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WorksheetsScience Snapshot 2 Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 18mins
Meteorologists are scientists who study weather patterns and make forecasts about upcoming weather. Which of the following would a meteorologist analyze when predicting weather?
The habitat of an organism
The movement of fronts
The Sun and the Moon
The growth of plants
This illustration shows Sun’s locations in the sky at noon on December 21 and on June 21. Based on this information, predict which labeled dot in the illustration shows the location of the Sun at noon on September 21.
(a)
The T-chart shows how some natural resources are classified.
Which of the following should be placed where the question mark is to complete the chart?
Ice
Wind
Animals
Natural Gas
The average weather conditions during a season over many years is called _
Students recorded the appearance of the Moon one day and then again a week later. What is the most reasonable prediction for the appearance of the Moon one week after that, on July 4?
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Third Quarter
This table displays the sunrise and sunset data for Houston, Texas. are the most reasonable predictions for sunrise and sunset on Day 20.
The Sun drives the water cycle by
Using public transportation, like trains and buses, rather than cars helps conserve nonrenewable resources because public transportation -
requires the removal of trees to make roads and tracks.
needs more water to maintain than the same number of cars.
uses less fossil fuels to move people from place to place.
involves using much more paper for printed materials.
The table shows some weather data collected over a five-day period. What trend over the five days can be observed in the collected data?
There was more rain on warm days than on cool days.
There were fewer clouds on Thursday than on Monday.
The temperature decreased as the cloud cover increased.
The temperature increased over the course of the week.
Why is water classified as a renewable rather than a nonrenewable resource? Water is classified as renewable because it
The diagram shows the water cycle.
What change occurs at Point B in the water cycle?
A gas changes to a liquid.
A liquid changes to a gas.
A solid changes to a liquid.
A gas changes to a solid.
All of the following resources are classified as renewable EXCEPT –
corn plants
oxygen
crude oil
water
The table shows the portion of the visible moon illuminated on several different dates for 2012. Which of the following is the most reasonable prediction for the portion of the visible moon that will be illuminated on July 16?
23%
16%
9%
13%
The chart has a mistake. (a) should be marked as non-renewable
Weathering means . . .
The climate or temperature of an area.
the process that increases Earth's rock into larger pieces.
the process that breaks rocks in Earth's crust into smaller pieces.
What can cause cracks in rocks or even sidewalks?
Root wedging from plants and ice wedging from snow.
Root wedging from plants.
Ice wedging from snow.
What is erosion?
The movement of sediment
The breaking of sediment
The dropping of sediment
Which of these is an example of erosion?
Light shinning onto a mountain
Rain breaking down rock
Wind blowing away sediment
All of the above
The process in which sediment settles out (drops to the bottom) of the water or wind that is carrying it
Weathering
Erosion
Sedimentation
Deposition
