Physical/Earth Science Semester 1 Review.

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Which tectonic plate movement could form transform faults?

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Plates sliding past each other

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What is Earth Science?

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study of earth's land, water and air

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Label number 1: Core, Radiation zone, Convection zone, Photosphere

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Core

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How old is Earth?

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4.6 billion years old

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Which of the following has the layers of Earth in order from outside to inside? lithosphere, outer core, inner core, asthenosphere , inner core, outer core, lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere, inner core, lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core

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lithosphere, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core

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Which process combines lighter elements into heavier elements and produces energy within the Sun and other stars?

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fusion

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Which event is inferred to have contributed to the significant global climate change that may have caused the mass extinctions of organisms at the end of the Late Cretaceous Epoch? Options: the Big Bang, formation of Pangaea, shifting of Earth’s magnetic poles

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an asteroid impact

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Which statement best explains the major difference between Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis and the theory of plate tectonics? Options: Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis was not supported by evidence, Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis did not give a plausible explanation for how continents move, Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis did not state that the continents were arranged into a supercontinent many millions of years ago, Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis did not give an accurate estimate for the length of time involved in continent motion

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Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis did not give a plausible explanation for how continents move

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What is the main cause of Earth’s seasons?

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Earth’s axial tilt

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What information did Einstein's equation E = MC^2 provide about stars?

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Explains how mass is converted to large amounts of energy.