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General Science Sem II Exam Review
Final review
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Science
9th Grade
05/21/2018

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What happens to the air traveling over an airplane wing?
Definition
air moves faster above the wing than it does below
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What is work?
Definition
transfer of force (force x distance)
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What is the upward force acting on the wing of an airplane?
Definition
lift
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What is kinetic energy?
Definition
energy of motion
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In a swimming pool, where is the pressure the greatest?
Definition
in the deepest part of the pool
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What type of energy is found in a wind-up toy or basketball?
Definition
elastic potential energy
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What type of energy is stored due to position or shape?
Definition
potential energy
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What law is the statement "Energy cannot be created or destroyed" from?
Definition
Law of conservation of energy
Term
What do Joules measure?
Definition
energy and work
Term
What scientist discovered the relationship between buoyant force and the weight of displaced fluid?
Definition
Archimedes
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How come there is more pressure on the floor when a person stands on their tiptoes instead of flat-footed?
Definition
less area on the floor on tiptoes
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What type of material will float in corn syrup?
Definition
materials with a density that is LESS than corn syrup
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What materials will sink in water?
Definition
materials with a density that is MORE than water
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What is plate tectonics?
Definition
continents move slowly over Earth's surface
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What is the study of Earth's composition, structure, and history?
Definition
geology
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Into what three categories are all rocks classified?
Definition
igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
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How are rocks changed into metamorphic rock?
Definition
heat and pressure
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What happens to a subducting oceanic plate?
Definition
sinks into the mantle - forming a trench
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What happens in a transform boundary?
Definition
plates slide past each other
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What is the epicenter of an earthquake?
Definition
location of where an earthquake begins
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What is a cinder cone volcano made of?
Definition
cinders and ash
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What determines whether a volcano erupts quietly or explosively?
Definition
characteristics of the magma
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What is erosion?
Definition
process in which rock and soil are carried away by water, ice or wind
Term
What are the small particles that are carried by erosion called?
Definition
sediment
Term
What type of landform is created by deposition?
Definition
delta
Term
What process moves particles from one place to another?
Definition
erosion
Term
What causes surface water and glaciers to move?
Definition
gravity
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What cause most of the dust storms that occurred during the "Dust Bowl"?
Definition
wind
Term
Where did the soil come from during the "Dust Bowl"?
Definition
Southern Plains states (OK, TX, KS)
Term
What mixes with groundwater to make acid that dissolves limestone to make caves?
Definition
carbon dioxide
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When water deposits small amounts of limestone on cave ceilings and floors, what does that create?
Definition
stalactites and stalagmites
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What is a landslide?
Definition
rapid movement of large amounts of rock and soil
Term
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Definition
nitrogen
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What layer of the atmosphere burns up most meteorites?
Definition
mesosphere
Term
What layer of the atmosphere do planes fly in due to the "jet stream"?
Definition
troposphere
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What role does gravity have in the atmosphere?
Definition
holds the atmosphere in place
Term
Which is needed for clouds to form when there is enough moisture in the atmosphere to condense?
Definition
solid particles suspended in the atmosphere
Term
What does "cumulus" mean in Latin?
Definition
heap
Term
What type of precipitation is associated with a cold front?
Definition
thunderstorms
Term
What are the three types of major storms?
Definition
tornado, thunderstorm, hurrican
Term
What prefix is used with clouds that produce rain?
Definition
nimbus
Term
What type of air mass has cold and dry air?
Definition
continental polar
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Where do maritime air masses form?
Definition
over water
Term
What type of clouds produce thunderstorms?
Definition
cumulonimbus
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What type of clouds produce tornadoes?
Definition
cumulonimbus
Term
Identify the trophic levels of the following: horse eating alfalfa.
Definition
alfalfa - producer, horse - primary consumer (herbivore)
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What is the process where plants convert carbon dioxide into stable carbon compounds like sugar?
Definition
photosynthesis
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In what biogeochemical cycle are precipitation and evaporation found
Definition
water cycle
Term
What is ecology?
Definition
interaction of living organisms and their physical environment
Term
What happens to nutrients in the body when it dies?
Definition
released by the action of decomposers
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How long does it take the S wave to travel 20 km?

Definition
6 seconds
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What are the three main layers of the Earth?
Definition
crust, mantle, core
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What type of front is in Olympia, Washington?

Definition
cold front
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What type of front is in Denver, Colorado

Definition
stationary front
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What are the weather conditions in Tallahassee, Florida?

Definition
75 degrees and thunderstorms
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What is process C?

Definition
weathering and erosion
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What is letter F?

Definition
Metamorphic rock
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What is letter A?

Definition
heat and pressure
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What is process B?

Definition
melting
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What landform is in the picture?

Definition
v-shaped valley
Term

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What landform is identified by the arrow?

Definition
oxbow lake
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What is identified by the double arrow?

Definition
flood plain
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What landform is identified by the arrow?

Definition
meander
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What is the landform in the picture below?

Definition
delta
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What is the producer in this food web?

Definition
algae
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Are the leopard seals producers, carnivores, or herbivores

Definition
carnivores
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