Topic: 5.7-5.8 Earth and Space (1)
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Grade 5
Science (2010)
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- Q 1/22Score 0Which of these cycles is a direct result of Earth’s rotation?29Day and nightSeasonsMoon phasesRainfall and evaporation
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- Q1Which of these cycles is a direct result of Earth’s rotation?Day and nightSeasonsMoon phasesRainfall and evaporation60s5.8.C: Earth and Space
- Q2The diagram below shows rock layers next to a road. Layer 3 contains many plant fossils. Layer 3 most likely formed in which of these environments?DesertOceanForestTundra60s5.7.D: Earth and Space
- Q3Which of the following events in the water cycle is an example of solar energy being absorbed?Water vapor condensing to form cloudsWater evaporating from the surface of an oceanRain freezing as it falls toward the groundClouds releasing precipitation over a mountain60s5.8.B: Earth and Space
- Q4The diagram below shows the sequence of the processes that turn solid rock into sandstone. Which two processes best complete this diagram?Compaction and cementationMelting and coolingErosion and compactionEvaporation and dissolving60s5.7.A: Earth and Space
- Q5Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was most likely formed by a glacier?A lava flowA wide valleyA deep oceanA mountain range60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q6The poster shown below advertises tours of a power plant. This power plant produces electricity most likely by using —solar energygeothermal energyfossil fuelsbiofuels60s5.7.C: Earth and Space
- Q7Many cities are taking actions to cause less harm to the environment. Which action produces energy from an alternative source?Burning coal to heat homesUsing biofuels to generate electricityBuilding a new water-treatment plant to improve water qualityReplacing lawns with plants that require less water60s5.7.C: Earth and Space
- Q8On 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?WestSouthEastNorth60s5.8.C: Earth and Space
- Q9Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.The rainfall during one year was greater than the rainfall during the following year.Annual high temperatures in the summer have increased over many decades.Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.60s5.8.A: Earth and Space
- Q10Some students used a globe to model the rotation of Earth. They shaded in Texas on the globe, as shown below. They rotated the globe and observed that Texas was in exactly the same place after each rotation. The students could rotate the globe quickly or slowly. If the globe could rotate only at the rate that Earth actually rotates, about how long would each complete rotation take?24 hours30 days365 days60 minutes60s5.8.C: Earth and Space
- Q11Which of the methods of generating electricity shown below does NOT use alternative energy resources?#texas/d956f0cd-d5ab-4f01-bd1f-0005ab140bf6/D.png#texas/d956f0cd-d5ab-4f01-bd1f-0005ab140bf6/B.png#texas/d956f0cd-d5ab-4f01-bd1f-0005ab140bf6/A.png#texas/d956f0cd-d5ab-4f01-bd1f-0005ab140bf6/C.png60s5.7.C: Earth and Space
- Q12The Rio Grande Valley is located at the southern tip of Texas at the end of a long river known as the Rio Grande. How did the delta at the end of the Rio Grande form?Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamisThe river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosionThe river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley.60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
- Q13Each 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?ClimateTemperature of one dayType of soilWeather60s5.8.A: Earth and Space
- Q14All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT —active volcanoessedimentary rocksdecomposed animalsdecayed plants60s5.7.A: Earth and Space
- Q15A student hiking in a rocky area on a mountain notices that wide, deep cracks have formed in some of the large rocks. Some of the cracks are so large that the rocks have broken apart. Which process most likely caused these rocks to crack and break?Water freezing and thawingErosion by fast-moving waterSediments being depositedErosion by wind60s5.7.B: Earth and Space
