What is the celestial sphere

The imaginary dome surrounding Earth

What does revolution also cause

Locations of constellations in relationship to Polaris.

The transfer of energy from one molecule to another

The closest a planet is to it's star

The angular measurement around Earths surface

What is specific heat

Or how much heat is needed to raise one degree

How are minerals classified

Physical properties, Chemical properties

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1
The big dipper is only visible in NYS during march
False
True
2
How would you see a stream flow on a topographic map?
Contour lines bend to the left
Contour lines bend uphill
Contour lines bend to the right
Contour lines bend downhill
3
The boundary of the stratosphere and mesosphere is the Tropopause
False
True
4
What is the celestial sphere
The imaginary dome surrounding Earth
None of the above
The imaginary dome surrounding mars
The imaginary dome surrounding Mercury
5
Where is the highest angle of insolation
180
90
0
30
6
What does revolution also cause
The imaginary dome surrounding Earth
Earth being the 3rd planet from the sun
The zenith being 90 degrees above
Locations of constellations in relationship to Polaris.
7
What is the atmosphere
Solid
Gases
Water
8
What is conduction
The transfer of energy from one molecule to another
None of the above
Energy transfer caused by different densitys
The transfer of heat from one thing to another
9
What does coal come from
Old asteroids
Broken down rocks
Plant remains
Minerals
10
What does revolution cause
The zenith being 90 degrees
Earth rotating
The celestial sphere
Earth moving round the sun
11
How many high and low tides are their per day
4
3
2
1
12
Where does physical weathering take place
Warm and dry
Cold and dry
Cold and moist
Warm and moist
13
What happens when rocks are overturned
Younger layers on top and bottom
Younger layers only in the middle
Younger layers on the bottom
Older layers on bottom
14
What happens to atmospheric pressure as altitude increases
Decreases
Increases then decreases
Decreases then increases
Increases
15
Where is nearly all water vapor located
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
16
What boundary has the coldest temperatures
Tropopause
Mesopause
Stratospause
17
What absorbs more heat energy
Smooth surfaces
Rough surfaces
18
Waning is when the moon get's smaller
False
True
19
What can best define rotation
The suns rays rotating around Earth
The angular movement around Earths surface
Constellations moving around Earth
Earth spinning on it's axis
20
What does physical weathering do?
Creates more surface area
Change the composition of the rock
Dominates in warm dry climates
Creates less surface area
21
A good index fossil lived for a long time, Spread only in a short geologic period, and is hard to identify
False
True
22
How does energy transfer to Earth from the sun
Gamma rays
UV rays
Blue light rays
Electromagnetic rays
23
How are rocks classified as igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary
Grain size
Compostion
Origin
Density
24
The two types of Weathering are Physical and Chemical
False
True
25
What is the geocentric model of our solar system
The moon is centered
Sun is centered
Earth is centered
26
A celestial object can be a comet
True
False
27
What shape is Earth
Oblate circle
Oblate triangular prism
Oblate spheriod
Oblate oval
28
Where is perihelion
The closest a planet is to it's star
The northern hemisphere
The farther a planet is from it's star
The moon
29
What is an unconformity
A rock on top of a younger rock
A gap in geologic time
A lava flat on top of rocks
Older rocks on top of a younger rock
30
What is a Azimuth
The suns vertical rays
None of the above
The angular measurement around Earths surface
Causes the axis of rotation
31
What is the moon's 1st phase
New moon
First quarter
Third quarter
Full moon
32
What is a water shed
A creek of stream that flows into a larger body of water
A area water flows from
A area that water drains in to
33
What is specific heat
Or how much heat is needed to raise one degree
Temp in Celsius
Temp in farenheit
Temp in Joules
34
What is one type of chemical weathering
Exfolitation
Carbonation
Root action
Abrasion
35
What is the atmospheric pressure at sea level
0.5
1
10
100
36
What is the Lithosphere
Solid part of Earth
Liquid part of Earth
Shell of gases
37
What is evidence of rotation
The altitude of polaris matching your latitude
The Earth not being perfectly still
Constellations moving month to month
Coriolis effect
38
Earths year is exactly 365 days
False
True
39
What latitude is the tropic of capricorn
33 1/2 South
23 1/2 South
