Earth Science Pre-Test 25-26

Only one face of the Moon is visible from Earth.

On each successive day, the Moon rises one hour later.

The Moon's phases change every day over the course of a 29 day cycle.

The Moon changes its position in the sky from East to West over the course of a day.

exactly the same thickness.

a thin layer surrounding the planet.

a thick layer surrounding the planet.

approximately ten times thicker than the planet.

There was once a large forest at the top of the mountains.

Animals that now live on the mountains once lived under water.

The part of Earth's crust that formed these mountains was once covered with an ocean.

Continental drift resulted in two tectonic plates moving closer to each other over time.

It will become larger and smoother.

It will become smaller and smoother.

It will become bigger and more jagged.

It will become smaller and more jagged.

volcanic eruption

deposition

wind erosion

water erosion

Sedimentary rocks may be remelted several times.

Rocks move in circles on the earth as the earth rotates.

Rocks can be moved from place to place on Earth without changing.

Rocks are continually changing, and any type of rock can be transformed into another type by appropriate processes.

The sun provides the energy to condense atmospheric water vapor into rain.

The sun provides the energy to create winds that blow air masses across the Earth.

The sun provides the energy to evaporate water on Earth into the atmosphere.

The sun provides the energy needed for water to be transported downhill from rivers.

precipitation

sublimation

condensation

surface runoff

The burning of these fuels does not allow the waste products to be recycled.

There is a limited supply of these fuels, and when the fuel is used it is no longer available.

The amount of pollution released from these fuels is much higher than from renewable sources.

The technology used to generate electricity by the use of these fuels is much older and less efficient than current technology.

They are being formed as an unusable form of methane.

Humans are depleting fossil fuels much faster than they can form.

They are being formed too far beneath the surface of the ocean an cannot be reached.

The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process faster than they can form.

Falling air currents form from the mixing of falling warm, moist air and the rising of cold air.

Spinning air currents form from the mixing of rising warm, moist air and the falling of cold air.

Spinning air currents form when cold, dry air becomes saturated with moisture and becomes unstable.

Rising air currents form from the deposition of cold air at the surface and moist air at the top of the troposphere.

the directions of the ocean currents

uneven landforms on Earth's surface

Earth's yearly revolution around the sun

uneven heating of Earth's surface by the sun

producing a hole in the ozone layer.

reducing the amount of CFCs in the atmosphere.

increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide.

increasing the concentration of ozone.

California also has a past history of devastating hurricanes.

California lies on a rift zone that is gradually opening wider.

California sits on top of two of Earth's major tectonic plates.

California lies in the middle of two convergent tectonic plates.

Humans have added carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels.

Humans have released vast quantities of chemicals that have created excess ozone in the upper atmosphere.

Humans have changed the chemistry of the world's oceans by the use of phosphates and nitrogen-containing compounds.

Humans have created acid rain by releasing sulfuric acids into the air in the exhaust from factories and power plants.

constraints.

deprivations.

limitations.

regulations.

The new electric car would be less expensive to the consumer.

Very little time would be needed to sell the idea to the public.

The cost to develop the technology would be greater than what could be made in profits.

The cost of the materials would be less expensive than the cost to build a gas-powered car.

Build small scale models of all four plans to identify the best one.

Choose the plan that looks simplest and begin constructing the bridge.

Build the bridge using one plan at a time, until the correct plan is identified.

Use computer simulations to build models of the four and try them out that way.

The importance of building the largest possible structure.

That a model only works if it looks like the real thing.

How testing and redesigning a model can lead to a stronger design.

That a bridge must be tested only once before being approved.

longest

shortest

hottest

coldest

sedimentary

clastic

metamorphic

igneous

the Sun.

all stars in the universe.

Earth.

all other objects in the galaxy.

A. Faulting due to stress and fracture.

B. Folding of layers due to compression.

C. Unconformity showing erosion and deposition.

D. Intrusion of magma at Earth's surface.

tidal waves.

wind drifts.

ocean currents.

plate tectonics.

Most earthquakes that occur have lower magnitudes.

Most earthquakes that occur have higher magnitudes.

The same number of earthquakes occur at all magnitudes.

There is no pattern suggested by the data in the table.

The weight of the trees on the ground keeps the soil in place.

Trees absorb the water in the ground and keeps soil from being washed away.

Trees take in soil through their roots leaving little that can be washed away.

Tree roots firmly hold the soil in place preventing it from being washed away.

Used cans can be thrown in a landfill.

Resources are reused and less mining is needed.

It allows for the destruction of natural habitats.

Aluminum cans cannot be recycled.

a decrease in the average temperature of Earth's climate

an increase in forested areas on Earth

a decrease in wastes and pollution in the air and water

a decrease in the the finite amount of fossil fuels

designing a solution

implementing a design

identifying a problem

evaluating the solution

low

neap

the disappearance of

spring

The length of one day is the same for every planet in the solar system.

The orbits of all the planets in our solar system are elliptical in shape.

All planets in our solar system are solid, orbiting bodies.

The force of gravity is constant throughout the entire solar system.

volcanic ash from an eruption settling into a layer on the surface of earth

deposition and burial of dead plant matter

formation of sediment from weathering

crystallization of melted rock