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SCIENCE CHAPTER 7/8/9 STUDY GUIDE – SPHERES OF EARTH
VOCABULARY
1. Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are types of ____________________.
2. The process of ice changing directly from a solid to a gas is
____________________.
3. ____________________ is the process of liquid water changing to water vapor.
4. ____________________ is a measure of how salty water is.
5. The process of water vapor changing to liquid water is ____________________.
6. ____________________ is the average weather conditions over many years.
7. A ____________________ ____________________ is a circular current of air.
8. A band of very fast wind that is formed by the different temperatures between huge
convection currents is called a __________ ____________________.
9. When rocks are squeezed and heated at very high temperatures, they can be
changed into ____________________ rock.
10. The top part of Earth’s ____________________, together with the crust, form the
lithosphere.
11. A type of rock formed when particles are pressed and stuck together is
____________________.
12. Most of Earth’s ____________________ is made of iron.
LABS
13. From our NOAA water cycle game, name five places to find water at any given
time. _________________________________________________________________
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14. Explain why bottles of hot and cold water did or did not mix depending on which
one was on top. ________________________________________________________
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15. In our model of the layers of the Earth, what did the chocolate syrup and M&M
represent? ____________________________________________________________
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TRUE OR FALSE
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16. Scientists agree on why climates change.
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17. The rock cycle is the repeated movement of water through the environment
in different forms.
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18. Melted rock that cools slowly creates igneous rock with large crystals.
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19. Wind occurs as air moves from a place of low air pressure to a place of
high air pressure.
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20. The layers of rock at the Earth’s surface are usually younger than the rock
layers below them.
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER
21. The lithosphere is also known as the
a.
b.
c.
d.
biosphere
hydrosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
22. Scientists learn about the mantle and core by
a.
b.
c.
d.
studying material pushed up through the crust
measuring vibrations from earthquakes
performing laboratory experiments
all of the above
23. A scientist studying climates finds a fossil of a fish in the desert. What can the
scientist learn from this fossil?
a.
b.
c.
d.
that the desert has always had a dry climate
that the desert probably had a wet climate at one time
that there is an underground lake in the desert
that there is an error in the scientist’s work
24. Which of the following is NOT a layer of the atmosphere?
a.
b.
c.
d.
neosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
exosphere
SEQUENCE
25-30. Put the following events in order to complete one path water could follow in the
water cycle:
_____ Crystals fall from the cloud.
_____ Water evaporates out of the plant leaves.
_____ Crystals melt into rain.
_____ Water vapor turns into ice crystals in a cloud.
_____ Water moves into a plant
_____ Rain water sinks into the ground.