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Question 1: Graphs and charts of data can be used for __________.
Correct Answer: data analysis
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Question 2: How many satellites are in the GPS?
Correct Answer: 24
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Question 3: Why does a water molecule have a bent shape?
Correct Answer: it's a polar molecule
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Question 4: How are clastic rocks classified?
Correct Answer: particle size
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Question 5: What human activity causes acid precipitation to form?
Correct Answer: burning of fossil fuels and motor vehicle exhaust
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Question 6: How are dunes classified?
Correct Answer: shape
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Question 7: "What is the broad, flat area that extends from the banks of a stream?"
Correct Answer: a floodplain
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Question 8: What is an increase in temperature with height in an atmospheric layer called?
Correct Answer: a temperature inversion
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Question 9: A __________ is a narrow region that separates two air masses of different densities.
Correct Answer: front
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Question 10: What type of clouds produce thunderstorms?
Correct Answer: cumulonimbus
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Question 11: "When the Moon, Earth, and the Sun are aligned, large tidal ranges called __________ occur."
Correct Answer: spring tides
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Question 12: What type of texture do most plutons have?
Correct Answer: coarse grained
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Question 13: Flowering plants and trees evolved during the __________.
Correct Answer: Cretaceous Period
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Question 14: What was the original composition of Earth's atmosphere?
Correct Answer: hydrogen and helium
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Question 15: When was the northern hemisphere ice age?
Correct Answer: the late Pliocene through the Pleistocene
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Question 16: What is an example of natural air pollution?
Correct Answer: smoke from forest fires
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Question 17: How can coal be classified?
Correct Answer: amount of pressure and time for formation
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Question 18: What activity or segment of the population puts the greatest demand on water supplies in the United States?
Correct Answer: agriculture
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Question 19: The inner four planets of our solar system are called the __________ planets and the next four are called the __________ planets.
Correct Answer: "terrestrial, gas giant"
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Question 20: Why do astronomers rely on computer models for an explanation of the Sun's interior?
Correct Answer: The interior can't be directly observed.
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