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WorksheetsScience STAAR Review
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins
Which of the following provides the energy that drives convection within the ocean? (8.10A)
pressure
sun
weather
winds
A student heard the weather forecaster on television say that an area of high pressure was located over his region of the state. What type of weather is the area most likely to experience? (8.10B)
cold and wet
dry and clear
stormy
cloudy and wet
Which of the following best shows a warm front? (8.10B)
neither
Which of the following best shows a warm front? (8.10B)
neither
What must be available for a hurricane to form? (8.10C)
cold ocean water
warm ocean water
land
wind
An earthquake
A volcanic eruption
Formation of a rift valley
Building up of a mountain
A different chemical substance is formed when:
a cloth is cut
a cup breaks
a nail rusts
a piece of wood breaks
While completing a science experiment, James notices that he has created a new substance. What type of change took place?
chemical change
physical change
no change
increase in mass
Which of these describes a chemical change?
water evaporates
butter melts on warm toast
aluminum foil is cut in half
a paper being burned
Dissolving sugar in your coffee is a ____ change.
chemical change
physical change
H2SO4
Is this a balanced or unbalanced force?
Balanced
Unbalanced
Is this a balanced or unbalanced force?
Balanced
Unbalanced
What is the net force?
10 N to the right
10 N to the left
130 N to the left
130 N to the right
What is the net force?
10 N to the left
10 N to the right
50 N to the right
60 N to the left
A change in motion is caused by
Balanced forces
Unbalanced forces
Is this a balanced or unbalanced force?
Balanced
Unbalanced
What is the net force?
0 N
10 N to the left
20 N to the right
20 N to the left
In the diagram given, what happens as we move from right to left?
Stars get larger
Stars get colder
Stars get hotter
Blue stars are the _____________.
hottest
coolest
smallest
biggest
What determines the color of a star?
Size
Temperature
Composition
They are all the same color
As you move from the bottom to the top of the H-R diagram the __________ changes.
Temperature
Luminosity or Brightness
The locomotor system includes which two systems?
Circulatory and lymphatic
Skeletal and muscular
Nervous and immune
Digestive and excretory
The excretory system gets rid of:
Nutrients
Cartilage
Waste
Oxygen
The _______ system delivers oxygen and nutrients to every cell in the body.
Circulatory
Lymphatic
Integumentary
Nervous
What is the main product of the endocrine system?
Bones
Blood
White blood cells
Hormones
The circulatory system and the nervous system both:
Deliver blood to vital organs
Extend throughout the body
Send electrical signals to the brain
Guard the body against infection
What body system does the muscular system work with to give our body shape, structure, and the ability to move?
Digestive
Respiratory
Skeletal
Circulatory
What is the main function of the endocrine system?
For growth and development of the body
It is a protective barrier against infection and disease
To send and receive electrical messages
To create movement
What type of boundary is occurring at A?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Subduction
Which diagram shows subduction at a convergent boundary?
A
B
C
All of them.
What causes the plates to move?
Earth's rotation spinning the continents.
Ocean currents pushing the land.
The wind in the atmosphere.
Convection currents in the mantle.
A teacher asks students to make a model of a transform plate boundary. The students use blocks to represent tectonic plates and slide the blocks past each other in the directions of the arrows as shown. Which event can the students best demonstrate with their model?
An earthquake
A volcanic eruption
Formation of a rift valley
Building up of a mountain
The model below shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Subduction boundary
Convergent boundary
