STAAR Category 3: Earth and Space Part 2 6th - 8th Grade Quiz

STAAR Category 3: Earth and Space Part 2

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Other Sciences

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6th - 8th Grade

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Hard

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

2 mins • 1 pt

The model below shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

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The satellite photograph below shows a large meteorite crater that is 1200m in diameter and 170m deep. This crater is located in a flat, arid part of northeastern Arizona. How will this crater most likely change over time?

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2 mins • 1 pt

Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

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2 mins • 1 pt

What is one condition that is necessary for a hurricane to form?

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2 mins • 1 pt

The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges. Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

2 mins • 1 pt

A section of a topographic map is shown below. What is the difference in elevation in meters between Point X and Point Y on the map?

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2 mins • 1 pt

A student sets up the investigation shown below. The movement of colored water through the gravel best models _____.

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2 mins • 1 pt

Earth would not have seasons if it ____.

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2 mins • 1 pt

Scientists recently discovered that rocks collected from the Franklin Mountains in West Texas and rocks collected from mountains in eastern Antarctica were exactly the same age. Further research showed that the rocks were chemically and geologically the same and came from the same magma source. This discovery provides evidence of ____.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

2 mins • 1 pt

The satellite image below shows a ship channel between South Padre Island and Boca Chica beach in South Texas. Sand is sometimes removed from the ship channel through a process called dredging to make it easier for ships to travel through. Recently sand from the bottom of the channel was moved to area beaches. Without this transfer of sand, what would most likely occur in this area in the future?