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