NYSTCE MULTI-SUBJECT CST: PART 3, ARTS & SCIENCES PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+RECENT VERSION

NYSTCE MULTI-SUBJECT CST: PART 3, ARTS & SCIENCES PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+RECENT VERSION 1) Magma - answer molten rock formed in the earth that may appear on the surface. 2) Mantle - answer the part of the earth located between the crust and the core. 3) Marsupial - answer a mammal whose young crawl into its mothers punch to complete development. 4) Meiosis - answer the process in which a diploid cell divides to form haploid cells. 5) Metamorphosis - answer in most amphibians, a process in which larva goes through significant changes, including a pupa stage, before becoming an adult. 6) Mitosis - answer cell division consisting of prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase that usually creates in two nuclei, each with a full set of chromosomes. 7) Moraine - answer material deposited by a glacier and often marking a glaciers furthest advance. 8) Nebula - answer an interstellar cloud of dust and gas. 9) Niche - answer an organism's unique place in the environment. 10) Nimbostratus - answer a dark cloud, but not a thundercloud, that frequently produces rain. 11) Nucleus - answer an organelle in a cell that contains chromosomes. 12) Neuron - answer cells that react to stimuli and transmits impulses consisting of a body with a nucleus and dendrites (extends) to receive and axons (projects) to transmit impulses. 13) Nerve - answer a bundle of neurons or nerve cells. 14) Parasitism - answer a relationship between organisms in which one organism benefits and the other does not die, even though the second organism may be harmed. 15) Perennials - answer plants that live through more than one growing season. 16) Phases of the moon - answer 1) new moon 2) waxing cresent 3) first quarter 4) waxing gibbous 5) full moon 6) waning gibbous 7) third quarter 8) waning cresent 17) Physical properties - answer properties that do not change the chemical nature of matter. - Color, size, texture, length, volume, density 18) Sonic boom - answer a loud noise caused by a shock wave when an object exceeds the speed of sound. 19) Summer solstice - answer when the sun is the highest in the sky and directly above the tropic of cancer. - Typically falls on june 22nd. 20) Vernal equinox - answer when the sun is directly overt the equinox. 21) Virga - answer precipitation that evaporates before reaching the earth's surface. 22) Weathering - answer physical, chemical, and biological process where rock is broken down into smaller pieces. 23) Wind chill - answer combined cooling effect of wind and temperature. High wind chill indicates that a body will cool more quickly to air temperature. 24) Allegory - answer art that represents or symbolizes some idea or quality. 25) Arabesque - answer very intricate designs based on plant forms. 26) Atrium - answer an open rectangular shaped court, often in front of churches. 27) Avant-garde - answer art considered ahead of its time. 28) Baluster - answer a small, curved post or pillar. 29) Balustrade - answer a railing usually supported by balusters. 30) Batten - answer strips of wood use as a base for plastering or for attaching tile. 31) Bevel - answer tool to round off a sharp edge. 32) Biscuit - answer unglazed porcelain. 33) Bust - answer a sculpture showing the head and shoulders. 34) Course - answer a row of bricks or stones. 35) Cuneiform - answer wedge shaped writing associated with the babylonians and sumerians. 36) Decoupage - answer cutting out designs to be used in a collage. 37) Foreshortened - answer objects painted or drawn as though they were seen from an angle projecting into space. 38) Fresco - answer a painting applied to wet plaster. 39) Golden ratio - answer the proportion of approx. 1.6 to 1, which is said to represent the most pleasing artistic proportion. 40) Linear - answer a way of representing 3d space in 2d. 41) Branches of government - answer 1) legislative: congress 2) executive: president 3) judicial: supreme court 42) Bill of rights - answer the first 10 amendments to the constitution. 43) What makes up the constitution? - answer 7 articles and 27 amendments. 44) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896) - answer supreme court ruling that provided for "separate but equal" segregation of races. 45) Brown vs. Board of education (1954) - answer supreme court ruling that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. 46) Both --- and --- have the power to lay and collect taxes and to borrow money - answer state, federal government 47) The pacific northwest region's mountain ranges are the main reason for - answer high precipitation 48) The best way to teach children to read, regardless of grade level, is to use a program of --- that includes pattern books and journal writing with invented spelling - answer emergent literacy 49) An intensive phonics program includes drill and practice may be effective with some students it ---- the most effective way to teach students to read - answer is not 50) __ - answer less then or equal to 51) ___ - answer more than or equal to 52) The first thing children learn is to - answer trust others 53) Moral development in toddlers can't occur without - answer independence 54) Managing the tension between long and short term goals is important in sticking to a family budget as well as ------- - answer record-keeping 55) The gas molecules -- expand in size when heated but the spaces between increase as the molecules move faster - answer do not 56) The operations undo each other(for example: multiplying 11 by 3 gives 33, dividing 33 by 3 then takes you back to 11) - answer inverse operations 57) What information is not needed to figure out the cost of material used to cover the shaded area? (a square inside a square) - answer the total cost of covering the entire room, cost of covering the inner rectangle 58) What best describes the western, or pacific, region of canada comprising bc and yukon - answer includes tallest, oldest trees in canada. Full of rugged mountains with high plateaus and desert-like areas 59) Legal concept that every citizen is entitled to equal treatment under the law - answer due process 60) Applied when evidence is seized in violation of due process - answer exclusionary rule 61) Was already the nation's financial center in the mid-19th century - answer new york 62) --has declined in ny but remains significant in numbers of people - answer manufacturing 63) Ny has many areas of --- but --- soil - answer fertile, rocky 64) The --- field is the highest employing field in ny state - answer service 65) Open world markets to promote economic development and to regulate the economic affairs - answer main purpose of the world trade organization 66) Overgrazing and overuse of farmland - answer caused the drought of the 1930s 67) Designed to assess the strategies that children use in their reading - answer miscue analysis 68) Requires oxygen, continuous and rhythmic, uses major muscle groups - answer principles of aerobic conditioning 69) Has the longest wavelength - answer red light 70) Direct relationship between what is taught in school and what is learned in school. If you want improvement in writing they need --- to write - answer time 71) Children learn more from a text if the teacher helps them figure out how the book was put together. It also helps them read the text - answer critically