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

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

Accepted Answer

fossils

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

silicon/oxygen

Question 4

An anemometer measures __________ , while a barometer measures __________

Accepted Answer

wind speed / air pressure

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

1st Quarter / 3rd Quarter

Question 6

The iron/nickel inner core is solid due to _____

Accepted Answer

pressure

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

the water cycle

Question 8

Crustal plates that diverge cause ________ and __________ .

Accepted Answer

mid ocean ridges/rift valleys

Question 9

The type of rock made from compacting and cementing is ____

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

temperature / pressure

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

weathering & erosion

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

equinoxes

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

pressure and weak crust

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

hardness

Question 15

Inorganic parts of soil include a mixture of _______

Accepted Answer

rock, minerals, water, air

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

collision

Question 17

Fossils provide evidence for an organism's _________________ .

Accepted Answer

change over time

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

hot thick oatmeal

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

conduction

Question 20

Properties used to identify minerals include _____

Accepted Answer

color, luster, cleavage, streak

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

rocks, fossils, geological structures

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

boundaries between plates

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

fault - block

Question 24

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

Accepted Answer

medium / solar system

Question 25

Factors affecting climate in a region include ______

Accepted Answer

latitude, topography, elevation, winds,

Middle School Science Review II (2015)

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Middle School Science Review II (2015)

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