Science Review Feb

Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?

• Climate change

• Weather

• Climate

• Weathering

A student studies two Texas maps that showed some high temperatures for two days in October 2012.

How many degrees Celsius did the high temperature increase in the city that had the greatest change in high temperature?

• 11

• 5

• 1

• 0

The picture shows a cumulonimbus cloud forming over an ocean. Which statement best explains how the sun and the ocean interact to form a cumulonimbus cloud?

• Heat from the sun causes clouds in the area to gather over the ocean and form one large cumulonimbus cloud.

• Light from the sun shines on the ocean, causing water vapor to condense. The water then evaporates to form a cumulonimbus cloud.

• Heat from the sun warms the ocean, causing water to evaporate. The water vapor then condenses to form a cumulonimbus cloud.

• Light from the sun causes ocean water to reflect water vapor into the air and gather over the ocean into a cumulonimbus cloud.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following images best represents condensation?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The Sun rotates on its axis around the Earth, therefore we can see it moving from East to West.

• False, The Sun moves from West to East

• False, Sun does not rotate or revolve

• True, the Sun rotates and revolves just like any other planet

• True, everything in the statement is correct

A student draws diagrams of her house and the location of the sun in the sky. Which diagram below does not correctly represent the location of the sun at the time indicated?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How long does it take the moon to orbit around the Earth?

• about a year

• about a Month

• about a day

• about a week

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Select all characteristics of the Earth

• It is covered mostly by water

• meteor craters can be found on the surface

• the core temperature is 15 million degrees Celsius

• The source of light is the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Select all characteristics of the Moon

• Rocks and Dust can be found on most of its surface

• the core temperature is 15 million degrees Celsius

• It is made out of cheese

• Craters can be found on most of its surface

Which are the FOUR planets inside the asteroid belt?

• Neptune, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus

• Saturn, Uranus, Mars, Earth

• Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars