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Chapter 2: The Earth in Space
The amount of matter in an object.
The summer solstice…
Chapter 2: The Earth in Space
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The summer solstice…
Marks the end of summer.
Marks the end of fall.
Marks the beginning of fall.
Marks the beginning of summer.
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The amount of matter in an object.
Atmosphere
Axis
Mass
Seismic Waves
3
Hydrosphere
Composed of all of earth's life.
The blanket of gases surrounding earth.
All of earth's water.
The mostly solid part of earth.
4
The uppermost part of the mantel and the crust.
Lithosphere
Gravity
P-Waves
Magnetosphere
5
The circular motion of the Earth’s axis.
Aphelion
Precession
Polar Orbit
Geosynchronous
6
All of earth's water.
Aphelion
Polar Orbit
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
7
A layer of the Earth that has solid rock with plasticity.
Asthenosphere
Crust
Lithosphere
Core
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Makes up all of Earth’s water.
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Seismic Waves
Axis
9
The Moho is…
The boundary between the core and the asthenosphere.
The boundary between the crust and mantel.
The boundary between the crust and core.
The boundary between the lithosphere and the core.
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Waves that travel through liquids, solids, and gases.
Magnetosphere
P-Waves
Lithosphere
Gravity
11
The region of space that is affected by the Earth’s magnetic field.
P-Waves
Gravity
Lithosphere
Magnetosphere
12
Atmosphere
The blanket of gases surrounding earth.
The mostly solid part of earth.
Composed of all of earth's life.
All of earth's water.
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Geosphere
The mostly solid part of earth.
Composed of all of earth's life.
The blanket of gases surrounding earth.
All of earth's water.
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A closed system is...
matter but not energy is exchanged.
neither is exchanged.
energy and matter is exchanged.
energy but not matter is exchanged.
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Vibrations that travel through the Earth.
Seismic Waves
Atmosphere
Axis
Hydrosphere
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There are a total of 24 time zones.
False
True
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A shadow zone is a zone in which S nor P waves travel or only P waves are detected.
True
False
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The autumnal equinox…
Marks the end of autumn.
Marks the beginning of autumn.
Marks the beginning of summer.
Marks the end of summer.
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Biosphere
All of earth's water.
The blanket of gases surrounding earth.
The mostly solid part of earth.
Composed of all of earth's life.
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The Earth’s axis always points toward the sun.
True
False
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A system in which energy but not matter is exchanged with the surroundings.
Polar Orbit
Precession
Closed System
Open System
22
Geographic poles are located at…
Just East of the North and South Pole.
In hot and cold areas.
Magnetic north and South Pole.
The North and South Pole.
23
The only known planet with liquid water on its surface.
Earth
Weight
Perihelion
Plasticity
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The inner core is…
A cool and brittle.
A high pressure steam.
A dense liquid layer.
A dense solid sphere.
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When Earth is furthest from the sun.
Polar Orbit
Geosynchronous
Aphelion
Precession
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The outer core is…
A dense liquid layer
A dense solid sphere
A high pressure steam
A cool and brittle
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The force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe.
Magnetosphere
Gravity
Lithosphere
P-Waves
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An open system is...
energy but not matter is exchanged.
neither is exchanged.
energy and matter is exchanged.
matter but not energy is exchanged.
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The law of gravitation states that.
Attraction of objects depends upon their mass and distance.
Attraction of objects depends upon their size and weight.
Attraction of two objects depends upon their mass and size.
Attraction of objects depends upon their mass and weight.
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One revolution of the Earth takes…
1 day
1 millennium
365 days
24 hours
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The winter solstice marks the beginning of winter.
False
True
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The center of the Earth and made mostly of iron.
Gravity
Lithosphere
Core
P-Waves
33
The mantel is made up of the…
Hydrosphere & Lithosphere
Lithosphere & Asthenosphere
Solids & Liquids
Crust & Core
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The measure of the strength of the pull of gravity on an object.
S-Waves
Perihelion
Plasticity
Weight
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The crust is made up of two zones, a liquid and a metal.
True
False
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Composed of all of the forms of life in the geosphere.
Aphelion
Biosphere
Precession
Geosynchronous
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Continental crust makes up the continents.
False
True
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An imaginary straight line running through the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Seismic Waves
Axis
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The Earth is an oblate spheroid.
True
False
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When the Earth is closest to the sun.
S-Waves
Weight
Perihelion
Plasticity
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Oceanic crust falls under land.
True
False
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Blanket of gases surrounding the Earth.
Seismic Waves
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Axis
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The largest sphere on earth is the oceans.
True
False
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The ability of a solid to flow.
Plasticity
Perihelion
Weight
S-Waves
45
A rotation is when the Earth travels completely around the sun.
True
False
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Waves that travel through only solids.
S-Waves
Perihelion
Plasticity
Weight
