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A high tide is occurring at Charleston, South Carolina (24W, 43N). Which listed
longitude is experiencing a low tide occurring?
A) 156E
B) 24E
C) 66E
D) 66W
E) 156W
The heliosphere is defined as the volume of space over which the ______________
extends.
A) solar wind
B) solar constant
C) magnetic field
D) gravitational field
When material is transported and deposited by ice, the process is called
A) glacial drift.
B) gradation.
C) erosion.
D) none of these.
The number of hours of daylight at any place on Earth depends on
A) the latitude only.
B) the day of the year only.
C) both the latitude and the day of the year.
D) none of these.
Someone on the near side of the Moon would observe Earth rise once every
A) 24 hours.
B) 24 hours and 50 minutes.
C) 29.5 Earth days.
D) None of these, the observer would never see Earth rise or set.
Which of the following is not a dwarf planet?
A) Ceres
B) Mercury
C) Pluto
D) Eris
Acetic acid consists of a(n) ______________ group attached to a carboxyl group.
A) amino
B) methyl
C) hydroxyl
D) ethyl
The creation of elements inside a star is called _______________.
A) nucleosynthesis
B) fission
C) production
D) transmutation
Hubble's law is the major basis for the concept that the universe is
A) static.
B) evaporating.
C) contracting.
D) expanding.
Which of the following ions is isoelectronic with a neon atom?
A) N3-
B) Li+
C) Cl-
D) F2-
How much heat is necessary to change 30 g of water at 40°C into water at 60°C?
A) 0.06 kcal
B) 0.6 kcal
C) 3 kcal
D) 0.54 kcal
A substance composed of two or more elements chemically combined in a definite,
fixed proportion by mass is
A) a molecule.
B) a compound.
C) an ion.
D) a mixture.
When heat is added to a closed system, it goes into
A) work only.
B) entropy only.
C) internal energy only.
D) either (A) or (C) or both.
Aluminum is an example of
A) a compound.
B) a solution.
C) an element.
D) an alloy.
When atoms of two elements with a medium difference in electronegativity bond
together, the bonding is probably
A) ionic.
B) covalent.
C) polar covalent.
D) metallic.
Geologists have principally used which class of rocks to establish the relative time
scale?
A) Igneous
B) Foliated
C) Metamorphic
D) Sedimentary
Einstein won the Nobel Prize for explaining
A) general relativity.
B) special relativity.
C) the photoelectric effect.
D) quantum mechanics.
The key process of a laser is
A) stimulated emission.
B) Bremsstrahlung.
C) electron diffraction.
D) microwave absorption.
Which of the following planets moves the slowest in its orbit around the Sun?
A) Earth
B) Mars
C) Venus
D) Mercury
The Shroud of Turin, the Iceman, and the Dead Sea Scrolls were dated by use of
A) Rubidium-87.
B) Potassium-40.
C) Carbon-14.
D) Uranium-238.
Heat transfer from hot or cold liquids in a thermos bottle is prevented by
______________.
A) convection
B) conduction
C) radiation
D) all of these
Sedimentary layer A lies above sedimentary layer B, and both are cut by an igneous
dike, C. Therefore, the order from oldest to youngest is
A) A, B, C.
B) C, B, A.
C) B, A, C.
D) none of these.
The type of plate boundary at which one plate collides with another and subduction
occurs is called ______________.
A) transform
B) divergent
C) convergent
D) none of these
The element that is the second most abundant in Earth's crust is
A) oxygen.
B) iron.
C) nitrogen.
D) silicon.
A line of equal longitude is called a
A) meridian.
B) zone.
C) circle.
D) parallel.
When you push on a stationary object on a horizontal surface and it doesn't move, what
kind of force is most likely opposing your efforts?
A) Static friction force
B) Sliding friction force
C) Lubricant friction force
D) Gravitational force
E) Normal Force
Cloud dissipation results from
A) an inverted lapse rate.
B) hygroscopic nuclei.
C) supercooled vapor.
D) descending air.
The air pressure is 14.8 lb/in2.
a. What is the approximate height, in centimeters, of a mercury column that this
pressure would support?
b. What would be the height, in meters, of the column for a water barometer?
The Paleozoic is a(n)
A) epoch.
B) era.
C) eon.
D) period.
The symbol for copper is
A) C.
B) Co.
C) Cr.
D) Cu.
Tripling the wavelength of a photon would ______________.
A) reduce its energy to one-third
B) triple its energy
C) quadruple its energy
D) not change
The lines in the visible region of the hydrogen spectrum are known as the
A) Lyman series.
B) Balmer series.
C) Paschen series.
D) Bohr series.
The horizontal movement of air is called
A) an anticyclone.
B) wind.
C) air currents.
D) a hurricane.
Which of the following is not a member of the low-cloud family?
A) Nimbostratus cloud
B) Fog
C) Stratus cloud
D) Cirrus cloud
What type of faulting results from compressional stresses?
A) Reverse
B) Abnormal
C) Strike-slip
D) Normal
Earth's largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.
When light enters a denser medium, the speed of the light ______________.
Optical scanners at the grocery store often use He-Ne ______________.
Hydrocarbons with a carbon-carbon triple bond are called ______________.
Alfred Wegener postulated that the continents were once part of a single supercontinent
that he called ______________.
CH2OHCHOHCH2OH is the structural formula for the compound named
______________.
Dripstone formations that form on cavern floors are called _____________.
The brilliancy of a gem is a function of its index of ______________.
The number of neutrons in an atom of is ______________.
The apparent displacement in the direction of light coming from a star because of
Earth's orbital motion is called the ______________.
The largest impact features on the surface of the Moon are the ______________ basins.
The piston of a cylinder containing a quantity of ideal gas is advanced so that the
volume of the gas is decreased by one-half. A pressure gauge on the cylinder shows the
pressure of the gas to have increased threefold in the process. By what factor does the
temperature of the gas change?
The name of the transuranium element commonly used in smoke detectors is
______________.
When an element is oxidized, it ______________ electrons.
The kinetic energy of a pendulum is ______________ at the bottom of its swing.
When salt is dissolved in water, the salt is called the ______________.
A particular sound with large intensity is reduced 1000-fold. What is the decibel
reduction?
