4.15 Mid Unit Review

Energy from the sun comes from fusion. What happens during that reaction?

• carbon dioxide turns into oxygen

• helium turns into hydrogen

• oxygen turns into carbon dioxide

• hydrogen turns into helium

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Which start is closest to Earth?

• Polaris

• Milky Way

• The sun

• Sirius

What is the innermost layer of the sun's atmosphere called?

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• corona

• troposphere

Which layer of the sun's atmosphere is visible during a total solar eclipse?

• photosphere

• chromosphere

• corona

• troposphere

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When the moon is waning, what do we see?

• a full moon

• none of the moon is visible

• more and more of the moon

• less and less of the moon

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What are spring tides?

• tides caused by seasons, not gravity

• tides that occur during the spring months

• tides with distance between high and low tides being the least

• tides with distance between high and low tides being the greatest

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During which phase of the moon is no moon visible from Earth?

• new moon

• full moon

• waning crescent

• third quarter

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Planets form from which of the following?

• asteroids

• planetesimals

• comets

• protoplanets

The nebular hypothesis explains which of the following?

• the big bang

• nebulae

• the solar system

• the galaxy

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Where are most asteroids in the solar system found?

• past Pluto

• between Mars and Jupiter

• between Neptune and Pluto

• between Earth and Mars