Why would crust sink?

It has cooled and become more dense

What is the cosmic microwave background?

Leftover energy from the Big Bang, Energy in the universe

What is a light year?

The distance light travels in a year

What observation did Wegener make that led him to develop the theory of continental drift?

Continents appear to have once fit together

Which conditions on Earth support the biosphere (living things)?

Liquid water, oxygen/carbon dioxide in atmosphere

How does the nebular theory describe the formation of the solar system?

A cloud of spinning dust/gas condensed into the sun &planets

What does it mean when something is red-shifted?

The object is moving away from the observer

Where stars are born, A cloud of dust and gas

How do scientists explain the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?

They move in response to convection currents in the mantle

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Part B Final Test

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A Quiz to quiz students on space and plate tectonics.

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1
What feature can form at a divergent boundary?
Rift
Ridge
Trench
Mountain
2
Which of the following would be the best model of the “Big Bang” theory?
Inflating a balloon
Throwing a ball
Dropping a bag of oranges off of a tall building
Launching a rocket engine
3
What is Copernicus's model of the solar system?
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Eccentric
Lunocentric
4
Where do the heaviest elements come from?
Supernova
Stars
Nebula
Asteroids
5
Why would crust sink?
It has warmed and become more dense
It has cooled and become less dense
It has warmed and become less dense
It has cooled and become more dense
6
What discovery showed how plate tectonics were possible?
Mid-ocean ridges
Fossils on different continents
Continuous mountain ranges
Evidence of large glaciers
7
At what plate boundary would there be deep sea trenches and volcanic mountain ranges?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
8
What is the cosmic microwave background?
Light from the Big Bang
How we warm up burritos
Leftover energy from the Big Bang
Energy in the universe
9
What is a light year?
The distance light travels in a year
A toy from Toy Story
The distance between the earth and sun
How fast light travels
10
What observation did Wegener make that led him to develop the theory of continental drift?
The ocean floor has long ridges of volcanic mountains
Earthquakes and volcanoes only occur in certain locations
Earth’s magnetic poles have reversed polarity in history
Continents appear to have once fit together
11
Which conditions on Earth support the biosphere (living things)?
Rotation at the equator, silica rich crust
365 day year, 24 hour day
Liquid water, oxygen/carbon dioxide in atmosphere
Molten core, semi-solid mantle layer
12
How does the nebular theory describe the formation of the solar system?
An asteroid broke off parts that become the planets and sun
A cloud of spinning dust/gas condensed into the sun &planets
Chunks of matter from the big bang were blasted into space
A star exploded and created the planets we have today
13
What is something that has formed from the Big Bang?
Planets
Galaxies
Space
Stars
14
What does it mean when something is red-shifted?
The object is moving away from the observer
The object is moving towards the observer
The object is warming up
The object is not moving
15
What element does every star fuse first?
Lithium
Hydrogen
Helium
Oxygen
16
What two elements formed from the Big Bang?
Hydrogen and Helium
Helium and Iron
Hydrogen and Argon
Carbon and Oxygen
17
Our star (the sun) is a small-medium star. What will it end up as?
A white dwarf
A black hole
A neutron star
A black dwarf
18
What is a nebula?
Radiation in space
Where stars are born
A girl from Guardians of the Galaxy
A cloud of dust and gas
19
What is the shape of the orbits of our planets?
Trapezoidal
Elliptical
Orbital
Circular
20
How old is the universe?
13.8 million years
4.6 billion years
13.8 billion years
4.6 million years
21
How is the age of the solar system estimated by scientists?
Sequencing rock layers
Dating radioactive elements
Measuring expansion of stars
Comparing fossil types
22
How does light behave?
As a flash
As a particle
As a particle and a wave
As a wave
23
What did the universe start as?
A tiny chunk of energy
A black hole
A speck of light
A chicken nugget
24
How do scientists explain the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?
They move in response to convection currents in the mantle
The spinning of Earth gives plates energy move continents
They move when volcanoes erupt and earthquake faults slip
They are floating in the oceans and move randomly
25
What is different about the outer core?
It is a solid
It moves
It is a liquid
It does convection

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