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Semester 2 Exam Review
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1
Where is low tide shown on the diagram?
1 only
1 and 3
2 only
2 and 4
2
What influence does the Gulf Stream have on the climates of Florida and London, England
It makes London more rainy
It makes London warmer
All answers are correct
It makes Florida a little cooler
3
Which type of telescope would be best to use for finding objects that have surface temperatures over a billion degrees
Infrared Light
Gamma Rays
Visible Light
X-Rays
4
Florida is a place where sinkholes can happen.
False
True
5
Why does the wind blow in different directions at different times?
The tilt of the Earth
The Coriolis Effect
Uneven heating of the Earth
That does not happen
6
In a main sequence star, what is the relationship between a star’s absolute magnitude and its temperature?
Hotter star are dimmer
It depends on the star's color
Hotter stars are brighter
There is no relationship between these factors
7
What layer of the atmosphere is layer 3?
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
8
What process is happening at position D?
Transpiration
Run off
Evaporation
Precipitation
9
What unit is best for measuring the distance from Earth to Jupiter?
Microns
Astronomical units
Light-year
Kilometers
10
What do meteorologists study?
Weather
Meteors
Space
Fashion
11
During the 2024 hurricanes, some Tampa neighborhoods out of the flood zones still flooded.
False
True
12
What would be the color of a star that has a surface temperature of 15,000 K?
Blue-White
It is impossible to tell with the given information
Yellow
Red
13
How can the
polar
jet stream influence weather if it dipped farther south over Florida?
It makes it colder
It makes it warmer
It makes it rain
It makes it sunny
14
What is one method geologists could use to gain knowledge and develop scientific explanations about how mountains form?
Google
Models
Experiment
Observation
15
Is this weather or climate? Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30.
Weather
Climate
16
What process is happening at position A?
Run off
Precipitation
Transpiration
Evaporation
17
Which area is experiencing the worst drought?
Tampa
Jacksonville
Gainesville
Miami
18
When students drop their Stanleys, they fall to the table or the floor. What scientific law they are observing?
Newton's First Law of Motion
The Law of Gravity
The Law of Superposition
The Law of Conservation of Mass
19
If NASA were to lay off employees, which part(s) of Florida is likely to suffer economically?
Pensacola and Fort Walton Beach
Tampa and Pinellas Park
Orlando and Melbourne
Miami and Naples
20
What type of heat energy transfer happens when you burn yourself on hot pizza?
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Unknown
21
What type of technology on this rover most likely created electric power for operating the equipment?
Solar Array
Camera
Spectrometer
UHF Antennae
22
In a hurricane, you will be safe if you hide in a car.
True
False
23
According to the heliocentric model, what is at the center of the solar system?
The Earth
The Sun
Saturn
The Moon
24
What is this galaxy shape known as?
irregular
elliptical
SpongeBob
spiral
25
On which planet would you weigh less than you would weigh on Earth?
Venus
Both Mercury and Venus
Neither Mercury nor Venus
Mercury
26
According to the geocentric model, what is at the center of the solar system?
The Moon
The Earth
The Sun
Saturn
27
According to this chart, on which planet in our Solar System would a person weigh the least?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
All answers are correct
28
What layer of the atmosphere is layer 2?
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
29
What layer of the atmosphere is layer 1?
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
30
What type of heat energy transfer happens when you warm up your leftover pizza in an Air Fryer?
Conduction
Radiation
Convection
Unknown
31
What type of heat energy transfer happens when you get sunburn?
Unknown
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
32
What is this galaxy shape known as?
elliptical
irregular
spiral
SpongeBob
33
What is this galaxy shape known as? (Not actually a galaxy shape)
irregular
SpongeBob
elliptical
spiral
34
Is this weather or climate? It is raining
Climate
Weather
35
What is a great thing about observations?
It shows what really happens in the world
They always give good results
It proves you were right
You control what is being tested
36
What is a great thing about experiments?
It shows what really happens in the world
You control what is being tested
They always give good results
It proves you were right
37
What is this galaxy shape known as?
elliptical
SpongeBob
irregular
spiral
38
On which planet would you weigh the most?
Uranus
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
39
Which planet(s) in our Solar System have a mass less than the mass of the Earth?
All answers are correct
Venus
Mercury
Mars
40
What is the Universal Law of Gravitation?
For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction
Objects in motion stay in motion in a straight line at constant velocity
What goes up must come down
Objects with mass attract each other
41
If you wanted to find out which way the wind usually blows, what is the best method?
Ask a teacher
Observation
Google
Experiment
42
What unit is best for measuring the distance from Tampa to Miami?
Light-year
Astronomical units
Microns
Kilometers
43
Why is Plate Tectonics characterized as a theory rather than a law?
It is both
It is neither one
It tells why plates move
It tells that plates do move
44
What happens to the force of gravity if one of the objects mass is doubled?
The force is quadrupled
The force remains the same
The force is cut in half
The force is doubled
45
Which are examples of the interactions in Earth’s spheres as a hurricane makes landfall?
Atmosphere(wind) interacts with biosphere (trees)
Hydrosphere (winds) interacts with geosphere (sand)
All answers are correct
Cryosphere (snow) interacts with biosphere (dolphins)
46
What process is happening at position B?
Transpiration
Evaporation
Run off
Precipitation
47
What process is happening at position C?
Run off
Evaporation
Transpiration
Precipitation
48
In what layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer found?
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
49
Is this weather or climate? The temperature is 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
Weather
Climate
50
There are no positive effects of hurricanes.
False
True
51
What happens to an objects mass when moving from planet to planet?
It stays the same
It gets bigger
It gets smaller
Cannot be answered with the available information
52
What does this graph tell you about rain in June?
It rains more in Gainesville
It rains more in Miami
This graph tells you nothing!
It never rains
53
Why do scientists write detailed procedures?
So they can get paid
Scientists do not write detailed procedures
So they can repeat their experiment
So other scientists can repeat their experiment
54
If 2 students report that water freezes at 0 degrees and 32 degrees, can they both be correct?
No
If they are using different temperature scales
55
What does this graph tell you about rain in February?
It rains more in Miami
It rains more in Gainesville
This graph tells you nothing!
It never rains
56
What happens to the force of gravity if the distance between the two objects is reduced by 50%?
The force is doubled
The force is quadrupled
The force is cut in half
The force remains the same
57
At which stage is a solar eclipse possible?
Position 4
Position 2
Position 3
Position 1
58
What layer of the atmosphere is layer 4?
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
59
In which layer is the sun’s energy being produced by hydrogen fusion?
Convective zone
Radiative zone
Photosphere
Core
60
What unit is best for measuring the distance from Earth to Rigil Kentaurus?
Astronomical units
Light-year
Kilometers
Microns
