Earth Science Midterm Review West

Which type of boundary adds new crust to the surface?

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion is

Earth’s inner core is

December 21 and will be the shortest day of the year. This is known as the

Which planet has the longest ‘day’?

Two days out of the year when there are equal hours of daylight and darkness?

The thickest part of a tectonic plate lies below

The shape of the path Earth takes as it moves around the sun is

His geocentric model had planets moving in circles

Most comets originate from the

A rock that has landed on the surface of Earth is known as a

When two tectonic plates move towards one another, the boundary between them is called

Sea-floor spreading occurs at which type of boundary?

He used a telescope that supported the heliocentric theory

The amount of matter in an object is its

About how old is the universe?

The spinning motion of a planet on its axis

When Earth’s shadow falls on the moon, the shadow causes a

If half of the moon is visible and the light is on the right side, which phase is it in

One complete rotation of Earth takes

The further something is away the faster it is moving

The shape of the Milky Way is

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle

Which planet has the shortest day?

A rock that shoots through our atmosphere and burns brightly in the sky is a

A theory that the universe formed in a huge explosion

Where is the oldest part of the ocean floor found?

A force that is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate is known as

He found the arrangement of known planets and developed the heliocentric model

According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift

Which of the following is the largest?

The Asteroid Belt is located

What kind of system is one that is centered around the sun?