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'17: 8th Science: Cluster 3 STAAR (part1)

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when polluted water seeps through the ground into the water table or aquifer?

a)

runoff

b)

percolation

2.

What is it when pollution enters a body of water by being carried by water on the top of the soil.

a)

runoff

b)

percolation

3.

Identify all evidence of plate tectonics.

a)

continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces

b)

matching fossil records on different continental coasts

c)

Pacific ocean is getting smaller

d)

Atlantic ocean is getting bigger

4.

Converging plates

a)

--> <--

b)

<-- -->

c)

-->

<--

5.

Diverging plates

a)

--> <--

b)

<-- -->

c)

-->

<--

6.

Transforming plates

a)

--> <--

b)

<-- -->

c)

-->

<--

7.

Transforming plates make...

a)

Rifts and Ridges

b)

mountains, trenches, volcanoes

c)

earthquakes and faults

d)

sea-floor spreading

e)

subduction

8.

Diverging plates make...(2)

a)

Rifts and Ridges

b)

mountains, trenches, volcanoes

c)

earthquakes and faults

d)

sea-floor spreading

e)

subduction

9.

Converging plates make...(2)

a)

Rifts and Ridges

b)

mountains, trenches, volcanoes

c)

earthquakes and faults

d)

sea-floor spreading

e)

subduction

10.

Convection current: Warm air or liquid (2)

a)

rises

b)

sinks

c)

is less dense

d)

is more dense

11.

Convection current: Cool air or liquid (2)

a)

rises

b)

sinks

c)

is less dense

d)

is more dense

12.

Which cools easier?

a)

land

b)

water

13.

Which cools more slowly?

a)

land

b)

water

14.

High pressure systems bring what kind of weather?

a)

lousy

b)

happy

c)

cold front

d)

warm front

15.

Low pressure systems bring what kind of weather?

a)

lousy

b)

happy

c)

cold front

d)

warm front

16.

Blue triangles on a weather map indicate a ...

a)

lousy

b)

happy

c)

cold front

d)

warm front

17.

Red half (semi) circles on a weather map indicate a ...

a)

lousy

b)

happy

c)

cold front

d)

warm front

18.

Which city most recently had a cold front pass through?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Minneapolis

c)

Houston

d)

Denver

19.

Which city has a cold front approaching?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Minneapolis

c)

Houston

d)

Denver

20.

Which city has a warm front approaching?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Minneapolis

c)

Houston

d)

Denver

21.

What city is experiencing clear and sunny weather?

a)

Dallas

b)

Minneapolis

c)

Boise

d)

Denver

22.

What city is experiencing rainy and windy weather?

a)

Dallas

b)

Minneapolis

c)

Boise

d)

Denver

23.

What cell type makes up "you?"

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Eukaryotic

24.

Which are prokaryotic? (2)

a)

Animals

b)

Fungi

c)

Plants

d)

Bacteria

e)

Archaea

25.

Which are eukaryotic? (3)

a)

Animals

b)

Fungi

c)

Plants

d)

Bacteria

e)

Archaea

26.

Which statements about Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells are correct? (2)

a)

Prokaryotic cells are mostly unicellular and have no nucleus.

b)

Eukaryotic cells are mostly unicellular and have no nucleus

c)

Eukaryotic cells are mostly multicellular and have a nucleus

d)

Prokaryotic cells are mostly multicellular and have a nucleus.

27.

What makes its own food (autotroph)?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Parasites

d)

Hosts

28.

What eats off of a host, like a tick on a dog?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Parasites

d)

Hosts

29.

What is eaten off of by a parasite, like a tick on a dog?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Parasites

d)

Hosts

30.

What must obtain its food by eating other organisms?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Parasites

d)

Hosts

31.

Organisms that eat other animals only are...

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

32.

Organisms that eat plants only are...

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

33.

Organisms that eat plants and animals are...

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores