Science 8 - Testlets 012 - Earth and Space Science
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The Water Cycle and Weather
A class is learning about weather patterns and how the water cycle, air masses, and atmospheric pressure can affect conditions in specific areas. The Water Cycle Model is a diagram of part of the water cycle the students created.
Weather Maps
Their teacher explained that weather maps show how air masses and atmospheric pressure can affect conditions in specific areas. They also help predict what weather will occur in a certain area over a certain period of time. The weather map shows some weather symbols as well as the location of cities W, X, Y, and Z.
Understanding Weather to Avoid Hurricane Damage
The students read that scientists use what they know about weather developments to predict hurricane formation and movement. These storms form over warm ocean water and can cause damage in several ways as shown in the table.
Question 1
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Refer to the Water Cycle Model in the passage.
Choose the number, word, or phrase in each set of options below to identify what causes the movement of water in one of Earth’s water cycle processes.
Water vapor condenses into droplets that form clouds, shown in process__________. The water droplets eventually become larger until__________causes the droplets to fall to the ground.
Question 2
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Refer to the Water Cycle Model in the passage. Circle a number, word, or phrase in each set of options to complete the statements.
Water on the surface changes to vapor and rises as shown in process__________. This process is driven by __________.
Question 3
3.
Refer to the Water Cycle Model in the passage.
Write each of the water cycle processes shown in the correct box to identify its source of energy.
process 1
process 3
process 4
Sun
Gravity
Question 4
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Refer to the weather map in the passage.
Which city will most likely experience warm, dry weather over the next 24 hours?
Question 5
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Which statement best compares the weather in two of the cities shown on the weather map?
Question 6
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This question has two parts.
Part A: Which of the four cities on the weather map is likely to have the greatest change in weather over the next 12 hours?
Question 7
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Part B: Identify one factor that can cause a change in weather.
Question 8
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Part A: Based on the passage, which city is most likely to experience the most hurricanes when ocean temperatures are highest?
Question 9
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Part B: Select the two actions that would be most helpful to reduce the effects of hurricanes.
Build more-durable buildings with impact-resistant windows.
Increase the height of the land along the edges of rivers to prevent water from running through streets.
Build special concrete in streets and buildings to absorb heat energy.
Use detectors that are able to signal that smoke is in a certain area.
Increase the number of solar panels on rooftops of buildings to absorb solar energy.