Quiz about Science STAAR

Question 1

What causes day & night?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation on its axis

Answer

Earth's rotation on the equator

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Earth's revolution around the Sun

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The Moon's rotation around the Sun

Question 2

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

New Moon

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Full Moon

Question 3

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

Full Moon

Question 4

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Last Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Question 5

Name the moon phase

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

Answer

waning crescent

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waning gibbous

Answer

waxing gibbous

Question 6

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

Accepted Answer

It is winter.

Answer

It is summer.

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It is spring.

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It is fall.

Question 7

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

Accepted Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 8

Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Answer

Winter

Answer

Summer

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Fall

Question 9

What are the reasons for the seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt and revolution.

Answer

Earth's tilt and rotation.

Answer

Earth's rotation and revolution.

Question 10

What direction does Earth rotate and revolve?

Accepted Answer

counterclockwise

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clockwise

Question 11

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Answer

Energy from the Sun

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Magnetic Pole Reversal

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Faults in Mountain Ranges

Question 12

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

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Plate

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 13

What type of event will occur at this boundary?

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

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Volcano Eruption

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Tornado

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Mountain Building

Question 14

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Plate

Question 15

Oceanic Trenches are formed by _______ plate boundaries

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Transform

Answer

Plate

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Divergent

Question 16

Island Arcs can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

Question 17

Folded Mountains are created when....

Accepted Answer

Two continental plates collide

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Two oceanic plates pull apart

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An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

Answer

Two continental plates pull apart

Question 18

The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Convergent

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Reform

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Transform

Question 19

(8.9B) The model below shows two continental plates.
The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

Answer

transform boundary

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divergent boundary

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subduction boundary

Question 20

What is the mass number of this element?

Accepted Answer

59

Answer

5

Answer

27

Answer

32

Question 21

Which two particles make up the nucleus of an atom?

Accepted Answer

Protons and Neutrons

Answer

Protons and Electrons

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Molecules and Compounds

Answer

Neutrons and Electrons

Question 22

In an atom, what is the number of protons equal to?

Accepted Answer

The number of electrons.

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The number of neutrons.

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The number of molecules.

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The number of nuclei.

Question 23

The particles with no charge in an atom are the _______.

Accepted Answer

neutrons

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electrons

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protons

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protons and neutrons

Question 24

A neutron has this charge

Accepted Answer

neutral

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negative

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positive

Question 25

Use APE MAN to tell how many electrons Fluorine has...

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

18

Answer

I DON'T KNOW

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