Science 1085 - Check Up 1 Practice

God created _________ for human existence.

• Unique

• Earth

• Moon

• Botany

A meteorologist is a specialist in the study of Earth's _________ and weather.

• Water

• Astronomy

• Atmosphere

• Astronomy

A seismologist is a specialist in the study of:

___________ is important to Earth science because chemical elements are the basic parts of all Earth's matter.

• Oceanography

• Zoology

• Geography

• Chemistry

A ___________ who specializes in geological mapping must have knowledge of geology.

• Cartographer

• Meteorologist

• Geologist

• Botany

A ___________ is a building or room in which points of light can be displayed on the domed ceiling to represent the stars in the night sky.

• Planetarium

• Diameter

• Ellipse

• Seasons

Earth rotates around an imaginary central line called an:

The axis of Earth is tilted ____ away from a straigh-up-and-down line.

• 25.3

• 23.5

• 22.3

• 25.2

The second kind of motion in Earth's space travel is the motion of Earth __________ around, or orbiting, the sun.

• Hours

• Circumference

• Revolving

• Rotating

Because Earth's orbit is an _________ and the sun is not exactly in its center, Earth is slightly nearer the sun during some months and slightly farther away during other months.

• Axis

• Diameter

• Ellipse

• Circumference