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2nd Semester Exam Review
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Weather, Atmosphere, Climate, Space, Solar System, and more!
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1
Earth has seasons because
distance from the Earth and sun changes
rotates on its axis
temperature of sun changes
axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
2
The planet with the shortest day is
Mercury
Earth
Jupiter
Mars
3
Mars has the largest ____ in the solar system
crater
moon
core
volcano
4
The sun produces its energy in this layer
corona
core
photosphere
radiative zone
5
The highest winds in the solar system are found on this planet
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Neptune
6
Heat is transferred between two objects with different temperatures until
one object melts
objects switch temperatures
both objects are the same temperature
one object has no more energy
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Which is NOT a way water reaches the atmosphere
sublimation
transpiration
evaporation
infiltration
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The measure of a star's brightness as seen from Earth is called
parallax
luminosity
absolute magnitude
apparent magnitude
9
The boundary between two air masses of different temperatures is called a(n)
front
isotherm
isobar
current
10
The only planet with a density less than that of water is
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Eath
11
The heliocentric system gained support when Galileo observed that
the orbit of each planet is an ellipse
Venus goes through phases similar to the moon
most of the smaller planets are closer to the sun
one side of the moon always faces Earth
12
The total kinetic energy in the particles of a substance is called
temperature
thermal energy
heat
radiation
13
The two main factors used to determine the climate of an area are
temperature and air pressure
precipitation and humidity
temperature and precipitation
wind conditions and humidity
14
Bacteria releases nitrogen into the soil. This is an interaction between which spheres?
biosphere and geosphere
hydrosphere and geosphere
atmosphere and cryosphere
atmosphere and biosphere
15
Two most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere are
hydrogen and helium
nitrogen and argon
nitrogen and oxygen
carbon dioxide and oxygen
16
Heat from the sun reaches you by
radiation
light emission
convection
conduction
17
Earth is the only planet in the solar system to have
metal core
no atmosphere
tectonic plates
volcanoes
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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles in an object is called
thermal energy
convection
conduction
temperature
19
Areas with higher elevations always have
less precipitation
higher air pressures
lower temperatures
more precipitation
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The layer of our atmosphere in which almost all weather occurs is the
mesosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
exosphere
