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Hogan U1 Earth Systems Test Review
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- Origins of the Solar System - Earth's Layers - Convection
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1
The sun and other plants and all the bodies that travel around it is known as our
Solar System
Oort Cloud
Nebula
Galaxy
2
The four steps of formation of a solar system via the nebular cloud are: Cloud, Disk, Accretion, Planets
True
False
3
The growth of planetesimals from smaller solid particles that collide and stick together best describes what process?
Heat Transfer
Accretion
Seismic waves
Nebulary Hypothesis theory
4
The following planets are Jovian planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
True
False
5
Secondary waves travel through___________.
Liquids only
Solids Only
Gas Only
Both Solids and Liquids
6
Copernicus proposed and Galileo supported which model?
Heliocentric Model
Geocentric Model
7
Which layer of the earth is essential for convection to occur?
Outer Core
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
8
FORM OF ENERGY that occurs because of the vibration of molecules is known as what?
Seismic waves
Secondary Waves
Primary Waves
Heat
9
What two astronomers proposed/supported the geocentric model?
Aristotle and Galileo
Ptolemy and Copernius
Copernicus and Galileo
Aristotle and Ptolemy
10
Warm air/liquid is less dense and rises, Cool air/liquid is more dense and sinks.
True
False
11
Jovian Planets are......
small and rocky
large and icy
large and rocky
small and icy
12
The scale used to measure 1 AU (Astronomical Unit) is....
the distance from the sun to the earth
the distance from the earth to the moon
time to travel from earth to mars
Time to travel from the earth to mars
13
a theory ______ be proven
Can
Cannot
14
Put the four main layers of the Earth in order from the center of the earth out to the surface.
Mantle, Crust, Inner Core, Outer Core
Crust, Inner Core, Mantle, Outer Core
Outer Core, Mantle, Inner Core, Crust
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
15
The REPEATED PATH that an object takes as it travels around another body is known as....
orbital period
rotation
orbit
revolution
16
Which of the following planets is NOT a Terrestrial planet
Uranus
Mars
Mercury
Venus
17
_________ travel through the Earth when a natural disaster or man-made explosion occur.
Greenhouse gas
Seismic waves
magnetic pull
Heat
18
When convention occurs, what happens to the Earth's crust/plates?
Causes an earthquake
Move slowly
Nothing
move rapidly
19
A ___________ is composed of stony-iron materials.
Chondrite meteorite
asteroid
comet
metamorphic rock
20
What best describes the outcome of the process of ACCRETION?
planetesimals grow into planets
the closer to the sun, nothing can happen because it's so hot
starts explode
asteroids form in the frost line
21
In what model is the sun the center of the solar system?
Heliocentric Model
Geocentric Model
22
Earth has a ________ core
geocentric
heliocentric
crusty
magnetic
23
Primary Waves can travel through__________
Both Solid and Liquid
Gas
Liquid
Solid
24
A _________is a zone where warmer fluid rises and cooler fluid sinks on the outsides.
Subduction Zone
Radiation Chamber
Conduction vessel
Convection Cell
25
A _________________ is a rotating cloud of gas and dust that results in the formation of our solar system
Comet
Milky way
Nebula
Planet
26
The lithosphere is located in the
lower mantle
outer core
crust
upper mantle
27
Short period comets come from the oort cloud, Long period comets come from the Kuiper belt
True
False
28
This is the
amount of time
it takes for a body to
revolve
around another body
one time.
revolution
Rotation
Orbital Period
Orbit
29
When a nebula collapses to begin the formation of the solar system, which of the following occurs
Disk begins to flatten
all of the above
materials in cloud begin to collide
material spins faster as it gets closer to the center
30
Earth is the center of the solar system in which model
Geocentric Model
Heliocentric Model
