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Earth and Space final review 17
Earth and Space final review 17
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Earth and space science review
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The dominate wind pattern over the united states is the
easterlies
both easterlies and westerlies
westerlies
trade winds
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The lower left portion of an HR diagram has stars called
red giant
blue giants
main sequence
white dwarf
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Wind is caused by
air moving from high pressure to low pressure
Neither of these
both of these
convection
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Combining elements to form new elements is called
Fission
Fusion
none of these
Formation
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A mine that goes into the side of a hill/mountain is called a/an
All of these
Pit
Shaft
Adit
6
One piece of evidence for plate tectonics, and the way Hawaii formed is
hot spot
Divergent
none of these
Convergent
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What type of star is our sun
Average, main sequence star
Average, red giant
a super massive star
a white dwarf
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The name of our galaxy is
Solar System
Stary
Milkyway
Andromeda
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Physical Weathering
creates new rock
moves rock from one place to another
Both creates new and moves rocks
breaks rock into smaller pieces of the same type of rock
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Ore is
very rare
Rock that contains valuable material
all of these
The same as a resource
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T or F: Mining is most often used to acquire nonrenewable resources.
False
True
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Our sun will never become
a neutron star
A black hole
our sun will become both of these
either of these
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Hydrogen and helium
all of these
make up a majority of the universe
are the main elements in stars
formed after the big bang
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14 billion is the estimated age of
All of these
Our galaxy
Earth
The universe
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The layer of the atmosphere we live in is the
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
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A HR diagram groups stars by
distance and speed
temperature and size
temperature and luminosity
size and luminosity
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Crustal plates coming together is known as
divergent boundaries
transform boundaries
Convergent boundaries
hot spots
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The space race was to
End the cold war
Prove we are the best
Test new scientific equipment
Keep USSR from using the moon as military base
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A mine that is used to access material deep beneath the surface is
Adit
All of these
Shaft
Pit
20
Missouri's state fossil is
T-rex
crinoid
trilobite
Fern
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stars in the upper right portion are called
main sequence
white dwarfs
red giants
Massive yellows
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Greenhouse gasses
has man made sources
regulate Earth's temperature
has natural sources
all of these
23
Missouri's state rock is
Sandstone
Mozarkite
Limestone
Galena
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Missouri's state mineral is
Fireclay
Galena
Lead
limestone
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Acid rain can best be described as
a man made problem
An interaction of Carbon, Nitrogen, and water cycles
Pollution in the water cycle
Naturally occuring
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The ozone layer
is where auroras (northern lights) occure
protects us from UV radiation
has the oxygen we breath
is the upper limits of the atmosphere
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Crustal plates moving apart is known as
Convergent boundaries
divergent boundaries
hotspots
transform boundaries
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Which of the following is not a galaxy shape
cluster
irregular
Elliptical
Spiral
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4.5 billion is the estimated age of
Our Galaxy
The Universe
Earth
None of these
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Core samples
reduce damage/reclamation
Neither of these
help determine where resources are located
Both of these
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Breaking down one type of rock into a different substance is called
Chemical weathering
erosion
none of these
Mechanical weathering