PSSA Review - Quick Review

Which city has warmer temperatures year-round?

• city A
• city B

Which city receives more precipitation?

• city A
• city B

What is the type of boundary where two plates separate?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary

What is the type of boundary where two plates collide?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary

What is the name of the giant supercontinent in the illustration?

• A. Laurasia
• B. Gondwanaland
• C. North America
• D. Pangaea

What is the type of boundary where two plates slide past each other?

• convergent plate boundary
• divergent plate boundary
• transform plate boundary

• A
• B
• C
• D

What is likely the first step in most scientific inquiries?

• write a law
• communicate results
• ask a question
• conduct an experiment

Which description identifies a tropical climate?

• large amounts of precipitation, warm year-round
• hot summers, cold winters, moderate precipitation
• cool winters and summers, humid, low precipitation
• windy with cool summers and winters, very low precipitation

What is scientific inquiry?

• the questioning of scientific laws
• an unchanging set of steps used by all scientists
• a method that always results in new scientific theories
• a process that uses skills and methods to answer questions