STAAR review Earth and Space

The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

• transform boundary
• divergent boundary
• subduction boundary
• convergent boundary

What is one condition that is necessary for a hurricane to form?

• Warm ocean water
• A strong cold front
• Cold ocean water
• A strong warm front

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• peninsula
• volcano
• delta
• plateau

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• the mass of a the plates
• the weight of the plates
• unbalanced force
• gravitational force

A student keeps a record of the phases of the moon for one month. On the first night of the student’s observations, the full moon is visible in the sky. After the full moon, which of these phases will the student observe next?

• waxing crescent moon
• waxing gibbous moon
• waning crescent moon
• waning gibbous moon

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• Barnard’s Star is less bright than the sun, has a surface temperature below 3,800 K, and is red.
• Barnard’s Star is less bright than the sun, has a surface temperature above 3,800 K, and is red.
• Barnard’s Star is brighter than the sun, has a surface temperature below 5,300 K, and is yellow.
• Barnard’s Star is brighter than the sun, has a surface temperature above 5,300 K, and is yellow

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• no longer tilted on its axis
• stopped rotating on its axis
• took an additional month to orbit the sun
• revolved around the sun in the opposite direction

Using the weather map shown, which city has most likely seen an increase in temperature? 

• Houston
• Oklahoma City 
• Boston
• Los Angeles

lines on a map that connect areas of the same elevation

• longitude lines
• latitude lines
• contour lines
• contour interval

a slightly oval shaped galaxy

• elliptical
• milky way
• irregular
• spiral