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