23 1/2 North
66 1/2 North
40
Different constellations are visible in certain times of the year
False
True
41
What is the Earth's tilt
66 1/2
33 1/2
13 1/2
23 1/2
42
Color is the most reliable when figuring out a mineral
True
False
43
How are minerals classified
Physical properties
their streak and luster
color
Chemical properties
44
The altitude of the sun and it's path depends on what
Latitude and seasons
Latitude
Season
None of the above
45
A wanning gibbous is right after a full moon
True
False
46
A Foucault pendulum proves Rotation
True
False
47
Earth is Flat
False
True
48
The larger the mass the ____ the gravitational attraction
Same
None of the above
Less
Greater
49
How do glaciers deposited their rocks
Unsorted
Sorted
50
About how much solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth
35%
24%
8%
43%
51
Why is Earth not a perfect sphere?
Earth's rotation
Earth's revolution
Earth's atmosphere
Earth's gravitational pull
52
What is another word for the vernal equniox
Autumn equinox
Winter equinox
Summer equinox
Spring equinox
53
What does wave action form
All of the above
Barrier islands
Beaches
Sandbars
54
What is the moon a satellite off
The ISS ( International Space Station)
The sun
The Milky Way
The Earth
55
A constellation is dependent on Earths revolution around the sun
False
True
56
What is the heliocentric model
Sun is centered
Earth is centered
Moon is centered
57
What rock can be vesicular and non vesicular
Diabase
Andesite
Rhyolite
Basalt
58
What is the smallest part of the atmosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
59
What drainage pattern looks like spokes on a wheel
Annular
Dendritic
Radial
Rectangular
60
What is a isotherm
A line connecting equal barometric pressure
A line connecting equal pressure in a field
Lines that connect equal elevation
A line connecting equal temperature
61
In which sphere does weather occur
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
62
What are most rocks composed of
Acid
Minerals
Elements
Compounds
63
What law does relative time use
Law of metamorphism
Law of radioactive dating
Law of extrusion
Law of superposition
64
What is s Drumlin
Irregularly shaped hills
Glacial hills shaped like a spoon
Horizontal layers of sorted glacial material
Large ridge of a glacial till
65
What is the highest degree latitude
90
0
180
360
66
What is strata?
A geologic time marker
A gap in geologic time
Exposed rock layer
Folds, faults and tilting in rocks
67
Where is wind erosion
Moist climates
Cold climates
Dry climates
Warm climates
68
Latitude lines run North to south
True
False
69
A planet with an eccentricity of 0 is a perfect circle
False
True
70
Intrusive (or plutonic) igneous rocks cool slow
False
True
71
What factor has the least affect on the weathering of a rock
composition of the rock
exposure of the rock to the atmosphere
Fossils in the rock
Climatic conditions
72
What is streak
The color of the minerals powder
The color of the mineral
The way the mineral reflects light
Or if it is shiny or not
73
Rounder denser and bigger particles pof rocks settle out last
True
False
74
What is the coriolis effect
Makes Earth rotate around it's axis
Earth being a livable planet
Makes Earth rotate around the sun causing seasons
Deflects winds and currents
75
What is the most abundant element in the Troposphere
Helium
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen
76
Earth's day is exactly 24 hours
False
True
77
What season is it when the suns rays are directly over the tropic of cancer
winter
fall
spring
summer
78
What is located at 23 1/2 North degrees
North pole
Artic circle
Tropic of cancer
Tropic of capricorn
79
What age of stream has the fastest moving water
Old age
Mature
Youth
80
What is the difference between all kind of radiation
Half-life
Wave velocity
Wavelength
Temperature
81
The geocentric model explains the movement of inner and outer planets
True
False
82
Umbra is the darkest part of a shadow
False
True
83
What does more daylight hours mean?
More hours means more seasons
Less hours means colder temps
More hours means colder temps
More hours means higher temps
84
What season(s) could it be when the sun is directly pointed on the equator
Winter
Spring and fall
fall
Winter and spring
85
What is Relative time
Gives a specific date and time
Places events in sequence
Both answers
86
The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year
False
True
87
When the suns direct rays are over the tropic of Capricorn it is...
fall
Winter
summer
Spring
88
At what age of a stream do levees form
Youth
Old age
After it disappears
Mature
89
How long Is a complete moon phase
27 1/2
29 1/2
28 1/2
30 1/2
90
