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What lab equipment is shown below?
The prime meridian is located at
Earth Science Unit 1 Test Review
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1
The prime meridian is located at
180 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
180 degrees longitude
0 degrees latitude
2
What lab equipment is shown below?
beaker
Graduated cylinder
flask
petri dish
3
What is the study of the atmosphere, weather and climate?
meteorology
geography
astronomy
oceanography
4
On a topographic map, contour lines that form a circle indicate a
lake
ocean
flat area
Hill
5
Earth is considered a system because all of its parts
have the same energy source
interact
remain separate
were formed at the same time
6
What piece of lab equipment is shown below?
beaker
flask
Graduated cylinder
petri dish
7
All the arrows on a target land in the center bulls eye. The arrows are
accurate but not precise
precise but not accurate
neither accurate or precise
accurate and precise
8
What are the two sources of energy for the Earth system?
Earth's interior and wind
lightning and the Sun
the Sun and wind
The Sun and Earth's interior
9
The SI base unit for mass is the
gram
liter
meter
mile
10
Differences in elevation are best shown using a
Mercator Map
Topographic map
GIS map
Projection Map
11
Which unit is the smallest?
Hecta
Deka
centi
deci
12
Which of Earth's spheres contains oceans, glaciers and lakes?
Biosphere
Geosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
13
Which is
NOT
a layer of the geosphere?
Core
Crust
Mantle
Magma
14
The process of collecting data about Earth from a distance is called_____.
projection mapping
GIS
remote sensing
astronomy
15
Which science is traditionally divided into 2 parts: historical and physical?
Astronomy
Biology
Oceanography
Geology
16
A Mercator map shows ______.
accurate direction but distorted sizes and distance
accurate size but distorted distance
accurate size but distorted direction
accurate distance, shape and size
17
The distance in degrees north and south of the equator is referred to as
latitude
longitude
the poles
the prime meridian