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TAKS Review – Earth and
Space Systems
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Weathering
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Prairie grass may be better at preventing
erosion than wheat is because the prairie
grass roots are able25%
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1. Use more mineral
nutrients
2. Hold more soil in
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3. Absorb more water
4. Grow more slowly
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Weathering
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Which of the two processes
contributed most to the accumulation
of soil in this river valley?
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Pressure and uplift
Erosion and deposition
Earthquakes and faulting
Percolation and evaporation
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Weathering
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Which of the following processes is
occurring when rainwater dissolves
25% 25% 25% 25%
volcanic rock?
Folding
Deposition
Erosion
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Weathering
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Breaking rocks into pieces by freezing and
thawing, the release of pressure, and
abrasion are all examples25%
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Weathering
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The rocks at the base of the trees were
separated from the cliff face by water
freezing and thawing. Which
best
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describes the breaking of the rock?
Mountain building
Soil erosion
Physical weathering
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Groundwater
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Which best represents surface
water in a watershed?
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Underground springs
Impermeable rock layers
Rivers and lakes
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Groundwater
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Street signs around the city of Austin, warn citizens
against dumping waste liquids in certain areas. The signs
state that these areas are aquifer recharge zones
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where large quantities of water can
flow into the
aquifer. Why should dumping be limited in recharge
areas?
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1. Liquid waste may directly enter the
groundwater
2. Austin is too close to the Gulf coast
3. Water should be recycled
4. There is a water shortage in Austin
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Students are curious about what happens to precipitation as
it falls to Earth. They model a rain storm occurring on
the side of a hill using a stream table. After pouring 500
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water runoff in a bucket, they measure 400 mL of
runoff in the bucket. What conclusion is best supported
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All precipitation that falls to earth flows back into the oceans
Some precipitation that falls to Earth is absorbed into the soil
Most precipitation that falls to Earth is water in the form of a
liquid
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Modeling rainstorms using a water table has no limitations
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Groundwater
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In the water cycle diagram, which
letter represents groundwater?
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Groundwater
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In the diagram, what are the two main
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factors that affect where groundwater
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The number of wells and the temperature of the water
The height of the water table and the height of the
ground surface
The force of the water and pressure from the
atmosphere
The direction of the wind and the direction of the
stream’s flow
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Plate Tectonics
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When two oceanic plates move
away from each other,
which
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land feature is formed?
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Mid-ocean ridge
Folded mountains
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Plate Tectonics
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Which of the following statements best
describes the formation of new crust
along the boundary of a tectonic
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At a divergent boundary, magma rises up from the
mantle
At a convergent boundary, an oceanic plate can be
subducted under another
At a convergent boundary, a trench allows crust to
be destroyed
At a transform boundary, two tectonic plates slide
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Plate Tectonics
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Which process caused the upward
movement that formed the Andes
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Mountains on the western coast of
South America?
Seafloor spreading
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Plate Tectonics
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What is happening to the oceanic
crust? 25% 25% 25% 25%
1. It is forming new sea
floor
2. It is being subducted
3. It is colliding with
continental crust
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Plate Tectonics
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New ocean crust is produced along the __.
While old crust is pushed back into the
earth along _.
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Mid-Atlantic Ridges, Trenches
Convergent boundaries, Divergent boundaries
Rift valley, Volcanoes
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Convection Currents
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Which best describes how ocean
currents are created?
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Convection Currents
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In the summer, coastal regions in Texas
usually experience ocean breezes, as
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shown in the diagram. Which
creates the ocean breezes?
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Warm water evaporates and condenses above the
ocean
Warm water condenses and precipitates above the
ocean
Cool air above the ocean sinks and warm air above the
land rises
Cool air above the ocean rises and warm air above the
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Convection Currents
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What is the energy source that
drives convection currents in the
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atmosphere and oceans?
The Sun
Hot rocks in the mantle
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Convection Currents
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Convection currents, which may be the
driving force for the movement of
lithospheric plates, are
found
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What type of plate boundary is
most likely to occur at Point A in
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the diagram above?
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Which of these best explains why the
oceans have a great impact on the
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weather over the continents?
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Ocean waves move more easily than continental rock
The oceans contain a wider variety of organisms than
the continents
The oceans store and transfer more heat than the
continents
Ocean water contains more salt than most continental
lake water
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When air pressure is high __
25% 25% 25% 25%
You can expect clouds and rain
You can expect cold temperatures
You can expect sunny, clear days
You can expect tornadoes
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When air pressure is low __
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You can expect clouds and rain
You can expect warm temperatures
You can expect sunny, clear days
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A _____front occurs when a denser
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A warm front happens when a less dense air
mass rides up over a denser air mass.
Typically warm fronts produce
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rain
2. Severe weather
3. Sunny days
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Moon and
Seasons
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The diagram shows the Moon orbiting
Earth. Which of the following best
represents how the moon will appear at
Position K when viewed from Earth?
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New moon
Waxing crescent
Waning crescent
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The HR diagram is a useful tool. When
studying stars, all of the following
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information about stars can be found
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Magnitude
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Moves away from Earth
Receives less light from Earth
Is unlit as viewed from Earth
Makes half a turn around Earth
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The series of pictures shows a view of
the moon from the same position on Earth
on different days of one month. The
pictures show that on certain nights the
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Moon and Seasons
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The diagram shows the orbit of the moon
around Earth. Between which two points
will the moon appear to change
from
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25% a new
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moon to a quarter moon?
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Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted
23.5° relative to the plane of its
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orbit, which helps to cause_
Day and night
The lunar cycle
The seasons
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