Earth Science Review

8.ESS.1.02 The diagram shows the relative heights of ocean tides on Earth at a particular time. Which diagram shows one possible location of the Moon at the time when these tides occur?

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Which of the following processes created the high mountains of the Himalayas?

• glacial erosion

• physical weathering

• the deposition of sediments

• the collision of tectonic plates

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Which of the following demonstrations would best show how Earth’s tectonic plates interact with the layer directly beneath the plates?

• gluing the blocks onto solid rock

• burying the blocks in a bed of dry sand

• sliding the blocks along the top of warm solid metal

• floating the blocks on a slowly moving pool of thick mud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, usually receives heavy snowfall during the winter. Snow often falls after a cold air mass passes through the area. This air mass tends to be colder than the lake water. Which of the following best explains why snow falls over the lake after the air mass passes over it?

• The air mass pushes clouds over the lake, and snow falls from the clouds.

• Snow falls when sinking air from the air mass is warmed by the lake water.

• The air mass cools the surface of the lake, causing condensation to occur and snow to fall.

• Snow falls from clouds that form when rising water vapor from the lake is cooled by the air mass and condenses.

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The paths of two air masses, X and Y, are shown in the diagram below. Air mass X is a cold air mass. Air mass Y is a warm air mass. When the air masses meet, winter storms may be produced. Which of the following most likely contributes to the formation of these storms?

• Cold air mass X moves over warm air mass Y, and evaporation occurs.

• Warm air mass Y moves over cold air mass X, and condensation occurs.

• Cold air mass X mixes with warm air mass Y, and the overall temperature increases.

• Warm air mass Y mixes with cold air mass X, and the overall temperature decreases.

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The diagram represents the movement of the mantle under the earth's crust. Which process is represented by the diagram?

• rotation

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

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When is Earth closest to the Sun?

• June 21

• December 21

• March 20

• January 3

When are the direct rays of the Sun furthest north of the equator?

• June 21

• December 21

• March 20

• January 3

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When are the direct rays of the Sun directly above the equator?

• The solstices

• The equinoxes

• The eclipses

• The summer

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What is season is it in the northern hemisphere

• summer

• fall

• winter

• spring

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