CSET Flashcards

1
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Water cycle, What does X represent?

A

Condensation

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2
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Rain drop and gravity- which direction
will it fall? Look at the picture below.

A

Slight down direction

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3
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From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience the longest amount of daylight?

A

Anchorage, Alaska

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4
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What statement is true about mutation? What are mutations?

A

Variations in the populations

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5
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Compared to the waters of the continental shelf, the surface waters of the open ocean are generally much less productive because they?

A

Lack of nutrients derived from the land or ocean sediment on the seabed.

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6
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Natural Selection has to do with variations, overpopulation, competition and reproduction. Adaptations/variations to environment are crucial for survival

A

A process that causes populations to change over time.

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7
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Northern hemisphere and winter, position of Polaris in the northern hemisphere during the winter solstice?

A

Earths poles is most titled away from the sun are solstices.

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8
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The energy from the sun… (know the process of photosynthesis) Questions on photosynthesis:

A

Plant uses carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose (sugar) and oxygen.

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9
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Function of a cell. What is produced in the nucleus? OR

Which of the activities take place in the nucleus of a cell?

A

RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA template

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10
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El Nino’s effect on seagulls/fish/fisheries?

A

No plankton, it disturbs the whole chain, warm waters.

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11
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Members of what group act as decomposers.

A

Fungi

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12
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Whats inside of the nucleus

A

Protons and neutrons are in the middle.

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13
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A student making a model of an atom, what would be the most accurate?

A

Having the protons and neutrons in the NUCLEUS.

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14
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Which of the following is indicated by size of the minerals in an igneous rock sample?

A

How long the rock took to cool as it formed.

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15
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Which of the following changes is an example of natural selection?

A

The percentage of beetles that are genetically darker in color increases in populations that expand from prairie into forest.

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16
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During the N Hemisphere winter, the sun’s path across the sky is shorter and closer to the horizon than it is during the summer. This seasonal change in the sun’s path across the sky is caused by…

A

Tilt on Earth’s rotational axis compared to its orbital plane.

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17
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N Temperature region which marine environment temperature exhibits highest levels of biological productivity?

A

Estuaries

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18
Q

What are the folds of the long digestive system for?

A

Increase surface area over which the nutrients can be absorbed.

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19
Q

What is the missing cycle of the life cycle of a butterfly?

A

Chrysalis

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20
Q

What is a good conductor of electricity?

A

Copper

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21
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Students conducting a science experiment with sugar cubes in water vs. crushed sugar in water.

A

Surface area of solute

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22
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New technology that can detect air pressure?

A

It can predict weather storms and severe weather conditions. –
Can also show high and low pressure areas to help predict winds, etc.

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23
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What causes tectonic plates to move?

A

Radiation of convection and heat from the mantle

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24
Q

Man leaves work and walks to a sandwich shop. He talks with the employee and then walks back to a park bench by his work. Man sits on the park bench to eat his lunch and heads back to work. What graph best reflects his action.

A

Picture with taller, sharper edges.

25
Q

What is the biggest danger for the reason of loss of plants and animals?

A

Destruction of their habitat

26
Q

What are separation techniques for sodium chloride and sodium nitrate

A

To separate these salts, you, add water to the mixture

27
Q

What areas are more likely to have earthquakes.

A

areas close to fault lines.

28
Q

White blood cells and what they do.

A

Fight virus/bacteria/disease.

29
Q

What decreases the rate of transpiration?

A

Humid Day

30
Q

Hot spots under ocean platonic plates?

A

Volcanic Islands

31
Q

What has the most ocean life?

A

Sunlit Zone

32
Q

What is a comets head made of?

A

A large mass of mixed ice and dust with dust particles around it .

33
Q

A crate has dimensions of 8x6x6. Base x width x height = 188 cubic feet

A

144

34
Q

How many calories can burn in 1 hour?

A

580 calories in 1 hour.

35
Q

1 million students: 2% of them are gifted, 80% of them received their bachelor’s degree and 80% of them receive their masters. What is the number of gifted students receiving their Masters.

A

12,800 students

36
Q

There are 1,200 students at ABC high school 56% of the students are either in 9th or 10th grade, of the remaining students ⅓ are in the 11th grade. How many are in the 12th grade?

A

352 Students are in the 12th grade

37
Q

When they add the second table, they put the tables together leaving 10 chairs all around. If you plug in 2 for t your answer will be c = 10. The formula will work with all the following numbers.

A

C=4t + 2

38
Q

What is the probability of the coin landing face up when flipped 3 times?

A

1/8

39
Q

You flip a coin

A

3/8

40
Q

Whats the probability of getting at least 2 heads or 2 tails

A

3/4

41
Q

There was a question that had a set of data, for example 33, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45, 48, 49 and it said if # 45 is replaced with number 55 which would not change:

A

The median

42
Q

Find the mean of a set of numbers

A

55

43
Q

Number line. what point will be in the middle of two points?

A

1 5/8 = 13/8

44
Q

Find the missing angles of the diagram below find angle 7/

A

x = 118 degrees.

45
Q

Book cover problem. Find the area of a book cover and the shape is an irregular shape?

A

111 cm 2

46
Q

Find the area of the shape below

A

4 (triangle only)

47
Q

Which point touched the x -axis

A

(6,0)

48
Q

If the average number of cars sold in the first 5 months was 56, and the mean for the first 6 months was 63, how many cars did they sell in the 6 months?

A

98 cars

49
Q

The additive inverse of

A

-(7/3)-4

50
Q

3 yellow paper clips, 4 green paper clips, and 7 blue paperclips. What are the chances that you will randomly get a yellow or green paperclip?

A

50%

51
Q

A chart about kayaks and how much shipping you need to charge.

A

$524

52
Q

2/3 to the third pwoer

A

24/81

53
Q

They asked to add two trinomials

A

(4x^2+10x+9)-(x^2-2x-5), = 3x^2 + 12x + 14

54
Q

A calculator shows 4.21e-18. What does this represent?

A

4.21 x 10-18

55
Q

What expression shows the pattern/value of the nth number?

A

3n-1

56
Q

A question with a chart dividing the number of children, students, and adults that attended the zoo or amusement park in June, July and August.

A

The total of children bought more tickets than adults in July than June

57
Q

The following triangles are equal in size. The triangles below represent 1 1/4

A

9 triangles inside.

58
Q

Whats the probability going to be if you rolled two six sided dice and it was a sum less than 6 or higher than 9.

A

4/9

59
Q

What is the transformation of L when rotated?

A

Its rotated over y axis