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1. About how many cubic miles of water are on Earth at any given time?
325 million 450 million 675 million

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2. What is the cycle that produces oxygen for us to breathe?
oxothesis kenisthesis photosynthesis

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3. What are the patterns of air movements called?
doldrums westerlies zephers

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4. What is the main cause of air tides?
lunar winds gravitational attraction tides

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5. How many layers does the ionosphere consists of?
4 6 8

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6. When is the best time to send a short-wave radio transmission:
during peak sunspot activity when there are no sunspots it doesn't matter

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7. Phototropism is the result of a plant hormone called:
menitoxin auxin chlorophyll

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8. When chlorophyll traps light and releases electrons, energy is stored in the form of:
ATP ADP ASP

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9. The first known scientific writing about rainbows was in 1310 by:
Galileo Theodoric Copernicus

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10. Which time is best to see rainbows during?
summer winter it doesn't matter

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11. The Sun doesn't travel due east to due west it travels:
in an arc pattern in a circle pattern slightly angled

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12. Which has more of an effect on the Earth's tides:
wind Sun Moon

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13. Which of these civilizations "solar calendar" predicted eclipses?
Egyptians Mayans Greeks



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