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8th grade Science STAAR Category 3 Review Earth Systems
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Objective 3: Earth and Space Systems - 8th grade STAAR Review for Science
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1
______ refers to the state of the atmosphere of a specific time and place.
climate
dew point
weather
humidity
2
_____is the amount of water vapor needed for the air to be saturated at a specific temperature.
none of these
humidity
dew point
relative humidity
3
Crust is neither destroyed nor created along a(n) ________ plate boundary.
transform
convergent
divergent
4
What is this a picture of?
black hole life cycle
star life cycle
Trappist 1 solar system
milky way solar system
5
A _______ forecasts the weather using data collected from many sources.
meteorologist
geologist
hydrologist
biologist
6
Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in____.
strike-slip faults
convection currents
subduction zones
divergent boundaries
7
What is a large cloud of dust and gas where a star is born, called?
Black Hole
Supernova
Star
Nebula
8
_____ is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere.
nitrogen
none of these
oxygen
water vapor
9
What is a region in space where light cannot escape?
Earth
Black Hole
Moon
Star
10
What is the term for any form of water that falls from the clouds?
precipitation
transpiration
condensation
evaporation
11
In a divergent plate boundary what happens?
two plates slide past each other, makes an earthquake
oceanic plate - continental plate collide, trench is formed
two plates separate, magma rises
two continental plates collide, making mountains
12
What evidence does the diagram below show to support the Theory of Continental Drift?
Migration path evidence
Sea floor spreading between South America and Africa
Connected continents evidence
Fossil evidence
13
What is the highest elevation on the map?
840
750
700
800
14
What does a grouping of close contour lines indicate?
A steep slope
A railroad
The location of water
A meadow
15
The ______________ is caused by Earth's rotation.
trade winds
doldrums
Coriolis Effect
jet stream
16
What are tectonic plates (lithosphere)?
slabs of continental crust
slabs of oceanic crust
slabs of upper mantle
slabs of crust and the rigid upper mantle
17
Prevailing winds in Antarctica are called___________.
trade winds
prevailing westerlies
equatorial northerlies
polar easterlies
18
Which situation does
NOT
occur at a convergent plate boundary?
volcanoes form
crust is subducted
mountains form
crust forms
19
What causes the formation of a stars?
gravity
rotation
fusion
inertia
20
A star that is extremely bright, but has a low temperature is in which group on the Diagram?
Giants
Super Giants
Main sequence
White dwarfs
21
_____ is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
condensation
radiation
convection
conduction
22
The amount of water vapor in presently in the air is called______.
humidity
relative humidity
dew point
all of these
23
Air moving in a specific direction is called_______.
air pressure
wind
a warm front
a cold front
24
What causes tectonic plates to move?
magnetism on the seafloor
earthquakes in the crust
dancing
convection currents
25
When the boundary between 2 air masses stalls, the front is called_____.
warm
occluded
stationary
cold
26
What happens at a transform plate boundary?
nothing
plates move toward each other
plates move away from each other
plates slide past each other
27
Volcanoes form along___boundaries as 1 tectonic plate descends into the mantle and melts a tad.
divergent
transform
convergent
28
Hurricanes form over_____.
temperate zones
grasslands
mountain ranges near the coasts
warm ocean waters
29
True or False: Conduction is thermal energy transfer through contact.
False
True
30
The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?
Subduction boundary
Convergent boundary
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
31
______ is the transfer of heat by the flow of heated material.
conduction
radiation
absorption
convection