There are 3 types of luster
True
False
91
Shadows are longer the higher the sun is in the sky
True
False
92
How many types of physical weathering are there
4
3
1
2
93
What covers the most of the Earth
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
94
A satellite can be a planet or a moon
False
True
95
Match the specific property with the correct rock
Calcite is magnetic
Calcite bubbles with acid
Magnetite has double refractions
Calcite has a salty taste
96
What does the geocentric model explain
Seasons
Revolution of the moon
Revolution of the sun
Motion of all celestial objects
97
How are rocks classified
Their minerals
Their hardness
How they formed
How they look
98
Why do rough surfaces absorb more heat energy
They have individual rock to absorb more heat
They have more surface area
They have less surface area so they get hotter quicker
They have less rocks to absorb less heat
99
What do rhyolite and granite have in common
They are dark colored
They are felsic
They are mafic
They are fine-grained
100
How are metamorphic rocks formed
Heat and pressure
None of the above
Heating and cooling of magma
Deposition and cementation
101
How much radiation given off by the Earth I'd kept withing the atmosphere
91%
9%
92%
8%
102
Gravity depends on mass and distance
False
True
103
What is gravity?
Neither answers
A form of attraction
Both answers
Holds things down
104
Horizontal sorting only happens in...
Streams
Mountains
Dirt
Canyons
105
What sphere has little to no oxygen
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Lithosphere
Stratosphere
106
What is a characteristic of a Spring tide
Highest of high tides and lowest of low tides
Small low to high change
Happens when moon and Earth are aligned with the sun
Happens 3 times a month
107
What does the heliocentric model BEST explain
Moon and planets revolving around earth
Revolution of the moon
Seasons
108
The altitude is the height above Earth surface
False
True
109
What is the highest degree longitude
360
180
90
0
110
What is Earth a satellite of
Milky Way
Jupiter
Sun
Moon
111
Compared to basalt granite is...
More magic in compositon
LIgher in color
Has a more fine grained texture
Greater in density
112
Name three periods during the mezozoid era
Cretacuis, Jurassic, Triassic
Precambrian, Archeon, Triassic
Cenozoic,Archeon,Paleozoic
Carboniferous, Jurassic and Triassic
113
What is the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere by volume
Oxygen
Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
114
What is a plateau
A dip or low laying area
Low relief and gentle slopes if any
High relief with distorted bedrock
High relief and has horizontal bedrock
115
What is the most abundant element in the hydrosphere by volume
Helium
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen
116
Where is the greatest atmospheric pressure
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
117
What is the decay product of Carbon 14
Nitrogen 14
sr 87
Uranium 238
Potassium 40
118
What is solar noon?
The suns altitude when its noon
The suns distance from polaris
The suns highest point in the sky
The suns lowest point in the sky
119
What is fracture
When it breaks into uneven surfaces
When it breaks into little cubes
When it breaks unaccordingly
When it breaks into rectangles
120
Water is a major agent of physical weathering
True
False
121
Quarternary is the most recent period
True
False
122
Does not give exact time of an event
False
True
123
When is the suns rays directly pointed onto the tropic of cancer
June 21
September 23
December 21
March 21
124
What is graded bedding
When rocks overturn
When rocks deposit at different times.
When rocks settle
when rocks are settling vertically
125
When is the summer solstice
June 21
July 23
July 21
June 23
126
What is erosion
Breaking down of rocks
Transportation of weathered rock materials
The deposition of rock
The deposition of minerals
127
During the autumn equinox the suns rays are directly pointed on the tropic of capricorn
False
True
128
Where does water move the fastest in a meandering stream
Outside
Inside
The same speed all around
Middle
129
What age of stream has a swampy flood plain
Old age
Mature
Youth
130
Water moves fastest through a straight smooth stream
False
True
131
What is the softest mineral on the hardness scale
Diamond
Quartz
Fluorite
Talc
132
What is abrasion
Surface of the rock " peels off "
Occurs in climates with cold temps
Bumping and rubbing of rocks as they collide
Makes roots go into rocks
133
What are nuclear bombs composed of
UV and gamma rays
Gamma and X-rays
Nuclear and gamma rays
UV and X-rays

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