Earth Science Comprehensive Exam

Which mountain range is located in Asia?

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

Which is the current period?

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

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

Which mountain range extend from Maine to Alabama?

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

Latitude is represented by ______ lines.

When does spring occur in the northern hemisphere?

The solar system is located in which galaxy?

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

Earth's atmosphere is made of ______ nitrogen.

Where does most metamorphic rocks form?

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

What are the three major types of rocks?

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

Which body of water contains the Hawaiian Islands?

What is the Earth's period of rotation?

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

The hottest layer of the sun is the ___________.

Which is the third largest ocean?

The United States is part of the _________ climate zone.

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

Under the right temperature and pressure shale becomes _____.

Which is located in the Pacific Ocean?

Which body of water contains Puerto Rico?

What is the Earth's period of revolution?

Which type of scientist studies fossils

This is the symbol for a ______ ______

Which is the hottest planet?

Which mineral has a hardness scale number of 10?

Which is the current epoch?

In which direction does the Earth rotate?

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

What is the chemical symbol for ozone?

Alabama is located in the ______ time zone.

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

In the stratosphere temperature ________ as altitude increases.

Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?

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

Which is the north star?

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

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

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

Which is the largest Earth system?

Where is the reference point for the prime meridian

What percentage of oxygen makes up Earth's atmosphere?

The Earth is divided into ____ time zones.

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

Which mountain range extend Canada to New Mexico?

Which direction does Venus rotate?

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

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

Under the right temperature and pressure limestone becomes _____.

During an earthquake where is the epicenter located?

Which term means packed close together?

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

In the troposphere temperature _____ as altitude increases.

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

This is the symbol for a _____ _____.

Longitude is represented by _____ lines.

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

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

What is a mineral?

This gas gives Neptune and Uranus its blue color.

What is the largest object in the solar system?

Which variable does a scientist change in an experiment?

Which is the largest moon in our solar system?

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

Which type of cloud is known as a thundercloud?

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

Which is not a type of plate boundary?

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

In which atmospheric layer do satellites orbit the Earth?

What percentage of Earth water is salt water?

What is the chemical symbol for methane?

The softest mineral is _________.

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

Electric current is measured in ______?

Which Earth layer is the least dense?

What is science?

In which layer of the Sun does light become heat?

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

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

Which of these atmospheric layers includes the ionosphere?

The edge of air masses are called ________.

Which word is associated with earthquakes?

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

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

Which is not a physical property of minerals?

Which is the current eon?

What is the SI base unit for length?

How does the Sun create energy?

Which is the brightest star?

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

Which layer gives the Sun its color?

The Moon rotates and revolves ______.

Which is the current era?

Which two planets are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium?

Humans live in which layer of the atmosphere?