Earth Science Review

Question 1

Your weight decreases on the Moon

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The average distance between two celestial bodies is known as:

Accepted Answer

AU, astronomical unit

Question 3

How many layers of the sun can we see?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 4

Why is the atmosphere important to us on Earth?

Accepted Answer

it keeps out harmful gasses, it keeps out harmful items, it keeps in the right amount of heat, it keeps in all the gasses we need

Question 5

What causes the different seasons?

Accepted Answer

Earth's revolution

Question 6

Why do we see different stars during different seasons?

Accepted Answer

The Earth moves around the solar system

Question 7

Your mass decreases on the Moon

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

The sun has ___ total layers

Accepted Answer

4

Question 9

Why is a planet not a star?

Accepted Answer

A star produces heat and light

Question 10

Why are there 24 hours in a day?

Accepted Answer

ancient people counted their 24 finger joints

Question 11

The two types of planets are...

Accepted Answer

Jovian and Terrestrial, Rocky and Gas

Question 12

The sun is mostly composed of...

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and Helium

Question 13

Which of these is NOT true

Accepted Answer

you can land on a Jovian planet

Question 14

Which of these is a natural satellite

Accepted Answer

Jupiter's moons, our moon

Question 15

"The path one object takes around another object"

Accepted Answer

orbit

Question 16

What causes day and night?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation

Question 17

Which layer of the atmosphere do airplanes fly?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Question 18

A comet is frozen ice, dust, and rock that moves ____ the sun.

Accepted Answer

toward

Question 19

Constellations are:

Accepted Answer

really cool, different each season, far away stars, A group of stars that form a picture

Question 20

Medium-sized planets have a _____ gravity

Accepted Answer

moderate

Questions 20