Earth Science STAAR

• The warm air in Earth's atmosphere and the warm water in Earth's oceans sink instead of rise

• The heat source for Earth's atmosphere and oceans is the sun, which heats from above instead of below

• Convection cells in Earth's atmosphere and oceans flows in the same direciton instead of opposite directions

• Cold air in Earth's atmosphere and cold water in Earth's oceans are less dense than warm air and warm water instead of being more dense

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• the proposed law will protect the lake because plant roots between the wetland and the lake will stop pollution from entering the lake

• The porposed law will not protect hte lake because animals that live in or near the lake will add pollution to the lake

• The proposed law will not protect the lake because groundwater will carry pollution from the wetland directly into the lake

• The proposed law will protect the lake because the high elevation of the water table will block pollution from entering the lake

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• warm ocean water

• a strong cold front

• cold ocean water

• a strong warm front

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Exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

• Divergent Boundary

• Convergent Boundary

• Transform Boundary

• Plate Boundary

Land feature that forms when one tectonic plate slides beneath another plate at a subduction zone

• Trench

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

Before the front passed through Houston, the temperature was 14 ⁰C. Which temperature is a reasonable prediction after the front has passed?

• 26 ⁰C

• 14 ⁰C

• 8 ⁰C

• 16 ⁰C

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What drives tectonic plate movement? 

• gravity

• coriolis effect

• convection currents

• the earth's magnetic core

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According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, 

• Earth's surface is made up of seven major landmasses

• the continents DO NOT move

• Earth is slowly cooling and shrinking

• the continents were once joined together in a single landmass

Landform created by two diverging continental plates

• Volcanic Island

• Trench

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

An underwater mountain system formed by diverging oceanic plates

• Mountains

• Mid-Ocean Ridges

• Volcanic Islands

• Trench

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