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Chapter 27 Earth Science Quiz Review
Chapter 27 Earth Science Quiz Review
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Vocabulary and content from chapter 27 (Sun-Earth-Moon System).
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Solstice is the time when...
Fall and winter start
Spring and summer start
There are equal times for day and night
The sun is overhead at its farthest distance N or S
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What are two types of telescopes that are used?
Refracting telescope
Reflecting telescope
Retracting telescope
Respectful telescope
3
What caused the moon's synchronous rotation?
The Earth was slowed down because of the Moon
The Moon was slowed by the Earth
The Earth sped up because of the Moon
The Moon was sped up because of the Earth
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Reflecting telescopes use _________ to show light...
Contacts
Lenses
Magnifying glasses
Mirrors
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What is Earth's tilt?
23.5
35.2
32.5
25.3
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Why would space-based telescopes be better than ones on Earth?
Telescopes in space see objects clearer
Telescopes on Earth are affected by the atmosphere
Telescopes on Earth are not big enough
Telescopes in space are less detailed
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What does interferometry do for images from telescopes?
Make them easier to see
Make them less detailed
Make them blurry
Make them more detailed
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Maria is...
Smooth, dark plains
Holes formed when objects from space crash into the moon
Material blasted out during impacts
Long trails of ejecta
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Equinoxes are...
Time of equal nights and days
Axis is perpendicular to the Sun's rays
The plane of Earth's orbit
During spring and summer
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What is the moon made of?
Compounds of silicon and oxygen
Compounds of nitrogen and oxygen
Compounds of silicon and nitrogen
Compounds of carbon and oxygen
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What is interferometry?
When telescopes are connected to take pictures
When the atmosphere interferes with the picture.
When telescopes switch from refracting to reflecting light
When telescopes are split up to take pictures
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What is synchronous rotation?
When the Earth passes between the sun and moon
Where mars and the Earth rotate at the same speed
When the moon passes in front of the sun and Earth
The moon's orbit speed is the same as its rotation
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How many types of electromagnetic radiation are there?
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4
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9
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Lunar highlands are...
Meandering, valleylike structures
Long trails of ejecta
Smooth, dark plains
Heavily cratered mountainous regions
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What is regolith?
The core of the moon
The warm inner layer of the moon
The loose layer of ground up rock around the moon
The tough outer layer of the moon
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Ejecta is...
The long trail of ejecta
Dark and smooth plains
Meandering, valleylike structures
Material blasted out during object impacts
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Apogee is...
When Mars gets as far away as it will get
When the Moon is at its farthest point to Earth
When Mars is at its closest point to Earth
When the Moon is at its closest point to the Earth
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Impact craters are...
Meandering, valleylike structures
Heavily cratered mountainous regions
Craters on the moon formed when objects hit it
Percentage of the sunlight that is reflected back
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What are the effects of Earth's tilt?
Solstices
Eclipses
Equinoxes
Seasons
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Albedo is...
Objects that come off the moon when something hits it
The percentage of sunlight that is reflected
Meandering, valleylike structures
The dark plains of the moon
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Ecliptic plane is...
24 hours and 4 minutes
Time when summer and winter happen
The tilt of the Earth's axis
The plane of Earth's orbit.
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Perigee is...
When the Earth is as close to Mars as it will get
When Mars gets as far away as it will get
When the Moon is at its farthest point from the Earth
When the Moon is at its closest point to the Earth
23
A solar eclipse is caused by...
The Earth moving in between the sun and moon
The sun being blocked by another planet
The Moon moves in between the sun and Earth
The Earth moving between Mars and the sun
24
Refracting telescopes use ____________ to show light...
Lenses
Contacts
Magnifying glass
Mirrors
25
How did the moon form?
The Earth spun so fast that a chunk fell off
An object came toward Earth and was caught in its pull
An object hit it, broke chunks off, and the pieces melded
It was formed with the Earth at the same time
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Rilles are...
Long trails of ejecta
Meandering, valley-like structures
Craters formed when objects from space crash into the moon
The percentage of sunlight that is reflected
27
Electromagnetic spectrum is...
A scale of colors from radiation
All radiation types by wavelength and frequency
A list of types of radiation
Only infrared and ultraviolet radiation
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Which of the following is a type of radiation?
Infrared
Visible light
Microwaves
Radio waves
29
When are the solstices?
Spring and summer
Summer and winter
Fall and summer
Winter and spring
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A lunar eclipse happens when...
The Moon does not catch any rays from the sun
The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
The Earth moves between the sun and the Moon
The sun blocks the moon
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Rays are...
Heavily cratered mountainous regions on the moon
Light that comes from the sun
Craters formed when objects hit the moon
Long trails of ejecta coming from craters
