Conceptual Physics Final Exam Review

A collection of stars, planets, and other celestial bodies is called a....

• solar system

• galaxy

• nebula

• cluster

The segments of crust that float on the outer layer of the earth are called.

• Tectonic Plates

• Pangea

• Hadean Era

• Continental Plates

_____________ is the band of light that causes sunburns.

• Infrared

• Ultraviolet

• Visible

• X-ray

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An asteroid that enters our atmosphere is called a __________.

• meteor

• comet

• particulate

• celestial body

Scientists believe _____________ reproduction is the most common in the world.

• asexual

• sexual

• transexual

• nonsexual

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Mutations are....

• Always harmful to an organism

• unexpected changes to an organisms DNA

• Never harmful to an organism

• Expected changes to an organisms DNA

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Massive stars can end their life-cycle as...

• black holes or neutron stars

• black holes or dwarf stars

• dwarf stars or neutron stars

• novae and dwarf stars

What layer of the earth do airplanes fly in?

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Magnetosphere

For sounds, the amplitude of a sound wave tells us the...

• Volume of the sound.

• Speed of the sound.

• Frequency of the sound.

• Resonant harmonics of a sound.

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The sky is blue because...

• the ocean absorbs blue.

• blue light is the shortest wavelength and passes with the least absorption in the sky.

• blue light is the longest wavelength and passes with the most absorption in the sky.

• the ocean reflects blue.

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