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1. Your community is planning to build a new sanitary landfill. In locating the landfill, which is the most important environmental consideration?

2. A euglena has a flagellum and a paramecium has cilia. Both types of organelles help these organisms move through the water. However, a paramecium can also use its cilia to perform another task. What is this task?

3. The types of organisms on Earth changed as a result of increased levels of atmospheric oxygen. What process contributed to this buildup of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere?

4. In the rock cycle an igneous rock forms from

5. How are the life cycles of a ladybug and a frog similar?

6. The smallest particle of matter that can be identified as an element is called

7. What causes a ship carrying heavy cargo to take more time to come to a stop than an identical ship carrying lighter cargo if both ships are traveling at the same speed?

8. What is the primary function of white blood cells in humans?

9. A plover bird eats bits of food that become stuck in a crocodile's teeth without being hurt. The crocodile gets its teeth cleaned and the bird gets food. Which type of relationship exists between the bird and the crocodile?

10. Astronomers have found low-energy background radiation in every part of the sky that they have studied. This radiation is taken as evidence of energy remaining from which event?

11. Matter is defined as anything that takes up space and has

12. Earth is tilted as it travels around the Sun. The tilt changes the amount of energy each area gets from the Sun, which makes some months of the year warmer than others. What are the four main temperature changes in a year called?

13. How can washing your hands help keep you from getting sick?

14. What are produced in both the male and female reproductive systems in humans?

15. What causes ocean water to evaporate in the water cycle?

16. The Moon and Earth have a similar

17. Some dairy farmers want their cows to produce greater amounts of milk than average cows. Which process will help the dairy farmers develop cows with this trait?

18. A ball is thrown up into the air. Which force causes the ball to fall to the ground?

19. Which process in the water cycle returns water to the atmosphere?

20. Technological advancements in the logging industry have had both negative and positive effects on forest ecosystems. The most likely negative effect of more efficient logging techniques is what?

21. Pesticides are used by farmers to control insects. Sometimes, the pesticides run off into streams. What is this an example of?

22. Which particle type can be identified as being from a specific element?

23. Neon (Ne), argon (Ar), and krypton (Kr) are in the same column on the Periodic Table of the Elements. What characteristic do these elements have in common?

24. Tonya plugged in a toaster. She placed two slices of bread in the toaster, pushed down the lever, and the heating coils glowed. She noticed that only one form of energy toasted the bread. What form of energy was wasted in the process?

25. A student has a mineral sample. He wonders if the sample is the mineral mica. He knows the cleavage pattern of mica is a smooth, flat sheet. The student can best find out the cleavage pattern of the sample by