TEKS Grade 5 Science - 5.8 Diagnostic Earth and Space- Weather/Earth-Sun-Moon
Quiz by Grade 5 Science - Texas Education Agency
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- Q1
Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?
Annual high temperatures in the summer have increased over many decades.
Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.
The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.
The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the following year.
30s5.8a - Q2
Each school year for 30 years, the amount of rain that fell at a school was measured and recorded. Tracking rainfall over a long period provides the most information about which characteristic of an area?
Climate
Temperature of one day
Type of soil
Weather
30s5.8a - Q3
Some scientists measured and recorded local rainfall amounts and water levels at several local lakes over the summer. They compared their measurements with data from the past 30 years. The scientists concluded that the area was drier this summer than in previous years. They plan to continue recording these measurements each summer for the next decade. What characteristic of the area are the scientists studying?
Weather, because they are tracking changes only to their local environment
Climate, because they are making more than one type of measurement
Climate, because they are comparing rainfall amounts over a long period of time
Weather, because they expect rainfall amounts and water levels to continue to decrease
30s5.8a - Q4
Which of the following events in the water cycle is an example of solar energy being absorbed?
Clouds releasing precipitation over a mountain
Water vapor condensing to form clouds
Rain freezing as it falls toward the ground
Water evaporating from the surface of an ocean
30s5.8b - Q5
The diagram above shows the process of evaporation over the ocean. What is the most likely effect of this process on the land areas nearby?
Decreased solar energy
Increased drought conditions
Increased precipitation
30s5.8b - Q6
Which of these cycles is a direct result of Earth’s rotation?
Rainfall and evaporation
Day and night
Moon phases
Seasons
30s5.8c - Q7
On which side of a house in Texas should a window be placed so that the people inside the house can see the sunrise each day through the window?
North
South
East
West
30s5.8c - Q8
Many of the stars seen in the night sky are much larger than the Sun, but they appear much smaller. The Sun appears larger to us than the larger stars because the Sun is–
much hotter.
a yellow star.
much closer.
much cooler.
30s5.8d - Q9
How big is the earth compared to our moon?
Earth is four times bigger than the moon
The earth is a quarter of the size of the moon
The moon is half the size of the earth
30s5.8d - Q10
What do the Earth and moon have in common?
Gravity is the force that keeps them both in their orbits.
Earth and the moon both have one natural satellite.
The surface gravity of the Earth and moon is the same.
They both have the same gases in their atmospheres.
30s5.8d
