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Earth science: Planet Earth Test Review
Earth science: Planet Earth Test Review
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Review of the Planet Earth chapter.
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1
What is the true shape of Earth
A Circle
An Oblate sphere
A Sphere
An Oval
2
A good map should have
Both scale and direction
Scale
Direction
None listed
3
Which statement best explains the apparent sinking as a sailboat moves towards the horizon?
The tide is causing an increase in the depth of the ocean
The sailboat is moving around the curved surface of Earth
The density of the atmosphere is causing this phenomena
The sailboat appears smaller as it moves farther away
4
Earth's rate of rotation is
15 degrees North/South
15 degrees/minute
15 degrees/hour
15 degrees East/West
5
What is the gradient of a hill in the diagram shown?
10 ft/mi
60 ft/mi
30 ft/mi
20 ft/mi
6
Time of a location is calculated as: As you go EAST time increases and as you go WEST time
stays the same
add 1 hour per degree of longitude
increases
decreases
7
The Prime Meridian is
0 degrees East
0 degrees
0 degrees North
0 degrees South
8
Longitude Lines are best described as
Parallels that are measured North South
Parallels that are measured East West
Meridians that are measured East West
Meridians measured North South
9
If an observer on Earth views Polaris on the horizon, the observer is located at the
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees S)
North Pole (90 degrees)
Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees N)
equator (0 degrees)
10
The best explanation for observing the North Star rising in the sky (increasing in altitude) is
Polaris rises and sets at different locations each day
is located directly over Earth's Equator
is located directly over Earth's North Pole
has an elliptical orbit around Earth
11
Which location would have the highest altitude of Polaris?
Long Island
Plattsburgh
Buffalo
Slide Mountain
12
The inferred temperatures at the interface between the stiffer mantle and the asthenosphere is
4500 degrees Celsius
5000 degrees Celsius
closest to 1000 degrees Celsius
closest to 2500 degrees Celsius
13
The maximum elevation is higher than the highest contour line but
more than the height of the next possible but missing line
Equal to the last line of elevation
less than the height of the next possible but missing line
14
What is the value of the contour line marked with a dark arrow?
200m
180m
220m
300m
15
What direction of the map has the steepest hill in comparison to Point X?
North east of X
North of X
South east of X
South of X
16
Longitude lines are expressed as
0 - 90 degrees North or South
0 - 90 degrees East or West
0 - 180 degrees East or West
0 - 180 degrees North or South
17
Earth rotates
west to east
in a counterclockwise direction
clockwise direction
east to west
18
Latitude lines are best described as
Meridians that are measured North South
Parallel lines that are measured East West
Parallels that are measured North South
Meridians that are measured East West
19
What temperature zones of the atmosphere does temperature increase with increasing altitudes
stratosphere and thermosphere
troposphere and mesosphere
mesosphere and thermosphere
troposphere and stratosphere
20
What section of the map has the highest elevation?
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
21
What is the altitude of Polaris as observed from Utica, New York?
43 degrees
75 degrees
47 degrees
90 degrees
22
Which way does Mill River flow?
southwest
northeast
northwest
Southeast
23
What is a good model of the Earth?
A baseball
A golf ball
A ball
A football
24
What is the elevation of the hill marked?
120m
140 m
80m
100m
