Middle School Earth Science Review

The climate of an area is effected by which of the following factors?

CHOOSE THREE.

• Large bodies of water

• Latitude

• Daily precipitation

• Altitude

• Daily temperature changes

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Cutting down large forests (deforestation) can result in:

• little to no changes

• more homes for animals

• less plants to absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas

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Which of the following best explains why seasonal variations in temperature are more extreme at location X than at location Y?

• The gravitational force is less at location X than at location Y.

• The rotation of Earth has less effect on location X than on location Y.

• The angle of incoming solar radiation varies more at location X than at location Y.

• The ocean moderates the average temperature more at location X than at location Y.

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The map below shows the locations of two cities. City Y is near the coast, and city Z is near the middle of a continent. The cities have the same elevation. Based on the map, which of the following statements describes how the climates of the two cities are most likely different?

• City Y receives less rain than city Z.

• City Y has colder winters than city Z.

• City Y has cooler summers than city Z.

• City Y receives more sunlight than city Z.

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Is the force of gravity on the diver a push or a pull?

• push

• pull

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• subducting

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• submergent

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Island Arc

• Flat land

A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another

• at every type of convergent plate boundary

• at every type of divergent plate boundary

• at transform boundaries

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