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A scientist observing the light given off by a star discovers that this star emits a kind of starlight never before observed by other scientists. Which of the following reactions would NOT be good science?
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He contacts other astronomers to help him observe and understand this unusual star.
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He extends his idea of what a star is to include this newly discovered object.
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He changes his observations to conform to what he has learned form text-books.
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He repeats his observations to be sure that he has not made some kind of error.
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An observer listed the following properties of a mineral sample.
A) The object is a dark grey rectangular solid.
B) The object rusts when exposed to rain.
C) The object most likely was purchased from a science catalog.
D) The object is more dense than water.
Which of there statements in an inference?
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What values would be needed to calculate the mass of a solid mineral sample?
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The sample's hardness and volume
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The sample's density and volume
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The sample's hardness and density
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The sample's color and hardness
Frage 4
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A student did an experiment to find the density of the mineral pyrite. The student measured and calculated the density of eight samples of pure pyrite. What would a graph of the data look like?
Frage 5
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Which of the following is most likely to be an inference?
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Earth's circumference is approximately 40,000 km
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Earth's center is composed mainly of iron
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Earth is shaped like a sphere
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Earth is the third planet from the Sun
Frage 6
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Quartz is a mineral with a density of 2.63 g/cm^3. If a sample of quartz was dropped into the graduated cylinder shown below, where would the quartz sample come to rest?
Frage 7
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A student estimated the mass of a mineral sample to be 50g. Measurement showed it was actually 40g. What was the student's percent deviation?
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Which is the greatest distance?
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3 * 10^-8 km
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8 * 10 ^-3 km
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8 * 10^3 km
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3 * 10^8 km
Frage 9
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Why do objects float higher in seawater than they do in fresh water?
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Seawater is less dense that freshwater.
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Seawater is more dense than freshwater.
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Seawater is more pure than freshwater.
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All freshwater is polluted.
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When aluminum foil is formed into a loose ball, it can float on water. But when the ball of foil is pounded flat with a hammer, the foil sinks. Why?
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Aluminum is less dense than water
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The act of pounding with a hammer, increases the mass of the ball of foil
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The act of pounding with a hammer increases the volume of the ball of foil
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Air caught in the ball of foil makes the ball less dense than the water
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What is the approximate volume of 75 grams of pyrite?
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15 cm^3
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50 cm^3
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72 cm^3
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150 cm^3
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What is the approximate density of pyrite?
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0.2 g/cm^3
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0.5 g/cm^3
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2 g/cm^3
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5 g/cm^3
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Lillian looked up into the sky and estimated the clouds to be 1 kilometer above the ground. But the measurements by weather scientists showed them to actually be 10 kilometers above the ground. What was Lillian's percent error?
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Which of the following professionals would be least likely to need training in the Earth sciences for his or her occupation?
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a water rights lawyer
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a plastic surgeon
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a mining engineer
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an airplane pilot
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According to the graph, which of the following caused the most weather-related fatalities in the United States from 1988 to 2005?
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floods
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lightning
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winter storms
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high winds
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If government programs could eliminate all fatalities caused by extreme heat and winter storms, how would this most likely affect the number of weather deaths in the near future?
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Weather deaths would be unchanged.
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Weather deaths would almost be cut in half.
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Weather deaths would be cut by a little more than half
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Weather deaths would be cut by about 80%.
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What was the general direction of movement of Hurricane Katrina from August 25 to August 28?
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The map shows that Hurricane Katrina came ashore in the continental United States how many times?
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According to this graphic, when are hurricanes most common in this region?
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Winter and Spring
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Spring and Summer
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Summer and Autumn
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Autumn and Winter
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According to this graphic, which of the following conclusions is correct?
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Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans before it had its fastest winds
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Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans when it had the fastest winds
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Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans after it had its fastest winds
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Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in September
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What was the relationship between the air pressure in Hurricane Katrina and the speed of the hurricane winds?
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As the air pressure went down, the wind speed increased.
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As the air pressure went down, the wind speed decreased.
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The air pressure was not related to the wind speed.
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The air pressure remained constant from August 23 to August 30.
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How did the strength of hurricane Katrina change from August 23 to August 30?
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The hurricane increased in wind speed for the whole period.
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The hurricane decreased in wind speed for the whole period.
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The hurricane became weaker over water and stronger over land.
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The hurricane became stronger over water and weaker over land.
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What is the mass of Earth?
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Because it is weightless, Earth has no mass.
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.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 6 kg
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600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
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6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
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From the paragraph, we can conclude that...
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Earth has no mass
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Earth is the only planet in the solar system
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Scientists have been able to determine Earth's mass
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All objects that have mass, also have weight
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How do we know that Earth has no weight?
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The moon orbits Earth at a constant distance.
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Earth orbits the sun at a constant distance.
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Earth does not move with respect to the sun and moon.
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Earth has been placed on a very sensitive mass scale.
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A metric ton is 1000 kg. According to the passage above, what is Earth's mass in metric tons?
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6 * 10^21
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6 * 10^24
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1000 * 10^24
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6 * 10^27
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Given that the density of Eris and Pluto are equal, Eris' size is [blank_start]larger[blank_end] than Pluto.
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larger
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smaller
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nor smaller or larger
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A(n) [blank_start]astronomer[blank_end] most likely discovered Eris.
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If the mass of Pluto is 1.3 * 10^22 kilograms, the mass of Eris is approximately [blank_start]1.651 * 10^22[blank_end] kilograms.
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Objects that have a density less than that of water will [blank_start]float[blank_end]. Objects that have a density greater than that of water will [blank_start]sink[blank_end]. Objects that have a density equal to that of water will [blank_start]be suspended[blank_end].
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be suspended
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sink
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float
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be suspended
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float
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sink
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be suspended
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float
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sink