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Worksheets8th Grade Final Exam Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Measure of how hot or cold air is.
a)
Temperature
b)
Air Pressure
c)
Precipitation
2.
a. Measures the force with which air molecules push on a surface.
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Temperature
c)
Precipitation
3.
Any form of water that falls from Earth’s surface from the clouds.
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Temperature
c)
Precipitation
4.
Thin, wispy clouds that are blown by high winds.
a)
Cirrus Cloud
b)
Stratus Cloud
c)
Cumulus Cloud
5.
Low-lying clouds, that are gray clouds that cover the entire sky, can be the result of thick fog lifting.
a)
Cirrus Cloud
b)
Stratus Cloud
c)
Cumulus Cloud
6.
Fair weather clouds that look like floating cotton.
a)
Cirrus Cloud
b)
Stratus Cloud
c)
Cumulus Cloud
7.
The distance at which objects can be seen with the unaided eye.
a)
Visibility
b)
Dew Point
c)
Humidity
8.
The temperature at which more condensation than evaporation occurs.
a)
Visibility
b)
Dew Point
c)
Humidity
9.
The amount of water vapor in the air.
a)
Visibilty
b)
Dew Point
c)
Humidity
10.
An ocean current near the surface caused by wind.
a)
Surface Current
b)
Deep Current
11.
A stream-like movement of ocean water far below the surface
a)
Surface Current
b)
Deep Current
12.
The large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin.
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Abyssal Plain
c)
Salinity
13.
The amount of and type of dissolved salt.
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Abyssal Plain
c)
Salinity
14.
A long, undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the ocean.
a)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
b)
Abyssal Plain
c)
Salinity
15.
The breakdown of rocks by chemical or physical processes.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
16.
The process which sediments and other materials are moved.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
17.
The laying down of eroded materials.
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
18.
Forms when a rock is exposed to high temperatures and pressure.
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
19.
Forms by processes that occur mainly at or near Earth’s surface.
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
20.
Forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies.
a)
Metamorphic
b)
Sedimentary
c)
Igneous
21.
In decreasing order of size, the five oceans are Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, and Arctic.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Convection currents are any movement of matter resulting from density differences.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
The movement of water between the atmosphere, land, ocean, and living things makes up the water cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Fog is a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
There are four main parts of the Earth System: hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
A mineral is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid, with definite crystalline structure and chemical composition.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
There is a hurricane affecting the Gulf Coast is an example of climate
a)
True
b)
False
28.
A tornado is a destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that is sometimes visible as a funnel-shaped cloud.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
An example of physical weathering includes oxygen in the air and acids.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The overall salinity of seawater is about 3.5 percent.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
To find the hardness of the unknown mineral, we see what objects can scratch it and then compare it to Moh’s scale to help us.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
A crack called a fault forms when large blocks of rock break and move past each other.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
The focus is a place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Magma is molten rock found above Earth’s surface, while Lava is molten rock found below Earth’s surface.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
A volcano is a movement or trembling of that ground caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
What is the thin, outermost layer of the geosphere, which is mostly made of silicate minerals?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
37.
What happens at a divergent tectonic plate boundary?
a)
Two tectonic plates move horizontally past one another.
b)
Two tectonic plates pull away from each other, forming a rift valley or mid-ocean ridge.
c)
Two tectonic plates come together to form one plate.
d)
Two tectonic plates collide, causing subduction.
38.
What is the movement of matter that results from differences in density caused by variation of temperatures?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiaiton
d)
Deformation
39.
What are small volcanoes with steep slopes, and are dome shaped?
a)
Composite Volcano
b)
Shield Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
40.
What is Earth’s central part, that is very dense and made of iron and nickel?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
41.
Which of the following is a way in which clouds form?
a)
When it is going to rain outside.
b)
When water vapor condenses or changes from a gas to a liquid.
c)
When water vapor changes from a liquid to a gas.
d)
When fog and dew form.
42.
What is the measure of the mass of a substance divided by its volume, it also depends on temperature and salinity?
a)
Technology
b)
Satellites
c)
Density
d)
Sonar
43.
Luster is the physical property that describes which of the following?
a)
How quickly the mineral sinks through water.
b)
How hard the mineral is to break.
c)
What color mark the mineral leaves when scraped on porcelain.
d)
How shiny or dull the mineral appears.
44.
What are large, steep mountains that are built from alternating layer of hardened lava flows, hot ash, and bits of rocks, also have violent eruptions?
a)
Composite Volcano
b)
Shield Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
45.
What is the layer that is made of very slow-flowing, solid rock, and consists of silicate minerals?
a)
Core
b)
Crust
c)
Mantle
46.
What are the volcanoes with broad bases and gently sloping sides, which cover a large area?
a)
Composite Volcano
b)
Shield Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
47.
Examining only the color of a mineral can help you do which of the following?
a)
Determine the mineral’s exact identity
b)
Determine whether or not the mineral sinks in water
c)
Decide the mineral’s exact crystalline structure
d)
Eliminate some possibilities of what the mineral might be
48.
What occurs when liquid water changes to water vapor?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
49.
Which of the following is true about fronts?
a)
Cold Fronts form when cold air moves under warm air, pushing it up.
b)
Takes the temperature and moisture characteristic of the land.
c)
Warm fronts occurs when cold air moves over warm air.
d)
Fronts are just a fancy title for air masses.
50.
What causes surface currents to either curve right or left?
a)
Continental Deflection
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Surface Curretns
d)
Convection Currents
51.
Streak is a property that describes which of the following?
a)
What is left behind when a mineral is rubbed on a hard surface.
b)
The naturally occurring shape of the mineral.
c)
How shiny or full a mineral appears.
d)
What color a mineral is.
52.
Which of the following is not information we get from fossils?
a)
How animals behaved.
b)
How environments changed over time.
c)
Part of the history of life.
d)
How volcanoes form.
53.
Which of the following is not a reason why seawater salinity varies from place to place?
a)
Rate of evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Storm severity
d)
Entry of freshwater streams
54.
What is a substance made up of molecules of two or more elements?
a)
Compound
b)
Molecules
c)
Element
d)
Matter
55.
What is the change of state from gas to liquid, it can occur in the air as clouds, fog, or mist, or on the ground as dew?
a)
Transpiration
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
56.
Water that collects on Earth’s surface is called what?
a)
Water Table
b)
Surface Water
c)
Groundwater
d)
Aquifer
57.
What is the middle layer of the ocean, where water temperature drops with increased depth?
a)
Surface Zone
b)
Deep Zone
c)
Thermo Zone
d)
Thermocline
58.
What are pure substances that cannot be broken down into simpler form?
a)
Compound
b)
Molecules
c)
Element
d)
Matter
59.
Water found in the spaces between rock particles below Earth’s surface is called what?
a)
Water Table
b)
Surface Water
c)
Groundwater
d)
Aquifer
60.
What causes currents to change direction when flowing toward land?
a)
Continental Deflection
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Surface Currents
d)
Convection Currents
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