1. STAAR Review DAY 8 EARTH AND SPACE
TEKS 8.9B (R), 8.9C (R), 8.9A (S), 8.10A (S), 8.10B (S), 8.10C (S), 7.8C (S)
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2. Plate Tectonics What do the orange dots represent?
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3. Crustal Features
Which of these two landscapes is hundreds of miles away from a crustal boundary?
Give a reason to support you answer.
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4. Plate Tectonics
At which number on the map are the following crustal features occurring?
Tall mountain range formed from one plate moving into another plate.
A mid-ocean ridge where two plates are separating.
Earthquakes where two plates are moving past each other. 3 1 2
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5. Erosion and Weathering
Constant reshaping of our planet
What features can you identify in this satellite picture?
What are the brown areas?
Where does this come from?
Where is it going?
Sediments
Erosion from upstream
It is deposited at the mouth of the river, forming a delta
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6. Weather Symbols
Identify these weather symbols and describe what they mean.
In which direction do high pressure systems rotate in Texas?
In which direction do low pressure systems rotate in Texas?
Where in the world would they rotate the other direction?
Cold Front (cooler temps, higher pressure)
Clockwise
Warm Front (warmer temps, lower pressure) H L
Counter - Clockwise
High Pressure (good weather)
Low Pressure (stormy, rainy weather)
The southern hemisphere

7. Weather Symbols
What is responsible for all moving currents, both in the atmosphere and in the ocean?
Cold Front (cooler temps, higher pressure)
Energy from the Sun
Warm Front (warmer temps, lower pressure) H L
High Pressure (good weather)
Low Pressure (stormy, rainy weather)

8. Hurricanes
Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic ocean during the summer and fall. Why do they occur during this time and not during the winter?
Where does the energy for hurricanes come from?
In which direction to hurricanes rotate in the Northern Hemisphere? Southern Hemisphere?
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9. Hurricanes
Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic ocean during the summer and fall. Why do they occur during this time and not during the winter?
A: Oceans are warmer; provide energy
Where does the energy for hurricanes come from?
A: Energy from the Sun
In which direction to hurricanes rotate in the Northern Hemisphere? Counter-clockwise. Southern Hemisphere? Clockwise.
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