Science Introduction

How do earthquakes form?

• a.  energy from a hurricane or tornado

• a.  energy that builds up inside a volcanic mountain

• a.  energy being released when crustal plates move

• a.  the crust expands due to the heat.

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Which of these things cause weathering?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

• All of these

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Rocks can change form.

• True

• False

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What process gets water from the air to form into clouds?

• precipitation

• freezing

• condensation

• evaporation

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Why do we see nothing during a new moon?

• The side reflecting light is facing away from the earth

• The earth is covering up the sun from shining on the moon

• The moon light is turned off

• The sun is not powerful enough to light up the moon

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After a full moon, the moon starts to become less illuminated. What do we call this?

• Waxing

• Power outage

• Waning

• Apocalypse

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During the winter in the northern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere is tilted in what direction?

• toward the sun

• away from the sun

• the earth is straight up and down

• there is no tilt

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Why do plates move? 

• Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to move.

• The outer core spins

• The inner core is magnetic

• The plates are floating on an ocean

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• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

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During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon

• The Earth is blocked moon

• The moon is blocked by the sun

• You are blocked

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