What causes the Earth’s seasons?

Earth’s axial tilt and orbit around the Sun

What causes the Earth’s tides?

Gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun

What are the four main layers of Earth’s atmosphere?

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere

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1
What are Earth’s three main climate zones?
Desert, temperate, aquatic
Polar, temperate, and desert
Polar, temperate, and tropical
Polar, humidity, and oceanic
2
What is the only sea on Earth with no coastline?
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Sargasso Sea
Yellow Sea
3
What is the Earth’s average orbital speed?
66.78 km/s
29.78 km/s
47.78 km/s
30.78 km/s
4
What is the world’s largest fish?
Great white shark
Beluga sturgeon
Whale Shark
Mola tecta
5
How much of the earth’s surface is water mass?
71%
85%
92%
65%
6
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed approximately 335 million years ago?
Manguagual
Borealis
Transcontinental
Pangaea
7
In what month is the Earth closest to the sun?
January
November
April
August
8
What is the world’s most abundant element in the Earth’s crust?
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Hydrogen
9
What causes the Earth’s seasons?
Earth’s solar proximity and orbit around the Sun
Earth’s axial tilt and orbit around the Sun
Earth’s rotation and orbit around the Sun
Earth’s spin ratio and orbit around the Sun
10
What causes the Earth’s tides?
Gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun
The proximity of the Moon and the Sun
The speed of the Earth's rotation
The shifting of tectonic plates under the ocean
11
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
12
How old is Earth?
About 4.59 billion years
About 4.54 billion years
About 7.54 billion years
About 6.54 billion years
13
What is the world’s longest mountain range?
The Andes
Hindu Kush
The Himalayes
The Atlas mountains
14
What sub-sector of earth science studies earthquakes?
Geochemistry
Seismology
Geophysics
Meteorology
15
What are the four main layers of Earth’s atmosphere?
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
Heliosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
Catosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
Zetosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere
16
What is the most abundant element in the earth’s atmosphere?
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Argon
Nitrogen

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