What is a black hole in space?

A collapsed star that is so dense that nothing can escape.

What happens when one continental plate slams into another plate?

usually one plate will slide under the other plate.

Why are the gas giants all beyond the frost line in our solar system?

It was too hot for them to form closer to the sun

Why do the plates on the Earth move?

Then molten mantle circulates below the plates.

A Solar Eclipse occurs ___.

When the Moon casts its shadow on the Earth.

How is the strength of Tornadoes rated?

The EF scale from 1 to 5. 5 is the worse.

An example of light acting like a wave is_______.

Light passing around an object.

What is happening at the center of our Sun?

Hydrogen is fusing to form Helium (fusion)

Why does light slowdown in glass compared to a vacuum?

It takes time for atoms to absorb, then re-emit the light

How did the Earth acquire a moon?

Another planet collided with the Earth, forming the moon.

What is an example of the Doppler Effect?

The shift of light toward red for a receding galaxy.

Why is one side of the moon always facing the Earth?

gravity has "locked" the bulge of the moon in place.

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RRHS 2017 EOC Review for Earth Science

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1
What causes surface currents on the ocean?
differences in salinity from ocean to ocean.
Wind blowing on surface.
Deep ocean currents
Earthquakes from far off volcanoes.
2
What is a black hole in space?
A collapsed star that is so dense that nothing can escape.
The opposite of a white hole in space.
A big black star that has run out fuel.
A hole colored black and placed up in space.
3
What is in center of rotating stars in the above north-facing time-lapse picture?
The South Star
The moon.
Ceres
The North Star
4
What happens when one continental plate slams into another plate?
usually one plate will slide under the other plate.
The separate, creating a ridge.
The plates slide past each other in a slip-fault.
The two plates stop moving, stuck together.
5
What is the layer of the Earth just below the Crust?
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Outer Core
Inner Core
6
Where is the VLA (very large array)?
New York
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New Mexico
7
What is the purpose of the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) in Carlsbad?
To bury dead presidents.
To bury old whips.
To isolate waste of pilots and plants.
To bury radioactive wastes
8
Why are the gas giants all beyond the frost line in our solar system?
There wasn't enough material for more rocky plants
The rocky planets pushed them out there.
It was too hot for them to form closer to the sun
The gas giants needed more room.
9
How many planets do we have?
8
4
9
13
10
What type of rocks are show in this picture?
metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
metallic
11
Why do the plates on the Earth move?
The plates move with the moon tides.
The ocean currents push them.
The winds push against the plates.
Then molten mantle circulates below the plates.
12
What was the Space Port outside of Hatch, NM built for?
To provide space for large chili peppers.
To launch private space ships.
To store extra Road Runner train cars.
To store radioactive wastes.
13
What is the age of the solar system?
4 million years
4 billion years
14 billion years.
2.5 million years
14
A Solar Eclipse occurs ___.
When the Moon casts its shadow on the Earth.
When the moon is at one of its quarter phases.
When the Earth casts its shadow on the moon.
Only when the moon is at a full moon.
15
How old is the universe? (about _________years.)
4billion years
14 billion years.
14 million years
4 million years
16
How is the strength of Tornadoes rated?
Just run and stop worrying about its strength.
The EF scale from 1 to 5. 5 is the worse.
Ritcher scale from 1 to 10. 10 is the worse.
Lickert scale from 1 to 4
17
An example of light acting like a wave is_______.
The counting of photons from a laser.
Light passing around an object.
Light hitting metal and ejecting electrons.
Sunlight pushing on a satellite.
18
What is happening at the center of our Sun?
Helium is splitting to form hydrogen (fission)
Hydrogen is fusing to form Helium (fusion)
Hydrogen and oxygen is burning forming water (combustion)
Nothing is happening.
19
Why does light slowdown in glass compared to a vacuum?
It doesn't. The speed of light is a constant.
The light gets tired trying to go through the glass.
It takes time for atoms to absorb, then re-emit the light
The light has to change from waves to photons and back.
20
How did the Earth acquire a moon?
A passing dwarf planet was captured and starting orbiting
The Earth spun-off a blob that became the moon.
Debris from other planets formed into moon.
Another planet collided with the Earth, forming the moon.
21
A moving glacier makes a valley _____________.
V-shaped.
Much deeper.
U-shaped.
flat.
22
What makes tornadoes & hurricanes rotate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere?
The moon's gravity
Coriolis effect
Bernoulli effect
Doppler Effect
23
Earthquakes generate what two types of waves that allow us to pin point their location?
S and P waves
up and down waves.
A and B waves
1 and 2 waves
24
What is an example of the Doppler Effect?
The blocking of light for specific elements in star light.
The shift of light toward red for a receding galaxy.
Change in light color from a filter.
The change in the speed of light in a moving galaxy.
25
Why is one side of the moon always facing the Earth?
gravity has "locked" the bulge of the moon in place.
The moon likes us.
The sun pulls the moon and stops it from turning.
So aliens can use the backside without us bothering them.

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