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✨ STAAR Review: Category 3

Total questions: 119

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Warm air is ______ dense than cool air. Warm air rises and cool air sinks.

a)

less

b)

more

2.
rapidly moving cold air  mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a  .....
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
3.
This is the symbol for a... 
a)
Stationary Front
b)
Occluded Front
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
4.
This is the symbol for a... 
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front 
5.
This is the symbol for a... 
a)
Stationary Front
b)
Occluded Front
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front 
6.
What direction is the cold front moving on the map? 
a)
Southwest
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Northeast
7.

What city will experience decreasing temperatures in the next day?

a)

Denver

b)

El Paso

c)

Memphis

d)

Los Angeles

8.
Which weather front is impacting city "A":
a)
Warm front
b)
Cold front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
e)
No front (Air mass weather)
9.
Which weather front is impacting city "B":
a)
Warm front
b)
Cold front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
e)
No front (Air mass weather)
10.
a)
Low Clouds
b)
Low Temperatures
c)
Light Wind
d)
Low Air Pressure
11.
High Pressure is associated with this type of weather...
a)
Cloudy/Overcast Weather
b)
Cold Weather
c)
Warm Weather
d)
Fair Weather
12.
Which city is experiencing thunderstorms?
a)
Denver
b)
New York 
c)
Miami 
d)
Boise
13.
Which city is currently experiencing a snow storm?
a)
Seattle
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Chicago
d)
New York
14.
Which city has partly cloudy skies?
a)
Boise
b)
New York
c)
Atlanta 
d)
Dallas
15.

When is peak hurricane season?

a)

May 1 until June 1

b)

June1 until September 1

c)

June 1 until November 30

d)

December 1 until January 30

16.

How warm must the ocean water be in order for a hurricane to form?

a)

60 degrees F

b)

80 degrees F

c)

100 degrees F

17.

Where do the winds that create the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean originate from?

a)

Africa

b)

Alaska

c)

Antarctica

18.

What creates the low pressure system at the surface?

a)

cool, dry air sinking

b)

warm, moist air sinking

c)

warm, moist air rising

19.
What does the H and L stand for on the weather map?
a)
high and low pressure systems
b)
heat and land regions
c)
heavy and local winds
d)
high and long distances
20.
What is the source for warming up ocean water?
a)
the sun
b)
water movement
c)
wind
d)
fish peeing in the ocean water
21.
Where do most hurricanes develop?
a)
Middle of the United States
b)
Near the Equator
c)
Near Canada and Alaska
d)
Antarctica
22.
What fuels a hurricane's strength?
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Warm Water
d)
Cold Water
23.
What happens as a hurricane moves further in-land?
a)
It speeds up and gets stronger
b)
It turns around and goes back to sea
c)
It slows down and gets weaker
d)
It stalls
24.

The earth's outer shell is divided into slabs of rock called ______ .

a)

continental plates

b)

crustal plates

c)

trench plates

d)

tectonic plates

25.

What is the driving force behind the movement of the plates?

a)

b)

c)

d)

26.

Match the following

a)
1.

divergent

b)
2.

convergent

c)
3.

transform

27.

What type of crusts are involved with one plate subducting beneath another?

a)

continental and continental

b)

Oceanic and continental

c)

oceanic and divergent

d)

continental and convergent

28.

What types of landforms are formed at convergent boundaries?

PICK TWO

a)

volcanoes

b)

new crust

c)

Trenches

d)

rift valley

29.

What is the WHOLE AREA called where the oceanic crust goes beneath the continental crust?

a)

subtraction zone

b)

section zone

c)

secondary zone

d)

subduction zone

30.

What is Pangaea?

a)

the name of the supercontinent that existed a million years ago.

b)

another name for continental drift.

c)

the name of a German scientist.

d)

the name of an ancient fossil that existed a hundred thousand years ago.

31.

The theory of ___________ was that all the continents were once joined as a single super-continent and have since drifted apart.

a)

subduction

b)

volcanic activity

c)

continental drift

d)

seafloor spreading

32.

What is happening in this diagram?

a)

Two continental plates are diverging.

b)

The continental plates are creating a rift valley.

c)

Two continental plates are converging.

33.

The North American plate and the Pacific plate are sliding past each other in opposite directions (at the San Andreas fault), this is called a ________________ boundary.

