Mrs. Beam's Earth Science final exam review

What element is known to destroy ozone molecules? 

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

What plate boundary causes earthquakes in California?  

Which liquid in the column is the most dense?  

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

What does red shift mean? 

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

Which is larger, galaxy or a solar system? 

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

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

convert the following:  55 mm =   _______cm 

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

How many protons does the element boron have?  

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

Which is larger, the universe or a galaxy? 

Where are most stars located?  

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

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

How is ozone created naturally in the atmosphere?  

How do new stars form?  

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

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

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

What rock type are oceanic crusts primarily made of?  

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

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

Who first proposed the heliocentric model of the universe?  

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

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

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

This is the most common rock type on the surface.

Convert the following:  5000 g =  _____________Kg 

What is a cloud?  

What is the atomic mass of Boron?  

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

What is transpiration? 

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

What type of plate boundary forms continental mountain ranges?  

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

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

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

What kind of heat transfer method moves by densities differences? 

What is the approximate age of the earth?  

What energy is produced by stars?

What are the main gases in the atmosphere?  

What type of heat transfer travels by electromagnetic waves?  

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

What does a blue shift mean?  

What is the number of neutrons for the element Boron? 

What type of plate boundary demonstrates seafloor spreading?  

How many stars are in our solar system?  

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

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

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

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

What type of  scientist studies atoms, elements and compounds?  

What is the element name?

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

What is the logical approach to problem solving called?  

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

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

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

How many electrons does the element boron contain?  

What is the control variable in an experiment?  

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

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

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

This is the layer of the atmosphere that contains weather?  

What is the age of the universe? 

What was your favorite unit?  

What is the relationship between science and technology?  

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 variable goes on the y-axis? (vertical) 

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

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

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

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

Which type of graph should be used to compare data?  

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

What is the volume of the marble? 

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

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

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