Earth Science

• Look at the picture of the water cycle. What part of the cycle does the arrow represent?– A. Oxidation– B. Condensation– C. Precipitation– D. Evaporation

TEKS 4.6 Patterns of Change

• Clouds have different shapes and sizes. The type of clouds that are in the sky help meteorologists predict which of the following?

• A. how much water will evaporate

• B. what kind of weather will occur

• C. how much rain will fall

• D. what the temperature will be

Earth Science

• The song about the “Itsy-Bitsy Spider” going up the waterspout, getting washed away by all the rain, and having the sun come out and dry up all the rain is an example of:– A. the nitrogen cycle– B. the carbon cycle– C. the water cycle– D. the life cycle

Earth Science

• What causes tides in the oceans to rise and ebb (lower)?

• A. waves

• B. currents

• C. gravitational pull of the moon

• D. gravitational pull of the earth

Earth Science

• Which of the following is the result of wind and ocean wave action? (TEKS 4.11)

• A. sand dunes

• B. tides

• C. earthquakes

• D. tsunamis

Earth/ Space Science

• Which of the following is NOT a predictable change?

• A. phases of the moon

• B. earthquakes• C. seasons• D. night and day

• Explain on paper why each answer is either right or wrong. Give facts as your reasons.

• Define “predictable.”

Earth/ Space Science

• Which of the following characteristics best describes how the earth and moon are similar?

• A. Both are the same size.• B. Both generate their own heat.• C. Both receive/ reflect light from the sun.• D. Both have the same weather

conditions.

Similarities/ Differences Between Earth and Moon

• Draw a Venn diagram on your paper. Use the words below in the chart. Green = earth and blue = moon. Similarities go in the middle.

• Craters Wind• Rocks Weather• Mountains Gravity• Water Erosion• Air Dust

Earth Science (TEKS 5.11)

• Which of the following is a rapid process that changes the surface of the earth?

• A. the eruption of a volcano• B. beach erosion• C. the weathering of mountains• D. sedimentary rock formation

• Explain your answer in detail.

Earth Science

1. Fold your new paper like a hot dog.2. On the left side, write “Rapid Process.”3. On the right side, write “Slow Process.”4. Place each of these words in the correct column:

eruption, erosion, weathering, dissolving minerals, earthquake, landslide, magma cooling into granite, movement of a glacier, stalactite growth, melting into magma, flood, evaporation, tsunami, lava flow

Earth Science

• Explain how finding fossils in layers of sedimentary rock can help a geologist determine the age of the rock layer.

• Use your textbook, pp.E76-77

• Now use your knowledge and explain whether the rock layer UNDER the fossils will be older or younger than the fossil layer above it.

TEKS 5.11 Earth Science

• Dinosaurs and the remains of plants and sea creatures led to the formation of which resource?

• A. fossils• B. oxygen• C. oil• D. trees

• After years of plant matter being deposited and pressed down into peat, additional heat and pressure will eventually produce

• A. magma• B. coal• C. sediments• D. fossils

Earth/ Space

• The earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. What occurs as a result of this rotation?

• A. the four seasons

• B. the constellations

• C. night and day

• D. moon phases

Earth/ Space

• Explain the difference between a rotation and a revolution of an object in space.

• Explain why we cannot see the light of the moon during the phase called the “new moon.” Draw a picture to show where the moon is in relation to the earth and the sun.

• Draw a diagram showing the location of the moon, earth, and sun when we see a full moon.

Earth/ Space

• What causes the tides in the earth’s oceans to rise and ebb (fall)?

• A. waves

• B. currents

• C. gravitational pull of the earth

• D. gravitational pull of the moon