Spring 2022 Earth Science Midterm

Planets that are closest to the Sun are identified as

• low-density jovian planets

• low-density terrestrial planets

• high-density jovian planets

• high-density terrestrial planets

During which geologic period did plants and animals first appear in land environments?

• cambrian

• ordovician

• silurian

• devonian

Which natural phenomenon occurs as a result of Earth rotating on its axis?

• movement of tectonic plates
• deep ocean currents
• seasonal changes
• day and night 

The map shows a stream. Letters A, B, C, and D represent locations on the stream surface. Arrows represent the direction of stream flow.  Which two locations have the greatest stream velocities?

• A and B
• B and C
• C and D
• D and A

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

The downward movement of water from location A will usually be greatest when the soil is

• nonporous and the particles are uniformly small in size
• nonporous and the particles are uniformly large in size
• porous and the particles are uniformly small in size
• porous and the particles are uniformly large in size

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What would most likely reduce the amount of runoff at location B?

• infiltration occurring faster than precipitation
• greater condensation than evaporation
• saturated soil below the land surface
• a frozen land surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In sea-floor spreading the newest rock is found

• mid-ocean ridge
• trench
• abyssal plain

1.1.2  Which of the following is true about the Earth’s axis, the Earth’s revolution around the Sun, and the seasons? 

• Changes in the direction of the Earth’s axis cause the seasons 
• The Earth’s axis keeps pointing in the same direction, and as Earth travels around the Sun, the angle between the axis and the Sun changes, causing the seasons. 
• Seasons are caused by the Earth’s elliptical orbit and its being closer to the Sun in January than it is in July 
• Seasons are caused by the position of the moon relative to the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A major piece of evidence supporting the Big Bang Theory and the expansion of the universe is the observation of wavelengths of stars in distant galaxies show a

• red shift and are moving away
• red shift and moving towards
• blue shift and moving away
• blue shift and moving towards

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Which event is an example of chemical weathering?

• rocks falling off the face of a steep cliff

• feldspar in granite being crushed into clay-sized particles

• water freezing in cracks in a roadside outcrop

• acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2