Earth and Environmental Science Chapters 1 and 2

Question 1

How fast do electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum?

Accepted Answer

300,000 km/s

Question 2

Sea Beam is used to map the ocean floor. To map the ocean-floor features, Sea Beam uses

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Sonar

Question 3

This image to the right represents a

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Gnomic map

Question 4

One minute is (in latitude and longitude)

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1.85km

Question 5

What is the first thing you should do when you spill something during a science lab?

Accepted Answer

Notify the teacher

Question 6

This variable in a science experiment can be played with by the experimenter.

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Independent Variable

Question 7

What is the study of air that surrounds our planet?

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Meteorology

Question 8

Technology is the application of

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Science

Question 9

Newtons measure which of the following?

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Weight

Question 10

A scientific theory describes the behavior of a national phenomenon.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

The arrangement of electromagnetic radiation according to wave lengths is called radio sensing.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

How many time zones are in the United States?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 13

Landsat satellites are equipped with a mirror.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What is the study of objects beyond the Earth's atmosphere?

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Astronomy

Question 15

This part of the Earth includes all living things on it and where they live.

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Biosphere

Question 16

Longitude lines are parallel

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Which of the following has the longest wavelength?

Accepted Answer

Radio Waves

Question 18

Which city does the prime meridian run through?

Accepted Answer

Greenwich

Question 19

What branch of earth science studies the remains of former living organisms?

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Paleontology

Question 20

How many time zones are there?

Accepted Answer

24

Questions 20