Worksheets'17: 8th Science: Cluster 3 STAAR (part1)
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
What is it called when polluted water seeps through the ground into the water table or aquifer?
runoff
percolation
What is it when pollution enters a body of water by being carried by water on the top of the soil.
runoff
percolation
Identify all evidence of plate tectonics.
continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces
matching fossil records on different continental coasts
Pacific ocean is getting smaller
Atlantic ocean is getting bigger
Converging plates
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<-- -->
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<--
Diverging plates
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<-- -->
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<--
Transforming plates
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<-- -->
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<--
Transforming plates make...
Rifts and Ridges
mountains, trenches, volcanoes
earthquakes and faults
sea-floor spreading
subduction
Diverging plates make...(2)
Rifts and Ridges
mountains, trenches, volcanoes
earthquakes and faults
sea-floor spreading
subduction
Converging plates make...(2)
Rifts and Ridges
mountains, trenches, volcanoes
earthquakes and faults
sea-floor spreading
subduction
Convection current: Warm air or liquid (2)
rises
sinks
is less dense
is more dense
Convection current: Cool air or liquid (2)
rises
sinks
is less dense
is more dense
Which cools easier?
land
water
Which cools more slowly?
land
water
High pressure systems bring what kind of weather?
lousy
happy
cold front
warm front
Low pressure systems bring what kind of weather?
lousy
happy
cold front
warm front
Blue triangles on a weather map indicate a ...
lousy
happy
cold front
warm front
Red half (semi) circles on a weather map indicate a ...
lousy
happy
cold front
warm front
Which city most recently had a cold front pass through?
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Houston
Denver
Which city has a cold front approaching?
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Houston
Denver
Which city has a warm front approaching?
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Houston
Denver
What city is experiencing clear and sunny weather?
Dallas
Minneapolis
Boise
Denver
What city is experiencing rainy and windy weather?
Dallas
Minneapolis
Boise
Denver
What cell type makes up "you?"
Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
Which are prokaryotic? (2)
Animals
Fungi
Plants
Bacteria
Archaea
Which are eukaryotic? (3)
Animals
Fungi
Plants
Bacteria
Archaea
Which statements about Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells are correct? (2)
Prokaryotic cells are mostly unicellular and have no nucleus.
Eukaryotic cells are mostly unicellular and have no nucleus
Eukaryotic cells are mostly multicellular and have a nucleus
Prokaryotic cells are mostly multicellular and have a nucleus.
What makes its own food (autotroph)?
Producers
Consumers
Parasites
Hosts
What eats off of a host, like a tick on a dog?
Producers
Consumers
Parasites
Hosts
What is eaten off of by a parasite, like a tick on a dog?
Producers
Consumers
Parasites
Hosts
What must obtain its food by eating other organisms?
Producers
Consumers
Parasites
Hosts
Organisms that eat other animals only are...
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Organisms that eat plants only are...
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Organisms that eat plants and animals are...
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
