Middle School Science Review II (2015)

Question 1

The atmosphere that surrounds Earth is a mixture called air that has both _______ and _______

Accepted Answer

mass / volume

Question 2

An anemometer measures __________ , while a barometer measures __________

Accepted Answer

wind speed / air pressure

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a type of heat transfer ?

Accepted Answer

collision

Question 4

Two solids touching would best describe the type of thermal transfer called ______

Accepted Answer

conduction

Question 5

Moh's Scale is a system designed to compare the _________ of minerals .

Accepted Answer

hardness

Question 6

The Sierra Nevada mountain chain is an example of a __________ formation.

Accepted Answer

fault - block

Question 7

Factors affecting climate in a region include ______

Accepted Answer

latitude, topography, elevation, winds,

Question 8

Our moon has a 27.3 day cycle. "Opposite" phases of our moon are _______

Accepted Answer

1st Quarter / 3rd Quarter

Question 9

A process where energy provided by the sun continuously cycles water through earth’s systems is

Accepted Answer

the water cycle

Question 10

Two destructive processes that continually wear down and shape the Earth are ______

Accepted Answer

weathering & erosion

Question 11

Evidence used to support the theory of continental drift include ________.

Accepted Answer

rocks, fossils, geological structures

Question 12

A main characteristic of the molten material of Earth's mantle is that it is like _______

Accepted Answer

hot thick oatmeal

Question 13

Earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanic eruptions often occur at the ________

Accepted Answer

boundaries between plates

Question 14

Petrified wood, footprint tracks, casts, and molds, are all types of _______

Accepted Answer

fossils

Question 15

Properties used to identify minerals include _____

Accepted Answer

color, luster, cleavage, streak

Question 16

Most rocks that make up the Earth's crust are made of the elements ________ and ________.

Accepted Answer

silicon/oxygen

Question 17

Fossils provide evidence for an organism's _________________ .

Accepted Answer

change over time

Question 18

The position of the tilted Earth and strength of sun's rays in Spring and Fall give us _____

Accepted Answer

equinoxes

Question 19

The type of rock made from compacting and cementing is ____

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 20

Molten lava can reach the surface of the Earth in subduction zones because of ______

Accepted Answer

pressure and weak crust

Question 21

Crustal plates that diverge cause ________ and __________ .

Accepted Answer

mid ocean ridges/rift valleys

Question 22

The sun is a ________ - sized star that is the central and largest body in our _________

Accepted Answer

medium / solar system

Question 23

Inorganic parts of soil include a mixture of _______

Accepted Answer

rock, minerals, water, air

Question 24

In each atmospheric layer above Earth, 2 properties drastically change with altitude; they are

Accepted Answer

temperature / pressure

Question 25

The iron/nickel inner core is solid due to _____

Accepted Answer

pressure

Middle School Science Review II (2015)

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Middle School Science Review II (2015)

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