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| Questions | 5 | 5 |
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In the metric system, what prefix represents 10-3?
milli |
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kilo |
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mega |
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centi |
In the metric system, milli is the prefix for 10-3.
Which of the following is the correct order for types of radiation from longest to shortest wavelength?
microwaves → radio waves → visible light |
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radio waves → visible light → gamma rays |
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visible light → ultraviolet light → radio waves |
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infrared waves → microwaves → ultraviolet light |
The electromagnetic spectrum covers all possible wavelengths and frequencies of radiation. From lowest frequency (longest wavelength) to highest frequency (shortest wavelength) radiation: radio waves → microwaves → infrared waves → visible light → ultraviolet light → X-rays → gamma rays.
Which of the following is sedimentary rock?
obsidian |
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slate |
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sandstone |
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basalt |
The Earth's rocks fall into three categories based on how they're formed. Igneous rock (granite, basalt, obsidian) is formed from the hardening of molten rock (lava), sedimentary rock (shale, sandstone, coal) is formed by the gradual despositing and cementing of rock and other debris, and metamorphic rock (marble, slate, quartzite) which is formed when existing rock is altered though pressure, temperature, or chemical processes.
In the classification of life, which of the following is not a domain?
archaea |
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bacteria |
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animalia |
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eukaryota |
The broadest classification of life splits all organisms into three groups called domains. The three domains of life are bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.
During continental drift, the drifting plates move across which of the following?
sediment |
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fault lines |
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liquid mantle |
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water |
The crust and the rigid lithosphere (upper mantle) is made up of approximately thirty separate plates. These plates more very slowly on the slightly more liquid mantle (asthenosphere) beneath them. This movement has resulted in continental drift which is the gradual movement of land masses across Earth's surface. Continental drift is a very slow process, occurring over hundreds of millions of years.