Earth Science Final Review 2

Question 1

What probably caused the craters on the moon?

Accepted Answer

space rocks hitting surface

Question 2

educated guess

Accepted Answer

hypothesis

Question 3

If you could dig through the Earth to the other side, what problem would you have to overcome/

Accepted Answer

intense heat

Question 4

Wind would not blow if which thing did not happen?

Accepted Answer

sun didn't heat air

Question 5

Which element is a poor conductor of heat?

Accepted Answer

F

Question 6

What causes day to turn into night?

Accepted Answer

Earth rotates

Question 7

Water freezes and boils at what Farenheit temperatures?

Accepted Answer

32, 212

Question 8

What characteristic of aluminum allows it to be made into Al foil?

Accepted Answer

malleable

Question 9

What is the ocean floor mostly made of?

Accepted Answer

rock

Question 10

What is the best way to determine if an object is pure silver?

Accepted Answer

determine the density

Question 11

The theory of global warming is based on an increase of what gas?

Accepted Answer

carbon dioxide

Question 12

What happens at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Accepted Answer

spreading of ocean floor

Question 13

A solar eclipse happens when

Accepted Answer

moon casts shadow on Earth

Question 14

Radiation, Conduction, Convection are methods of

Accepted Answer

heat transfer

Question 15

Seasons change because

Accepted Answer

Earth is tilted

Question 16

Which two seasons are a solstice?

Accepted Answer

summer, winter

Question 17

Where does the sun set?

Accepted Answer

west

Question 18

Which is an example of a physical change?

Accepted Answer

boiling

Question 19

Mass times acceleration

Accepted Answer

force

Question 20

Which is a naturally occurring chemical?

Accepted Answer

salt

Question 21

How are the eight planets in our solar system similar?

Accepted Answer

round

Question 22

Volcanoes occur where

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates come together

Question 23

Where is the Ring of Fire?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Question 24

What best explains the importance of dissolved gases in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

provide O for ocean animals

Question 25

The process of using carbon dioxide and sun's radiant energy to produce chemical energy?

Accepted Answer

photosynthesis

Question 26

Which of the following produces light that they give off?

Accepted Answer

sun and stars

Question 27

A 100mL beaker of water boils at 100 degrees C. What temperature would 90mL of water boil?

Accepted Answer

100 degrees

Question 28

What allows the Earth's crust to move?

Accepted Answer

floating on melted rock

Question 29

If fossils of warm-weathered plants are found in the Arctic then probably...

Accepted Answer

island drifted

Question 30

The moon is most like

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 31

Which is a non-metal?

Accepted Answer

fluorine

Question 32

Soil is made of

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 33

How does the sun's gravity affect Earth?

Accepted Answer

holds Earth in orbit

Question 34

Which of these could be depleted (used up) first?

Accepted Answer

fossil fuels

Question 35

How is the atmosphere part of the hydrosphere?

Accepted Answer

source of water

Question 36

Which pure substance is composed of more than one element?

Accepted Answer

water

Question 37

What is silicon used for?

Accepted Answer

semiconductor in computer chips

Question 38

Mass per unit volume

Accepted Answer

density

Question 39

Earth is surrounded by a layer of gas called?

Accepted Answer

atmosphere

Question 40

Where is the majority of Earth's freshwater located?

Accepted Answer

polar ice caps

Earth Science Final Review 2

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Earth Science Final Review 2

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