Earth Science Comprehensive Exam

Which is not a type of plate boundary?

______ _______ occurs when the colder air is replacing the warmer air.

What is a mineral?

In which layer of the Sun does light become heat?

How does the Sun create energy?

What is the chemical symbol for ozone?

Which mountain range extend from Maine to Alabama?

Which direction does Venus rotate?

What is the name of the large volcano found on Mars?

The hottest layer of the sun is the ___________.

What is science?

Which is the largest Earth system?

Latitude is represented by ______ lines.

The inner planets all have a core made of iron and nickel. Which are the correct symbols for iron and nickel?

This scientist used the evidence of seafloor spreading to explain what moved continents.

This is the symbol for a _____ _____.

A process that uses a set of skills to answer questions or test ideas about the natural world is called ________.

The second largest moon in the solar system (Titan) belongs to this planet.

Which bodies of water are partly or completely encircled by land?

Earth's atmosphere is made of ______ nitrogen.

In the troposphere temperature _____ as altitude increases.

During an earthquake where is the epicenter located?

An astronomical unit is used to measure distance _____ the solar system.

In which atmospheric layer do satellites orbit the Earth?

What is the Earth's period of rotation?

Which is located in the Pacific Ocean?

Which body of water contains Puerto Rico?

A _______ is used to measure distance outside the solar system.

Which term means packed close together?

What is the SI base unit for length?

Humans live in which layer of the atmosphere?

The prime meridian separates the Earth into the ____ and ____ hemispheres.

Which is the third largest ocean?

When does spring occur in the northern hemisphere?

Which mineral has a hardness scale number of 10?

Where is the reference point for the prime meridian

What is the name of the adopted measurement system scientists use to share scientific information?

This is the symbol for a ______ ______

What is the mean in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The softest mineral is _________.

Which is the north star?

Which two planets are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium?

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

____ _____ is the theory that suggests the Earth's surface is divided into large plates of rigid rock.

Which Earth layer is the least dense?

Where does most metamorphic rocks form?

This gas gives Neptune and Uranus its blue color.

In the stratosphere temperature ________ as altitude increases.

Which is the hottest planet?

Which is not a physical property of minerals?

________ are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments.

What is the range in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Which type of scientist studies fossils

Which mountain range extend Canada to New Mexico?

In which direction does the Earth rotate?

The Earth is divided into ____ time zones.

The Moon rotates and revolves ______.

________ ________ occurs when warm air mass moves into an area where cooler air is already present.

Longitude is represented by _____ lines.

_______ describes the short-term conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time.

Under the right temperature and pressure shale becomes _____.

Which is a natural, solid mixture of minerals or grains?

The German scientist who proposed the hypothesis of continental drift was named ____ ____.

The series of natural processes by which water continually moves among oceans and the atmosphere is called _____.

The edge of air masses are called ________.

What percentage of oxygen makes up Earth's atmosphere?

Which is the largest moon in our solar system?

Which mountain range is located in Asia?

The long-term average weather conditions that occur in particular region is called ______.

Which is the brightest star?

The Earth spins on an imaginary axis that is tilted ______.

Electric current is measured in ______?

What is the largest object in the solar system?

The boundary between the crust and mantle is called the ______.

The solar system is located in which galaxy?

What is the chemical symbol for methane?

What is the name of Jupiter's four largest moons?

Which is the current eon?

What are the three major types of rocks?

Which type of cloud is known as a thundercloud?

What is the mode in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 2, 5

The United States is part of the _________ climate zone.

Which body of water contains the Hawaiian Islands?

Alabama is located in the ______ time zone.

What is the name of the phase directly after the full Moon?

When two plates separate it is known as a _______ plate boundary.

Which is one way scientists discover what Earth's interior is like?

What is the median in this data set? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

What percentage of Earth water is salt water?

Which word is associated with earthquakes?

Which is the current epoch?

Which is the current period?

Under the right temperature and pressure limestone becomes _____.

Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?

Which is the current era?

Which layer gives the Sun its color?

Which variable does a scientist change in an experiment?

Which of these atmospheric layers includes the ionosphere?

The equator separates the Earth into the _____ and ______ hemispheres.

What is the Earth's period of revolution?