Unit Test Review: Earth Science

Match the following

• precipitation

• Falls back to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• condensation

• Liquid from a body of water is heated and then changed to a gas.

• evaporation

• Flow of water over ground surface.

• Run off

• Water vapor cools and then forms clouds.

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Maria gets a kit that lets you grow a mineral. The instructions say to pour a packet of liquid into a small container and to place the container in a sunny area. Maria follows the directions, and when the liquid evaporates, she observes tiny minerals that are left behind in the container. What is this process called?

• oxidation

• crystallization

• altering minerals

• organic mineral formation

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Select the true statement.

• Warm air masses warm the ocean currents.

• Cool air masses cool the ocean currents.

• Warm ocean currents cool the air masses above them.

• Warm ocean currents warm the air masses above them.

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​ ​ (a)   cycles energy throughout Earth.

• Convection
• Evaporation
• Conduction
• Precipitation
• Radiation

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Which picture shows material that is more dense?

• The picture of the left

• The picture on the right

Weather takes place in the ______________.

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere

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Select the two that apply: The heating and cooling of land and water create _________________.

• global winds

• land breezes

• oceans currents

• sea breezes

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This layer of Earth includes (use the diagram):

1. 1. The top layer of the ocean

2. 2. Rock that is solid and hard

• Inner core

• Outer core

• Crust

• Lithosphere

Pressure combined with heat causes ​ (a)   rock to form. Take a look at the diagram to help.

• metamorphic
• sedimentary
• intrusive igneous
• extrusive igneous

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Earth's core is __________________.

• less dense, cooler, and

  composed of more iron

• less dense, hotter, and

  composed of less iron

• more dense, cooler, and composed of less iron

• more dense, hotter, and

  composed of less iron