ABCTE MSE EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is Reflection - Correct Answers -A form of transformation that changes the object's
orientation; top, bottom, left, right. This creates a mirror image
Best method for showing the high and low temp for a city over a 12 month period? -
Correct Answers -color-coded bar graph
What is a Venn diagram useful for? - Correct Answers -Map logical relationships
What is a pie chart most commonly used for? - Correct Answers -Comparing
percentages.
What does the right-facing horseshoe shape indicate? - Correct Answers -The numbers
or values are a proper subset of the overarching set.
What instrument would help you precisely measure an angle? - Correct Answers -A
Protractor
What is the mode? - Correct Answers -The number or numbers that occur most often in
the data set.
What is the mean? - Correct Answers -The average of the number set.
What is the Median? - Correct Answers -The middle number or the average of the 2
middle numbers.
What is the range of a number set? - Correct Answers -Subtract the smallest from the
largest number in the set.
How many more faces does a cube have than a triangular pyramid? - Correct Answers -
2
What are syllogisms? - Correct Answers -Deductive reasoning strategies composed of
major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning - Correct Answers -Bases conclusions on specific examples
and can sometimes not be logically valid.
, In the hydrologic cycle, which process transforms liquid to gas? - Correct Answers -
Evaporation - a physical change; it turns water into a gaseous state
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - Correct Answers -
Condensation.
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns solid to gas? - Correct Answers -
Sublimation (like when dry ice "smokes")
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - Correct Answers -
precipitation
What is climate? - Correct Answers -The overall weather pattern over time in a certain
region.
What does "biotic" mean? - Correct Answers -the living elements in a biome - plants,
mammals, insects
What does abiotic mean? - Correct Answers -non-living element in a biome - pond, rain,
sunlight.
What is the purpose of the scientific method? - Correct Answers -To use observation to
test hypotheses and make predictions.
What is the scientific method based on? - Correct Answers -observation and the
replication of results; hypotheses are formed and tested, with the hope that a theory can
be created from the cycle of tested hypotheses.
According to Darwin's idea of natural selection... - Correct Answers -Populations pass
down traits that help them adapt to their environment.
19th century scientist George Mendel believed that... - Correct Answers -The
emergence of one trait will not affect the emergence of another.
How many planets in our solar system are known to have rings? - Correct Answers -4 -
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Give an example of the rain shadow effect: - Correct Answers -A town on the leeward
side of the mountain receives little annual rainfall.
Leeward side - Correct Answers -Side of the mountain protected from the wind.
What is the rain shadow effect? - Correct Answers -Mountains push moist air to higher
altitudes where it cools, and water vapor condenses to form rain or snow that only falls
on the windward side.
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
What is Reflection - Correct Answers -A form of transformation that changes the object's
orientation; top, bottom, left, right. This creates a mirror image
Best method for showing the high and low temp for a city over a 12 month period? -
Correct Answers -color-coded bar graph
What is a Venn diagram useful for? - Correct Answers -Map logical relationships
What is a pie chart most commonly used for? - Correct Answers -Comparing
percentages.
What does the right-facing horseshoe shape indicate? - Correct Answers -The numbers
or values are a proper subset of the overarching set.
What instrument would help you precisely measure an angle? - Correct Answers -A
Protractor
What is the mode? - Correct Answers -The number or numbers that occur most often in
the data set.
What is the mean? - Correct Answers -The average of the number set.
What is the Median? - Correct Answers -The middle number or the average of the 2
middle numbers.
What is the range of a number set? - Correct Answers -Subtract the smallest from the
largest number in the set.
How many more faces does a cube have than a triangular pyramid? - Correct Answers -
2
What are syllogisms? - Correct Answers -Deductive reasoning strategies composed of
major premise, minor premise, and a conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning - Correct Answers -Bases conclusions on specific examples
and can sometimes not be logically valid.
, In the hydrologic cycle, which process transforms liquid to gas? - Correct Answers -
Evaporation - a physical change; it turns water into a gaseous state
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - Correct Answers -
Condensation.
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns solid to gas? - Correct Answers -
Sublimation (like when dry ice "smokes")
In the hydrologic cycle, which process turns gas to liquid? - Correct Answers -
precipitation
What is climate? - Correct Answers -The overall weather pattern over time in a certain
region.
What does "biotic" mean? - Correct Answers -the living elements in a biome - plants,
mammals, insects
What does abiotic mean? - Correct Answers -non-living element in a biome - pond, rain,
sunlight.
What is the purpose of the scientific method? - Correct Answers -To use observation to
test hypotheses and make predictions.
What is the scientific method based on? - Correct Answers -observation and the
replication of results; hypotheses are formed and tested, with the hope that a theory can
be created from the cycle of tested hypotheses.
According to Darwin's idea of natural selection... - Correct Answers -Populations pass
down traits that help them adapt to their environment.
19th century scientist George Mendel believed that... - Correct Answers -The
emergence of one trait will not affect the emergence of another.
How many planets in our solar system are known to have rings? - Correct Answers -4 -
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
Give an example of the rain shadow effect: - Correct Answers -A town on the leeward
side of the mountain receives little annual rainfall.
Leeward side - Correct Answers -Side of the mountain protected from the wind.
What is the rain shadow effect? - Correct Answers -Mountains push moist air to higher
altitudes where it cools, and water vapor condenses to form rain or snow that only falls
on the windward side.