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

rift valley

34.
What 2 things are made at DIVERGENT Boundary?
a)
Trench/mid-ocean ridge
b)
Mountain/mid-ocean ridge 
c)
Mid-ocean ridge/Valley
d)
Mid-ocean ridge/tsunami
35.
When 2 CONTINENTS hit eachother,   This makes...  
a)
a trench
b)
mountains
c)
volcano
d)
mid-ocean ridge 
36.
What does a TRANSFORM boundary make? 
a)
Mountains 
b)
Volcanic Islands
c)
Fault
d)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
37.
What occurs at transform boundaries?
a)
convection currents
b)
volcanoes
c)
earthquakes
d)
mountains
38.
The height above sea level is called
a)
topographic
b)
contour
c)
elevation
d)
depth
39.
If contour lines are close together, then the slope is
a)
gentle
b)
steep
c)
flat
d)
going up and down
40.
What are the curved lines on a topographic map called?
a)
contour lines
b)
contour intervals
c)
slope
d)
elevation
41.
Determine the contour interval:
a)
5 m
b)
10 m
c)
15 m
d)
20 m
42.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gentle slope
d)
river
43.

What is elevation?

a)

Height

b)

An elevator

c)

The width

44.

The distance between contour lines is called...

a)

Contour interval

b)

Contour line

c)

Colors

d)

Mountains

45.

The steepness or flatness of Earth's Surface

a)

Topography

b)

Topographic Map

c)

Contour Lines

d)

Contour interval

46.

A map that shows the surface features of Earth

a)

Road Map

b)

Topographic map

c)

water map

d)

hybrid map

47.

Water that flows along Earth's surface to eventually return to the ocean is called ___.

a)

runoff

b)

storm drain

c)

tributary

d)

groundwater

48.

A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.

a)

peninsula

b)

tributary

c)

groundwater

d)

watershed

49.

All water in a watershed flows ----

a)

downstream

b)

upstream

50.
Why is gravity a factor in watersheds? 
a)
it causes the water to flow away from a watershed
b)
it causes the water to flow down towards a watershed
51.

Which point would best be described as the coastline?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

52.

Which area would experience the most erosion from waves?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

53.

The movement of rock and sediment to new places is -

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Deposition

54.

The breaking down of rock into sediment is -

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

55.

Which of the following factors carves out canyons through the processes of weathering and erosion?

a)

Water

b)

Wind

c)

Roots

d)

Gravity

56.
A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space; the predecessor to stars...
a)
Constellation
b)
Black hole
c)
Nebula
d)
Galaxy
57.
In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?
a)
Stars Get Larger
b)
Stars get Colder
c)
Stars get hotter
58.
All stars start as gas and dust in a(n)
a)
nebula
b)
black hole
c)
red giant
d)
black dwarf
59.

The Sun is our star made mostly of

a)

helium

b)

hydrogen and helium

c)

hydrogen

d)

helium, hydrogen, and gold

60.
What is responsible for smaller objects in space continuously circling/orbiting larger objects? 
a)
light-year
b)
air
c)
wind
d)
gravity
61.

Which star is brighter than the sun?

a)

Sirius B

b)

Procyon B

c)

Van Maanan's Star

d)

Aldebaran

62.

Which of the following has the longest wavelength?

a)

microwaves

b)

UV rays

c)

Infrared

d)

Gamma rays

63.

Which quadrant has the hottest, dimmest stars?

a)

Quadrant 1

b)

Quadrant 2

c)

Quadrant 3

d)

Quadrant 4

64.

What is the name of the stars located in quadrant 2?

a)

Main Sequence

b)

White Dwarfs

c)

Red Giants

d)

Blue Giants

65.

Where would our sun be located?

a)

Quadrant 1

b)

Quadrant 2

c)

Quadrant 3

d)

Quadrant 4

66.

Where would blue giants be found?

a)

Quadrant 1

b)

Quadrant 2

c)

Quadrant 3

d)

Quadrant 4

67.

What section is considered the main sequence?

a)

Area M

b)

Area P

c)

Area X

d)

Area Z

68.

Where are red giants?

a)

Area M

b)

Area P

c)

Area X

d)

Area Z

69.

Where are white dwarfs?

a)

Area M

b)

Area P

c)

Area X

d)

Area Z

70.

What are the reasons for the seasons?

a)

Earth's tilt and rotation.

b)

Earth's rotation and revolution.

c)

Earth's tilt and revolution.

71.
When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning away from the Sun, its _____
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
autumn
72.

The invisible line that passes through the North Pole and the South Pole is called Earth's ____

a)

axis

b)

equator

c)

ecliptic

73.

Earth is tilted as it revolves around the sun which gives us seasons. Which season would it be in North America at letter D?

a)

Summer

b)

Spring

c)

Winter

d)

Fall

74.

From 10 am today to 10 am tomorrow is ...

a)

365 days

b)

24 hours

75.

From December 2020 to December 2021 is

a)

365 days

b)

24 hours

76.

