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Eighth Grade (Grade 8) Earth Science Questions

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Grade 8 Earth's Layers
Grade 8 Atmosphere
What are the three main types of clouds?
  1. Altostratus, Stratus, Cirrus Status
  2. Cumulus, Altocumulus, Cumulusnimbus
  3. Stratuscumlus, Cirrus, Cululus
  4. Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus
Grade 8 Geomorphology
Grade 8 Tectonics
Which scientific theory is best represented by the diagram?
Fault - Thrust
  1. Big Bang
  2. Evolution
  3. Plate Tectonics
  4. Continental Drift
Grade 8 Atmosphere
Where do hurricanes form?
  1. over warm ocean water
  2. over mountain ranges
  3. in the desert
  4. over open fields
Grade 8 Volcanoes
How are volcanoes formed?
  1. magma pushes up through Earth's crust
  2. shock waves from movements in Earth's crust
  3. spin of Earth
  4. L-waves traveling through Earth
Grade 8 Atmosphere
Pressure decreases rapidly with altitude because the air becomes
  1. colder.
  2. less dense.
  3. warmer.
  4. rich in ozone.
Grade 8 Rocks
Grade 8 Tectonics
Explains how sections of the crust collide, move apart, and slide past each other.
  1. Oceanic crust
  2. Plate tectonics
  3. Climate change
  4. Pangaea
Grade 8 Tectonics
Subduction zones occur where
  1. oceanic plates move apart.
  2. continental plates move apart.
  3. an oceanic plate slides underneath a continental plate.
  4. a continental plate collides with another continental plate.
Grade 8 Atmosphere
Grade 8 Minerals
Grade 8 Atmosphere
Grade 8 Oceanography and Hydrology
Why does the gravitational force of the Moon on Earth’s oceans is stronger than the gravitational force of the Sun?
  1. Moon’s air resistance keeps it from moving.
  2. Moon is smaller than the Sun.
  3. the Sun is made only of gas.
  4. Moon is closer to Earth than the Sun.
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