Name: _________________________________
Date: __________
Period: __________
Mrs. Bonewald/Ms. Schoepfer
Science 7 Quarterly Exam Study Guide (3rd Marking Period)
DUE DATE: Monday 3/21/16
TEST DATE: Tuesday 3/22/16
The following topics will be covered on the Quarterly Exam:
Aim # 15: Earth as a Planet
Aim # 15 b: East as a Planet- Layers of the Earth (Reading Comprehension)
Aim # 16: Earth: Latitude and Longitude
Aim # 17: Time Zones of the World
Aim # 18: Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
Aim # 19: Earth-Sun-Moon System
Aim # 20: Weather and Climate: Earth’s Atmosphere
Aim # 21: Weather and Climate (please add to hard copy)
Aim # 15: Earth as a Planet
1) Describe Earth’s relationship to other planets and the Sun.
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Aim # 15 b: Earth as a Planet- Layers of the Earth (Reading Comprehension)
2) List the four layers of Earth’s from the outside in. Describe the state of matter each layer is made up of.
a. _____________________________________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________________________________
c. _____________________________________________________________________________
d. _____________________________________________________________________________
3) Label the four layers of Earth.
4) Describe what happens to temperature as you go deeper into Earth’s interior.
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5) Describe what happens to pressure as you go deeper into Earth’s Interior.
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6) Describe how the oceanic and continental crust differ from one another.
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7) Explain why the molten mantle slowly rises and falls, causing the lithospheric plates to move, which
causes tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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Aim # 16: Earth: Latitude and Longitude
8) Draw a compass rose if North represented the top of your paper.
9) Use the map and scale below to determine the distance from….
a. Ondangwa to Rundu = __________________________ miles
b. Rehoboth to Karasburg = ________________________miles
c. Katima Mulio to Gobabis = _______________________ miles
10) In which directions do latitude lines run? _____________________________________________________
11) In which directions do latitude lines measure? _____________________________________________________
12) In which directions do longitude lines run? _____________________________________________________
13) In which directions do longitude lines measure? _____________________________________________________
14) Use the map below to determine the continent at each location.
a. 20°S , 60°W = _____________________________________
b. 20 °S , 20°E = _____________________________________
c. 40°N , 100°E = ____________________________________
15) Name a latitude longitude point that is in North America. ______________________________________
16) If I were to travel from North America to the Southern tip of Africa, which direction did I travel?
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Aim # 17: Time Zones of the World
17) Use your Time Zone Map of the United States to answer the following questions.
a. If it is 1 pm in New York, what time is it in Texas? ________________
b. If it is 3 pm in New York, what time is it in California? ________________
c. If it is 4 pm in California, what time is it in Colorado? ________________
Aim # 18: Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
18) Describe the difference between Earth’s axis and hemispheres.
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19) Is Earth titled? If so, how much? What does this affect? ____________________
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20) Describe Earth’s rotation, what it affects, and how long it takes.
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21) Describe Earth’s revolution, what it affects, and how long it takes.
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22) How are solstices and equinox’s different from one another?
23) Describe two facts about each of the following and the date that they occur in the Northern Hemisphere:
a. Summer Solstice (Date: _____________________ )
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ii. ______________________________________________________________________________
b. Winter Solstice (Date: _____________________ )
i. ______________________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________________________
c. Fall Equinox (Date: _____________________ )
i. ______________________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________________________
d. Spring Equinox (Date: _____________________ )
i. ______________________________________________________________________________
ii. ______________________________________________________________________________
24) Identify summer, winter, fall, and spring (for the Northern Hemisphere) below.
25) Support your response for…
a. Summer- ____________________________________________________________________________
b. Winter- ____________________________________________________________________________
26) Do the arrows in the picture above represent Earth’s rotation or revolution? Support your answer.
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Aim # 19: Earth-Sun-Moon System
27) Describe the relationship, in terms of movement, between the moon and Earth (use the terms rotation and
revolution) in your response.
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28) How much of the moon is “lit” by the sun at all times? _______________________________________________
29) Explain why, on Earth, we see different phases of the moon. __________________________________________
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30) List the eight main phases of the moon, in order, starting and ending with new moon.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
31) In which direction does the moon revolve round Earth? _______________________________________________
32) On the diagram below, draw and label each phase of the moon, in its correct location.
33) Describe a total and partial solar eclipse.
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34) At which moon phase would a solar eclipse occur?
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35) Describe a total and partial lunar eclipse.
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36) At which moon phase would a solar eclipse occur? ________________________________________
37) What does the moon’s gravitational pull on earth cause? ____________________________________
38) Describe spring tides.
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39) What causes spring tides?
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40) Which moon phases result spring tides? ___________________________________________________
41) Describe neap tides.
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42) What causes neap tides?
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43) Which moon phases result in neap tides? ______________________________________________________
Aim # 20 Weather and Climate: Earth’s Atmosphere
44) What is the atmosphere?
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45) Which gases in Earth’s atmosphere made up of? Include the percentage of each gas found in the atmosphere.
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46) List the layers of the atmosphere, in order, starting from closest to Earth and ending furthest from Earth.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
47) What happens to air pressure as your travel away from Earth?
48) Does temperature increase, decrease, or change at each level? _________________________________________
49) Describe what happens to temperature as you travel through each layer of the atmosphere..
a. As your travel higher in the troposphere, temperature ___________________________________.
b. As your travel higher in the stratosphere, temperature ___________________________________.
c. As your travel higher in the mesosphere, temperature ___________________________________.
d. As your travel higher in the thermosphere, temperature ___________________________________.
50) Which layer of the atmosphere (you may us some layers more than once) …
a. is where the ozone layer is found: ______________________________________
b. is known as the “weather layer” : ______________________________________
c. is where meteors often disintegrate: ______________________________________
d. is where space shuttles orbit: ______________________________________
e. is where clouds are found: ______________________________________
f. is very thin and merges to space: ______________________________________
g. is first exposed to the sun’s radiation: ______________________________________
h. is where commercial aircrafts fly: _______________________________________
51) Scientists have connected the release of chemicals (CFC’s-found in aerosol cans, refrigerators, air conditioners,
etc.) to the depletion of the ozone layer. Why is this a concern to life on Earth?
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52) Which human activities increase the number of greenhouse gases, such as Carbon Dioxide, in Earth’s atmosphere?
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53) If the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere continue to rise, how could this affect Earth’s
average temperature?
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54) How would life on Earth be affected if global temperatures continue to rise? (Provide two examples)
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b. _____________________________________________________________________________________
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Aim # 21 Weather and Climate
55) What causes uneven heating of Earth’s surface?
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56) What causes differences in both temperature and air pressure at different areas?
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57) Describe air mass: _____________________________________________________________________________
58) How do air masses move? ______________________________________________________________________
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59) Circle the correct response
a. Cold air masses (rise/sink) and warm air masses (rise/sink).
60) What is the term referred to when air masses meet?
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61) Describe what is occurring in the picture below:
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63) Which type of air pressure will be created along the front? __________________________________
64) What type of whether will occur along the front? ____________________________________________________
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65) Describe the difference between the areas of low pressure and areas of high pressure?
a. Low pressure- _________________________________________________________________________
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b. High pressure- _________________________________________________________________________
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66) How are weather and climate different from one another?
a. Weather- _____________________________________________________________________________
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b. Climate- _____________________________________________________________________________
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