Earth and Space Science Review

Which of the following means to turn on an axis?

• relax
• rotate
• revolve 
• return

When it is day on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• Summer
• Winter
• Night
• Day

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When it is night on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• night
• day

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Rotation causes ___________.

• Day and Night
• Seasons
• The Earth to be tilted

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What are the four layers of earth?

• Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
• Crust, mantle, core, outer layer
• Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
• Crust, mantle, core, inner layer

The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is known as what?

• sediment

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

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Flood waters moving soil from one location to another

• Weathering
• Erosion

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Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

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The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...

• Pangea
• Plate Tectonics
• Natural Selection
• Gravity

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What does the theory of continental drift state?

• The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
• Continents are stationary and do not move
• The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
• none of the above

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