In that time, Earth will make one ...

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

77.

It is ______ on the side of the Earth facing the Sun.

a)

night

b)

day

c)

summer

d)

winter

78.

It is ______ on the side of the Earth facing away from the Sun.

a)

night

b)

day

c)

summer

d)

winter

79.

Imagine there was no tilt to the Earth's axis and Earth's orbit was circular. What would be true about the length of days and nights on Earth?

a)

The periods of day and night would be fixed all year, for any location.

b)

Night, as we know it on Earth, would end. We would be in constant daylight.

c)

The periods of day and night would be fixed all year for anyone living at Earth's equator.

d)

The areas closest to the equator would have constant daylight during the year; the areas near the poles, constant night.

80.

If you live in Earth's northern hemisphere, on June 20th or 21st you experience summer solstice, which represents the official start of summer. This is the longest day of the year. What causes this change in day length?

a)

The apparent counterclockwise movement of the Earth.

b)

The Earth is orbiting closest to the sun at this time.

c)

Earth's tilt toward the sun is maximized at this time in the Northern Hemisphere.

d)

The Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun while the Earth is orbiting at its closest point to the sun.

81.

Check out the image of Earth. The Northern Hemisphere is found above the equator (Points A and B) and the Southern Hemisphere is located below the equator (Points C and D). Here it is warmer in summer (C) than in winter (A), because in summer

a)

the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun.

b)

Point C gets more direct sunlight.

c)

the Earth is closer to the Sun.

d)

the days are shorter.

82.

What month during the year occurs at X?

a)

March

b)

June

c)

September

d)

December

83.

What month during the year occurs at W?

a)

March

b)

June

c)

September

d)

December

84.

What would happen if the Earth's rotation was faster?

a)

There would be no high or low tides

b)

There would be less days in a year

c)

There would be more seasons

d)

There would be shorter days

85.

The path that the earth follows is called its _______.

a)

rotation

b)

day and night

c)

revolution

d)

orbit

86.
Why is it warmer in the summer?
a)
Closer to the sun
b)
More direct light from Earth's tilt
c)
Stronger light from the sun
d)
Earth spins slower
87.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
88.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
89.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
90.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
91.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Third Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

92.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Third Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

93.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Third Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

94.

Name the moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Third Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

95.

Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?

a)

new moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

full moon

d)

3rd quarter

96.
Waxing means...
a)
Growing
b)
Dying
c)
Losing light
d)
Moving
97.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
98.

How long does it take the Moon to move around the Earth?

a)

29.5 days

b)

28 days

c)

23.5 days

d)

30 days

99.
Which tide occurs during the Full or New Moon phase?
a)
Spring Tide
b)
Neap Tide
100.

Which tide occurs during the Full or New Moon phase?

a)

normal low and high tides

b)

Highest high and lowest low tides

101.
Which tide occurs during the quarter Moon phases?
a)
Spring Tide
b)
Neap Tide
102.

Which tide occurs during the quarter Moon phases?

a)

A normal low and high tide

b)

A higher high tide and lower low tide

103.
What type of tide is occurring on Earth?
a)
Reverse tide
b)
Quarter tide
c)
Neap tide
d)
Spring tide
104.

The diagram shows Earth and the moon. In which position(s) will a Spring tide occur?

a)

4 only

b)

1 and 4

c)

3 and 4

d)

2 and 4

105.

If we are experiencing a new moon on March 6 what will the moon look like on 15?

a)
b)
c)
d)
106.

What should the moon look like on the 5 of March?

a)
b)
c)
d)
107.

What moon would you expect to see on March 23rd?

a)
b)
c)
d)
108.

If we are experiencing a new moon on March 6 what will the moon look like on 15?

a)
b)
c)
d)
109.

What should the moon look like on the 5 of March?

a)
b)
c)
d)
110.

What moon would you expect to see on March 23rd?

a)
b)
c)
d)
111.

What moon would you expect to see on March 18th?

a)
b)
c)
d)
112.
Which moon phases are "crescents"?
a)
1 and 5
b)
2 and 8
c)
4 and 6
d)
3 and 7
113.

What comes directly after this moon phase?

a)

First Quarter

b)

waning gibbious

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

114.

It's Full Moon today how long does it take to have another Full Moon?

a)

30 days

b)

1 year

c)

18 weeks

d)

1 hour

115.
What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
116.

What is the missing lunar phase?

a)

Third Quarter

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

New Moon

d)

Waning Gibbous

117.

Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 9th.

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Third Quarter

d)

First Quarter

118.

Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 26th.

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Crescent

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

119.

Use the calendar to predict the moon phase on March 30th.

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

c)

Third Quarter

d)

First Quarter

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