Mrs. Beam's Earth Science final exam review

Convert the following:  5000 g =  _____________Kg 

If you know the temperature of a star, you know its.....

How do new stars form?  

What kind of heat transfer method is completed by direct contact? (molecule to molecule)

The summer solstice, June 21st, is when the sun is directly above the.....

What group of stars are hot and dim?  

What is the atomic number of Boron?  

What type of rock is primarily made out of continental crust?  

What type of heat transfer travels by electromagnetic waves?  

What is a cloud?  

When water freezes inside a crack in a rock and it breaks off this is due to:  

Which is larger, the universe or a galaxy? 

If a sedimentary rock heats up, melts and cools, what rock class forms? 

What is the main driving reason for all weather on the earth?  

This is the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer. 

Which type of graph should be used to compare data?  

During what season for the northern hemisphere is the earth closest to the sun? 

What is the volume of the marble? 

Which liquid in the column is the most dense?  

List the order of dominant life forms throughout earth's history. 

This is the most common rock type on the surface.

Who was the astronomer who observed the moons of Jupiter, craters on the moon and venus phases.

What is the atomic mass of Boron?  

What is the number of neutrons for the element Boron? 

Which layer of the atmosphere is responsible for protecting the earth from UV radiation?

What type of model of the solar system places the sun at the center?  

What does a blue shift mean?  

What does unequal heating of earth's surface leads to differences in pressure causes?

How does the core of the earth continue to stay so hot?  

What does red shift mean? 

What rock type are oceanic crusts primarily made of?  

This is the part of the water cycle where water goes into the ground to recharge it. 

Which variable is the one you decided to change in the experiment to test?  

This is the layer of the atmosphere that contains weather?  

What type of  scientist studies atoms, elements and compounds?  

What process changed Earth’s early atmosphere into an oxygen-rich atmosphere?

Which kind of graph should be used to show a trend? 

What is the relationship between science and technology?  

What is the control variable in an experiment?  

How many protons does the element boron have?  

What did Edwin Hubble help scientists when he created Hubble's law?  

Which famous scientist found evidence of fossils, rocks matching, glaciers and shapes of land?

Where are most stars located?  

What variable goes on the X-axis?  (Horizontal) 

What was the major reason why Harry Hess' plate tectonics theory was accepted? 

The movement of rock during an earthquake occurs along a ..... 

How is ozone created naturally in the atmosphere?  

What type of plate boundary demonstrates seafloor spreading?  

On the summer solstice, June 21st, the number of daylight hours for the northern hemisphere is

In the northern hemisphere, which calendar month is represented by the diagram below? 

What variable goes on the y-axis? (vertical) 

What is the approximate age of the earth?  

This is the major determining factor for the life of a star. 

What is the age of the universe? 

What type of model of the solar system believes that the earth is in the center?  

How do we know about the inside of the earth if we have never been there?  

What is the logical approach to problem solving called?  

Which of the following answers shows an example of Quantitative data?  

Which is larger, galaxy or a solar system? 

Which of the following answers shows an example of qualitative Data?  

What type of scientist studies space, stars and the universe?

How many stars are in our solar system?  

convert the following:  55 mm =   _______cm 

How many electrons does the element boron contain?  

What plate boundary causes earthquakes in California?  

In the film, beyond the big bang, What theory explains the end of the Universe?  

What type of plate boundary would form mountains with volcanoes and oceanic trenches? 

What is the element name?

What kind of heat transfer method moves by densities differences? 

What is transpiration? 

What type of plate boundary forms continental mountain ranges?  

What element is known to destroy ozone molecules? 

This is the part of the water cycle that changes a liquid to a gas. 

What are the main gases in the atmosphere?  

When a star leaves the main sequence, what does it become next? 

During what season for the northern hemisphere is the earth farthest from the sun? 

The winter solstice, Dec. 21st, the sun is directly above the ........

When one oceanic plate slides under another plate and goes into the mantle forming volcanoes.

What was your favorite unit?  

According to the film, Beyond the big bang, what was accidentally discovered at bell labs?

This is the layer of the atmosphere that we live in.

Who first proposed the heliocentric model of the universe?  

Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes take place on the earth crust?  

What energy is produced by stars?

This is the part of the water cycle that changes a gas to a liquid.