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Earth and Space Sciences
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1
What is a lunar eclipse?
The moon casts its shadow on Earth
The moon casts its shadow on the sun
The Earth casts its shadow on the moon
The sun casts its shadow on Earth
2
What type of plate boundary forms when two plates move apart?
divergent
transform
convergent
3
The big bang theory explains what?
the formation of our solar system
the creation of the universe
the explosion of stars
how nuclear fission works
4
In terms of geology, where is the ring of fire located?
Yellowstone National Park
at the circus, for lions to jump through
around the pacific ocean
At Johnny Cash's home
5
What type of plate boundary exists at a mid-ocean ridge?
convergent
divergent
transform
6
What is the furthest planet away from our sun?
Mars
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
7
What is a brown dwarf?
The eighth dwarf (Happy, Sneezy, Doc... "Brown")
A failed star with too little mass to sustain nuclear fusion
A very distant huge star
Charlie Brown's small cousin
8
About how old is our solar system?
4,500,000,000 years old
4,500,000 years old
4,500 years old
4.5 years old
9
What is NOT a form of evidence originally used to explain continental drift?
fossils
glacial evidence
mountain ranges
The continents movement was visible to the eye.
10
True of False: half the moon never gets sunlight.
true
false
11
What object in the night's sky is the brightest?
Polaris
Sirius, the "North Star"
Jupiter
Venus
12
What planet has man never landed on?
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
13
What was the name of the super continent that started breaking up about 180 million years ago?
super America
oceana
eurasia
pangea
14
Which is the largest rocky planet in our solar system?
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Earth
15
What type of rock forms from volcanoes?
metamorphic
sedimentary
igneous
16
True or false: We can only ever see half the moon from Earth.
False
True
17
What percentage of the solar system's mass is in our sun?
90%
50%
99.9%
75%
18
Which phenomena is mostly caused by the moon?
night and day
tides
seasons
19
What type of plate boundary forms when two plates slide sideways past each other?
convergent
divergent
transform
20
What type of plate boundary forms when two plates come together?
transform
divergent
convergent
21
What planet is known as the red planet?
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
22
What is the name of a volcanic mudflow?
avalanch
tornado
blizzard
lahar
23
Between the orbit of what two planets would you find the asteroid belt?
Earth and Mars
Jupiter and Mars
Venus and Earth
Saturn and Jupiter
24
During what month is Earth's north pole most pointed away from the sun?
April
October
July
January
25
About How many Earths would have the same mass as Jupiter?
318
5243
5
88
26
What is the shape of planets orbits around the sun?
circular
elliptical
spiral
rectangular
27
In the southern hemisphere, during what month are days shortest?
January
July
April
October
28
What is largest in size?
A bumble bee
Washington state
a neutron star
a shooting star
29
Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wegener
Isaac Newton
30
What type of rock forms in layers?
metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
31
What type of rock is formed from a lot of heat and pressure?
metamorphic
igneous
sedimentary
32
What type of plate boundary causes earthquakes?
transform
divergent
convergent
33
What type of plate boundary is found off the coast of Washington?
transform
divergent
convergent
