STAAR REVIEW - SCIENCE

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How are fossil fuels made?

Back

Dead and decomposing organisms are exposed to extreme heat and pressure, transforming them into fossil fuels.

Front

How are organisms, such as snakes, cacti and coyotes able to survive in harsh desert conditions?

Back

Over thousands of years these organisms have developed adaptations to survive in arid climates.

Front

Why would the student's father ask him to use a wooden spoon to stir the soup as it heated?

Back

The wooden spoon is a good insulator of thermal energy

Front

When using a solar-powered calculator, what source of energy is being used to power the calculator?

Back

Light Energy

Front

If a person is describing the daily changes in temperature and perception, they are referring to an area's--

Back

weather

Front

Monitoring and tracking rainfall over a long period gives the most accurate information about--

Back

climate

Front

What is one difference between weather and climate?

Back

Climate describes long-term conditions over an entire region, but weather does not.

Front

Which event best describes an example of evaporation?

Back

Solar energy heats water at the ocean's surface.

Front

In the water cycle, the Sun's energy is directly responsible for causing the process at location---

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A

Front

Direction of energy flow through the food web: Spider to Grasshopper to Grass, Hognose snake to toad to grasshopper, Grass to rabbit to hawk, mouse to spider to toad.

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Grass to rabbit to hawk