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Earth and Space Science
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Review over everything we have learned in this standard of science.
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1
What is one of the Seismic wave?
Secondary Wave
M Wave
Third Wave
q Wave
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Seismic waves travel through what?
Water
Air
Earth
Space
3
Early Earth had more heat content due to...
All of the above.
gravitational crowding.
more impacts.
more radioactive elements.
4
We live on the crust, also known as...
Stratosesphere
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
5
Which waves can reflect of a layer of the Earth?
q Wave
P Wave
S Wave
Surface Wave
6
A nebula is made of what?
Gases & Dust
Dust & Fire
Minerals & Rock
Asteroids & Gases
7
Different waves have different _________.
Frequency
Shapes
All of the Above
Strangeths
8
P waves are the _____ waves to form.
4th
2nd
1st
3rd
9
Which waves can go through liquids?
Surface Waves
S Waves
P Waves
Sound Waves
10
The outer core is...
A solid.
A gas.
A rock.
A liquid.
11
The ________ is the largest layer of Earth.
Mesosphere
Outer core
Asthenosphere
Inner core
12
Denser materials ______ and less dense material _____.
Rise, Sink
Sink, Float
Bottom, Top
Sink, Rise
13
Radioactive decay releases what type of energy.
Chemical
Heat
Cold
Physical
14
What machine will record waves?
Quaker
Seismograph
Wavegraph
Earthtester
15
The inner core is made of what material?
Iron & Rock
Nickel & Iron
Uranium & Iron
Uranium & Nickel
16
An earthquake is what wave?
Earth Wave
Crust Wave
Ground Wave
Surface Wave
17
Planetary differentiation happened how many years ago?
3.5 million years ago
4.6 million years ago
6.4 billion years ago
4.6 billion years ago
18
What energy is transferred in rays like light?
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Seismic
19
About how much heat does radioactive decay give off on Earth?
80%
20%
60%
50%
20
The 1st stage of planetary differentiation is what?
Gravitational pull becomes larger.
Planet slowly starts to form.
Nebula collapses from gravity.
Nebula flattens and rotates.
