Earth and Space Science MCAS Review

Earth and Space Science I

100

These two factors are what cause the seasons on Earth.

What is the Earth's tilt at 23.5 degrees and the Earth's revolution around the sun?

200

The season that people in the United States experience when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.

What is winter?

300

This occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun, blocking sunlight from Earth in what we see as a New Moon.

What is a solar eclipse?

400

This is the main cause of tides, or the rise and fall of the oceans.

What is the gravitational pull of the Moon?

500

This causes day and night on Earth.

What is the rotation of Earth about its axis?

Earth and Space Science II

100

This is where the sun hits the Earth most directly.

What is the equator?

200

This occurs during a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.

What is a lunar eclipse?

300

The correct order of the following words (from smallest to largest) is: star, universe, solar system, galaxy

What is star, solar system, galaxy, and universe?

400

Together, the crust and upper mantle of Earth are called this.

What is the lithosphere?

500

This layer of Earth is composed primarily of solid iron.

What is the inner core?

Chemistry

100

This element; O.

What is oxygen?

200

The elements in this compound; NaCl

What is sodium and chlorine? 

300

The number of atoms present in this chemical formula; C₆H₁₂O₆

What is 24?

400

The number of atoms present in the reactants of this chemical equation; 6CO₂+6H₂O---->C₆H₁₂O₆+6O₂.

What is 36?

500

The total number of atoms in Ca₅(PO₄)₃(OH).

What is 22 atoms?

Newton's Laws

100

If student A is pushing a cart 10N to the right and student B is pushing the cart 15N to the left, what direction is the cart going to move and by how much force?

What is to the left by 5N?

200

The force that is pulling you down constantly.

What is gravity?

300

What are two factors affecting the amount of gravity?

What are distance and mass?

400

The type of force that is resistant to change.

What is friction force?

500

Newton's third law.

What is the law of action-reaction?

Potluck

100

The theory that explains that the continents have moved over millions of years

What is plate tectonics

200

What happens when a cold front meets a warm front? 

What is warm air that is less dense rises up and possibly causes precipitation?

300

Explain the difference between weathering and erosion

What is weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces, while erosion carries them away?

400

Explain the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering? 

What is: 

mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces, but they remain the same kind of rock

chemical weathering rearranges the atoms and creates a new type of rock or substance

500

What will happen when oceanic crust converges with land crust? 

What is a subduction zone?