Beginning of Year PreTest - Earth Space Science

The wearing away of soil and rock by the action of streams, waves, glaciers, wind, and gravity.

Name of the range of underwater mountains that run between the N. American continent and Europe

When the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon it is called a(n) ________ eclipse.

The Earth is the _________ planet from the Sun?

Earth has how many natural satellites visible to the naked eye?

What is the axial tilt of the Earth?

Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of what?

The deepest depression on the Earth is what?

The location on the Earth's surface directly above the place where an earthquake originates.

Earth's inner core is solid.

What era do geologists term the current time in Earth's geologic history?

What was the giant land mass called that existed some 200 million years ago?

The Earth is a(n) _____________ planet?

What is the name given to the area around the Pacific Plate associated with tectonic activity?

Any or all forms of water particles that fall from the atmosphere are called ______________.

Process by which water goes from a liquid to a gas is called _______________.

Earth is the densest of all the Sun's planets?

The highest mountain on the Earth is what?

Who formulated the heliocentric theory?

The earth rotates in about how many hours?