8th Grade MCA Review

Front

When air near the ground is warmed by sunlight, which of the following occurs? The warm air radiates and becomes cool again., The warm air evaporates into the cooler air., The warm air expands and rises, resulting in convection., The warm air loses its ability to hold water and precipitates.

Back

The warm air expands and rises, resulting in convection.

Front

What is the process when water is changing from a liquid to a gas?

Back

Water is changing from a liquid to a gas.

Front

What is Y? Options: Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation, Runoff

Back

Precipitation

Front

Hydrosphere: A- Mountain, B- Desert, C- River, D-Outer Space

Back

River

Front

Above a continent, a warm air mass slowly passes over a cold air mass.  As the warm air begins to cool, clouds form.  What will most likely happen next?

Back

Rain will fall

Front

Where is most of Earth's freshwater? Options: in the ground, in lakes and rivers, in the atmosphere, in glaciers and ice caps

Back

in glaciers and ice caps

Front

deposition

Back

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Front

All of the processes listed below cause changes in Earth's surface. Which of the following is the slowest to change Earth's surface? earthquake activity, volcanic eruption, landslide, weathering

Back

weathering

Front

order: W,X,Y,Z, X,Y,Z,W, Y,W,X,Z, X, Z,Y,W

Back

Y,W,X,Z

Front

After a rainstorm, a big pile of rocks blocks part of a mountain road. Which event most likely caused the rocks to move onto the road? Options: a tsunami, a blizzard, a landslide, a hurricane

Back

a landslide