Earth Science Quarterly #1 Review

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axix

The universe is expanding!  This means that:

• all of the galaxies are spreading out.
• the universe must have started from a single point.
• the universe is cooling down.
• all of the above.

The universe is ____________ years old.

• 8.13 billion
• 13.8 billion
• 1.83 billion
• 381 million

As galaxies move away from our galaxy

a shift on the electromagnetic spectrum is noticed. This phenomena is

called _____________.

• redshift

• blueshift

Planets that have longest time to orbit the sun is…

• neptune

• saturn

• uranus

• mercury

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

The best evidence of Earth's rotation is provided by the

• Moon phases and global warming

• Moon phases and Coriolis effect

• Foucault pendulum and Coriolis effect

• Foucault pendulum and global warming

According to the ESRT, which planet's orbit would most closely resemble a circle?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Saturn

• Mars

The actual orbits of the planets are

• elliptical, with Earth at one of the foci

• elliptical, with the Sun at one of the foci

• circular, with Earth at the center

• circular, with the Sun at the center