ESS A Semester 1 Review

In our solar system, ______ planets are small and rocky while _____ planets are large and mostly composed of gas or ice.

•  Inner, outer

• Outer, inner

• Exo-, inner

• Inner, exo-

The energy from the Sun is produced by nuclear _____.

• fission

• breakdown

• fusion

• magnetism

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According to the HR diagram provided, what color of star is the hottest and most luminous?

• Red

• Yellow

• White

• Blue

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As light passes through the gases in stars and galaxies, it produces patterns of lines that are called absorption spectrum lines.  How can it be determined that the galaxy is moving away from the observer?

•   The lines on the spectrum are red-shifted

• The lines on the spectrum are blue-shifted

• The lines on the spectrum thicker

• Galaxies do not move away from the observer, they are at a fixed distance.

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Where is the planet moving faster

• Position A to B
• Position B to C
• Position H to I
• Position I to J

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Kepler's 2nd Law deals with

• the shape of the planets' orbits

• the area the planet travels

• the length of time/period it takes the planet to orbit the sun

Force of gravity is directly proportional to

• Mass
• Weight
• Distance
• Time

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What states that "every object in the universe attracts every other object"?

• Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton's First Law of Motion
• My mother
• Inertia & gravity

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Which of the following factors did not contribute to the high temperatures of Early Earth?

• The sun’s light

• Radioactive decay of elements

• Gravitational contraction

• Bombardment from protoplanets and other materials

Earth and its moon have the same oxygen isotope ratio (17O/18O).  This implies that:

• the moon formed millions of years after Earth.

• the moon and Earth formed in the same place.

• the moon and Earth formed in separate places.

• the moon and Earth formed at the exact same time.

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