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SSA Review - Earth/Space

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What season is represented at point B?

a)

Winter

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

2.

Which date is represented by the diagram?

a)

March 21

b)

June 21

c)

September 21

d)

December 21

3.

We do NOT have a lunar eclipse each month because...

a)

The tilt of the moon's orbit is at 5 degrees

b)

The moon is too small

c)

The moon's orbital distance changes

d)

All choices

4.

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

a)

Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.

b)

Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

c)

Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

d)

Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

5.

Which statement correctly defines wind?

a)

The movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

b)

The movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.

c)

The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

d)

The movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

6.

What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?

a)

heat from the Earth's core

b)

the rotation of the Earth

c)

Moon's gravity

d)

unequal heating of the Earth by the sun

7.
What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?
a)
Land breeze - daytime
b)
Land breeze - nighttime
c)
Sea breeze - daytime
d)
Sea breeze - nighttime
8.

Deep Ocean currents caused by

a)

Global Wind Patterns

b)

Earth's Rotation

c)

Differences in density

d)

All of the above

9.

Where would I find the most dense ocean water?

a)

At the surface

b)

In the middle

c)

At the bottom

d)

Lake Michigan

10.
Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?
a)
tension
b)
compression
c)
shearing
d)
folding
11.
Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called
a)
deformation
b)
tension
c)
compression
d)
shearing
12.
Which type of seismic waves cause the most damage?
a)
P waves
b)
S waves
c)
surface waves
d)
tsunami waves
13.
Why does magma tend to rise to the surface?
a)
It has large amounts of silica.
b)
It contains very little silica.
c)
It is denser than the surrounding material.
d)
It is less dense than the surrounding material.
14.
Most volcanoes occur at which 2 types of plate boundaries? 
a)
convergent w/ subduction and divergent
b)
divergent and transform
c)
divergent and hot spots
d)
convergent w/ subduction and hot spots
15.
A plate boundary where the plates divide
a)
Indirect boundary
b)
Transform boundary
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Divergent boundary
16.
Energy from water or steam that has been heated by magma
a)
Geothermal energy
b)
Thermal energy
c)
Kinetic energy
d)
Potential energy
17.
What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?
a)
wind
b)
ocean currents
c)
convection in the mantle
d)
expansion of the Earth
18.
What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountain
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
trench
19.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal
20.
Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
subduction
21.
Water evaporating from the surface of a lake moves from the...
a)
Atmosphere to the geosphere 
b)
Geosphere to the hydrosphere 
c)
Hydrosphere to the atmosphere 
d)
Atmosphere to the hydrosphere 
22.
When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres? 
a)
The biosphere and atmosphere 
b)
The atmosphere and geosphere 
c)
The geosphere and atmosphere 
d)
The biosphere and geosphere 
23.
When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air into the ocean- the interaction is between...
a)
The atmosphere and geosphere 
b)
The atmosphere and hydrosphere 
c)
The atmosphere and biosphere 
d)
The atmosphere and atmosphere 
24.
When a plants takes carbon dioxide from the air which two spheres are interacting? 
a)
Biosphere and atmosphere 
b)
Geosphere and atmosphere 
c)
Hydrosphere and atmosphere 
d)
Atmosphere and atmosphere 
25.

The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

a)

heat and pressure

b)

melting and cooling and crystallizing

c)

compaction and cementation

d)

weathering and erosion

26.

Rock that forms when pressure and heat change existing rock.

a)

Igneous Rock

b)

Sedimentary Rock

c)

Metamorphic Rock

d)

Rock Cycle

27.
An igneous rock can become ______.
a)
metamorphic
b)
sedimentary
c)
igneous
d)
all of these
28.

When weathering breaks rocks into pieces, what do we call those smaller pieces?

a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
29.

Where do igneous rocks form?

a)

underwater

b)

deep underground

c)

in the air

d)

near volcanoes

30.

Composition of rocks refers to...

a)

What song plays when you find the rock.

b)

What the rock is made of.

c)

What color the rock is.

d)

How hard a rock is.

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