Earth Science Midterm

Edwin Hubble came up with the big bang theory. What main piece of evidence led him to discover it?

• The Sun is the center of the universe.
• The universe is expanding in all directions.
• New universes are being made daily.
• All life appeared on Earth 3.5 billion years ago.

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When hydrogen atoms are combined to form helium, this process is called

• Fusion
• Fission
• Red Shift
• Nuclear Decay

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Which event occurred approximately 4.6 billion years ago?

• evolution of the earliest fish

• evolution of stomatolites

• formation of the oldest known Earth rocks

• formation of Earth and our solar system

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Which two characteristics do all Jovian planets have in common?

• small diameters and low densities

• small diameters and high densities

• large diameters and low densities

• large diameters and high densities

Which planet takes more time to complete one rotation on its axis than to complete one revolution around the Sun?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

Approximately 97% of Venus's atmosphere is carbon dioxide. Describe how carbon dioxide contributes to the unusually high average surface temperature of Venus.

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The diagram below represents planets A and B, of equal mass, revolving around a star. Compared to planet A, planet B has a

• weaker gravitational attraction to the star and a shorter period of revolution

• weaker gravitational attraction to the star and a longer period of revolution

• stronger gravitational attraction to the star and a shorter period of revolution

• stronger gravitational attraction to the star and a longer period of revolution

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Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is (for your referense, felsic and granitic are the same thing, same with basaltic and mafic)

• less dense and more basaltic

• less dense and more felsic

• more dense and more granitic

• more dense and more mafic

Which landmass is moving northward with Australia as part of the same tectonic plate?

• India

• Antartica

• North America

• South America

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Earth's internal heat is the primary source of energy that

• warms the lower troposphere

• melts glacial ice at lower altitudes

• moves the lithospheric plates

• pollutes deep groundwater with radioactivity

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