ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BENCHMARK 1 REVIEW PART 2

The perception of the universe has changed over time. As new technology like telescopes became available, the ideas of the universe changed. When did the geocentric view of the universe progress to the heliocentric view of the universe?

• Between the time of Aristotle and Ptolemy

• Between the time of Copernicus and Galileo

• From the time before and leading up to Aristotle

• Between the time of Ptolemy and Copernicus

Which statements explain why planets closer to the Sun are terrestrial rather than gaseous in nature?

• Frequent collisions prevented the planets from growing large.

• Nebular gasses could not accumulate and condense in the close proximity of the Sun due to its low temperature.

• There was insufficient gravity around the inner planets to capture gases such as hydrogen and helium.

• Only heavy elements with high densities and melting points could condense under gravity to form terrestrial planets.

Select the statement that provides evidence of the Big Bang Theory.

• Presence of light elements like hydrogen and helium in abundance

• Discovery of meteorites

• Discovery of millions of galaxies by Hubble Telescope

• Acceptance of idea that the Sun is the center of the solar system

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Galaxies appear to be —

• moving away from other galaxies

• remaining stationary

• converging

• imploding on themselves

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What is most likely to be found in a nebula?

• Gas clouds

• Asteroids

• Planets

• Salt crystals

The asteroid belt lies between —

• Mars and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Jupiter and Saturn

• Saturn and Uranus

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Which scientist had the correct theory about how the solar system is arranged?

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Aristotle

Which scientist is credited with explaining that all the planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and that the sun is not the exact center of those orbits?

• Isaac Newton

• Kepler

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

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The Big Bang is considered a theory because —

• it offers an explanation for observed patterns in nature

• it provides photographic evidence of a historical event

• it predicts future events within the universe

• it provides a tentative account for a set of facts

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What is the approximate age of our solar system, in billions of years?

• 6.4

• 64

• 4.6

• 46

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