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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