2nd 9 Weeks Review

The illustration below shows the Gulf Stream carrying warm water up the east coast of America on its way to Western Europe. These warm equatorial surface currents are responsible for the moderate winter climates of certain countries such as France and Spain. Which of the following is most responsible for this occurrence?

• Global wind patterns that determine the direction of surface currents.

• Convection within earth’s mantle caused by a hot iron core.

• Differences in the ocean’s salinity cause deep water convection currents.

• The sun heats earth’s oceans causing convection currents to travel from the equator to the poles.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following statements best describes the role of oceans in the formation of hurricanes?

• Warm air masses over equatorial regions rise more quickly than air masses over polar regions.

• Warm, moist air above warm, tropical ocean waters provides the energy that drives storm systems.

• Cool air masses over polar regions are more dense than air masses over equatorial regions.

• Cool, dry air above cool, tropical ocean waters provides the energy that drives storm systems.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A student pushes four identical wagons that each contain different materials. The wagon color and the materials inside each wagon are listed below.

• Red wagon is carrying 20 baseball bats and the total mass is 40 kg

• Blue wagon is carrying 40 baseballs and the total mass is 20 kg

• Green Wagon is carrying 15 pairs of shoes and the total mass is 30 kg

• Yellow wagon is carrying 60 water bottles and the total mass is 35 kg

If the student pushes each wagon with the same amount of force, which wagon will experience the greatest change in speed?

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow

• Red

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The wagon color and the materials inside each wagon are listed below.

• Red wagon is carrying 20 baseball bats and the total mass is 40 kg

• Blue wagon is carrying 40 baseballs and the total mass is 20 kg

• Green wagon is carrying 15 pairs of shoes and the total mass is 30 kg

• Yellow wagon is carrying 60 water bottles and the total mass is 35 kg

If the student pushes each wagon with the same amount of force, which wagon will experience the greatest change in speed and why?

• Red wagon will have the greatest change in speed because it has the most mass

• Blue wagon will have the greatest change in speed because it has the least mass

• Green wagon will have the greatest change in speed because it contains the least amount of items

• Yellow wagon will have the greatest change in speed because it contains the most amount of items

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Which 2 cities just experienced warmer temperatures than the day before?

• Seattle

• Denver

• Dallas

• Columbus

• Tucson

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

On a topographic map, what tells you that there is a steep slope on the land form?

• contour lines are far apart

• contour lines are close together

• contour lines are wavy

• it depends on how many contour lines you can count

The arrow is pointing to a plate boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate. What type of land form is being created at the plate boundary?

• Rift valley

• trench

• mountain range

• volcanoes

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Which 2 illustrations are correctly made to represent the different plate boundaries?

• --> <--

  Convergent

• <-- -->

  Divergent

• <-- -->

  Convergent

• --> <--

  Divergent

• <-- -->

  Transform

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Pick the correct drop-down to make the sentence a true statement.

A divergent boundary occurs when 2 plates ​ (a)   . When this happens a ​ (b)   occurs when it happens under the ocean, but it forms a ​ (c)   when it happens on land.

• separate
• mid-ocean ridge
• rift valley
• volcanoes on land
• trench
• volcanic arc islands
• mountain ranges

Choose the correct drop-down choice to make the sentence a true statement.

A convergent plate boundary will result in a ​ (a)   appearing first, followed by ​ (b)   if this happens in the ocean between 2 ​ (c)   .

• trench
• volcanic arc islands
• oceanic plates
• continental plates
• rift valley
• mid-ocean ridge