Earth/Environmental Science - Sp21 Final Review

Space and all the matter and energy in it.

• Space
• Solar System 
• Universe
• Sun

Since the Big Bang, and even today, the universe is still _____.

• Expanding

• Shrinking

• Cooking

• Spinning

Which statement is true?

• The galaxies are moving toward us.

• The galaxies are moving away from us.

• The universe remains static or unchanged in motion.

• None of the above

Most scientists believe the Big Bang Theory explains which of the following questions?

• How our planets and moons formed

• How our universe began

• How the sun turns hydrogen into helium

• How fast light travels through space

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum

(EMS) is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

• unshift

• blackshift

Which type of galaxy is illustrated?

• spiral

• elliptical

• irregular

• it's not a galaxy

Our galaxy is called

• Centaurus A

• Andromeda

• the Milky Way

• Triangulum

The order of the planets is:

• Mars,Venus,Earth,
  Mercury,Saturn
  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
• Earth,Venus,Mars
  Jupiter, Neptune,
  Mercury,Saturn,
  Uranus
• Mercury,Venus,Earth
  Mars,Jupiter,
  Saturn,Uranus
  Neptune

The force keeping a planet in orbit around the sun is...

• Friction
• Tension
• Gravity
• weight

True or False
Constellations are stars that appear to be in a pattern.

• True
• False