EOY Science Test Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 59405)
Water Cycle, Plate Tectonics, Natural Hazards, Data.
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Which of the following are evidence that were matching on different continents for the continental drift?
a) climate
b) weather patterns
c) rivers
d) rock structures
Where can volcanoes form?
a) convergent, divergent, transform boundaries
b) convergent, divergent boundaries and hot spots in the middle of plates
c) convergent, transform boundaries, and hot spots in the middle of plates
d) divergent, transform boundaries, and hot spots in the middle of plates
Ocean currents are a result of
a) global winds, density, Earth's rotation
b) Coriolis affect, density, Earth's rotation
c) global winds, gravity, Earth's rotation
d) Coriolis affect, gravity, Earth's rotation
Warm fresh water and cold salt water are different, how?
a) warm fresh water doesn't have currents and cold salt water does
b) warm fresh water has less fish than cold salt water
c) warm water is more dense than cold salt water
d) warm fresh water is less dense that cold salt water
Where do warm ocean currents generally come from?
a) rivers
b) the North Pole
c) the South Pole
d) the equator
a city near the ocean has a more constant ___ throughout the year than a city that is located not near the ocean
a) snow
b) better climate
c) temperature
d) weather
Which of the following would give the best explanation of climate in an area?
a) It's raining cats and dogs outside
b) It rains about 25 inches a year here
c) The wind blew my tree down during the last storm
d) When it snows, we have snowball fights
The location on Earth that receives the most direct sunlight is
a) North Pole
b) South Pole
c) Antarctica
d) equator
When water flows downhill, what is the driving force?
a) heavy rain
b) holes in the ground
c) gravity
d) sunlight
What has a higher specific heat and why?
a) land because it has a higher specific heat
b) land because it covers most of the Earth's surface
c) Water because it has a higher specific heat
d) Water because it has living things in it and their body heat transfers to the water.
What are sea and land breezes caused by?
a) the Coriolis Affect
b) a Tropical storm
c) the land heating and cooling faster than the water
d) the land heating and cooling slower than the water
Are climate and weather related?
a) no, they happen at different times of the day
b) yes, they are related because they are cousins
c) no, they are completely different aspects of science
d) yes, climate is the average of weather over a long period of time.
When water evaporates from bodies of water, plants, and humans; where does it go?
a) lithosphere
b) hydrosphere
c) atmosphere
d) back into the Earth
When humans and animals breathe they release water vapor back into the air...what is this process called?
a) breathing
b) exhaling
c) transpiration
d) cellular respiration
When millions of droplets come together to form clouds and water vapor loses thermal energy it...
a) falls from the sky
b) turns into a storm
c) condenses
d) transpires
Evaporation is caused by the sun and its energy by doing what?
a) The sun beats down on the Earth making it release its water.
b) The sun warms the water on Earth's surfaces causing the water particles to move faster, spread apart, and change into gas.
c) The sun heats the Earth at the most direct spot of exposure
d) The sun causes the water molecules to attract
What processes move the water in the water cycle?
a) gravity and force
b) sunlight and wind
c) sunlight and gravity
d) gravity and Earth's rotation
Evaporation is when water move from Earth's surfaces into the atmosphere. The opposite of water evaporating is the process of what?
a) respiration
b) precipitation
c) condensation
d) transpiration
How do plants release water vapor through their leaves?
a) transpiration
b) exhaling
c) breathing
d) hydrosphere
What is precipitation?
a) weather
b) when water vapor collects in the clouds then fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
c) when water vapor collects in the clouds then fall to the ground as a different form of water
d) when the sky turns a different color, is filled with clouds, and the wind blows
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