The Uses of Geography
Scarcity - CORRECT ANSWER - Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants
oppertunity cost - CORRECT ANSWER - cost of the loss of the next most desireable good
or service that could have been produced with a recource
Checks and Balances - CORRECT ANSWER - A system that allows each branch of
government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
democratic - CORRECT ANSWER - ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect
representatives to make and carry out laws.
