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3rd 6 Weeks Review Key

1. Mr. Turner took his pug Macy for a walk. While he was walking he would breath in
oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Both of these gases cycle in our atmosphere. What
other gas also cycles in our atmosphere?

Your Answer:

Correct Answer: Nitrogen

The three gas cycles in our atmosphere are the nitrogen, oxygen, and
carbon cycle.

2. One day Miguel was wondering why the water levels of lakes decrease when there is
no rain. He asked his dad and he said that the water evaporates and turns into water
vapor. If there is no rain for many days there is no way to refill the lakes with fresh
water. Where does the lake get energy to form water vapor?

Your answer:

Correct Answer: The Sun

3. Katy wanted to know the difference between an aquifer and a lake. Mr. Burrow told her
that an aquifer is found underground and a lake is found when the water table is above
the Earth’s surface. Which of these two is NOT considered surface water?

Your answer:

Correct answer: Aquifer

•An aquifer is a rock layer that stores ground water and allows it to flow.
4. Timmy asked his teacher in class where does wind come from? Pretend you are the
teacher, what would you tell Timmy?

Your answer:

Correct answer: Wind comes from differences in air pressure.

•This difference in air pressure is generally caused by the unequal heating of the
earth.

5. This morning the meteorologist said that a high pressure system was moving across
the United States. What directions do High and Low pressure systems move across the
Earth?

Your answer:

Correct answer: West to East

•As warm air rises it creates an area of low pressure

•As cold air sinks it creates an area of high pressure.


6. Mr. Turner made a model of his backyard to demonstrate run-off to the class. He put
dirt, grass, and rock in a large pan. He tilted the model towards the ground to simulate
a hill. He put a bucket under the bottom of the model to catch the water run-off. He
poured 1 gallon of water at the top of the model and watched the water run-down to
the bottom and into the bucket. When he measured the run-off water in the bucket, he
noticed that there was less than one gallon of water in the bucket. Mr. Turner didn’t
understand why there was less water in the bucket than what he poured onto the
model. Why was there less water?

Your answer:

Correct answer: Because some of the water soaked into the soil.

Percolation is the downward movement of water through soil and rock due to
gravity.

7. On hot summer days when the sun is blazing what happens to the air that is near the
ground?

Your answer:

Correct answer: The air warms up and begins to rise and move through a process
called convection.

•Convection is the transfer of energy by the movement of a liquid or gas.

8. The school is trying to save money, so the Science department is putting into place a
strict rule to use resources wisely. When using supplies in labs, such as paper plates,
paper cups, and aluminum foil what would be a wise use of these resources?

Your answer:

Correct answer: To clean the plates, cups, and foil to reuse them in the next class.
9. When a student observed that water in a pot begins to bubble and rise to the surface
when it is left on a hot plate, what stage of the water cycle is he observing?

Your answer:

Correct answer: Evaporation

•Evaporation - When liquid water from the earth’s surface changes into water
vapor.

•Energy from the sun causes evaporation.

10.

Label the parts above using the word bank below.

Word bank

Unsaturated ground Saturated ground Water table

Your answers: Correct Answers:

1. 1. Unsaturated Ground

2. 2. Water Table

3. 3. Saturated Ground

•The two zones meet at a boundary know as the water table.


The water in an aquifer comes from
a. the percolation of surface water. c. a chemical reaction.
b. evaporation within the Earth. d. the melting of ice.

____ occurs when liquid water from the Earth's surface changes into water vapor.
a. Percolation c. Evaporation
b. Condensation d. Precipitation

____ is the movement of water into the ground due to the pull of gravity.
a. Runoff c. Percolation
b. Infiltration d. Precipitation

____ is water that flows across land and collects in rivers, in streams, and eventually in the
ocean.
a. Runoff c. Percolation
b. Infiltration d. Condensation

The unsaturated ground and saturated ground meet at a boundary called the
a. recharge zone. c. well.
b. water table. d. artesian spring.

When the water table is as high as or higher than the Earth's surface,
a. a spring can form. c. a lake can form.
b. a cave can form. d. Both (a) and (c)

What is the most common gas in the air that we breathe?


a. oxygen c. hydrogen
b. nitrogen d. carbon dioxide

Most of the energy in the atmosphere moves by


a. convection. c. conduction.
b. radiation. d. precipitation.

Wind is created by differences in


a. air temperature. c. air pressure.
b. humidity. d. altitude.

Two different gases make up about 99% of the atmosphere.


The two gases are

A oxygen and helium. C oxygen and ozone.


B oxygen and hydrogen. D oxygen and nitrogen.

Winds in an area of high pressure move towards an area of low pressure.

a. True b. false
 
 
 

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