EEn Review F24

Which object is a planet found in the Milky Way galaxy?

• Orion

• Earth

• Polaris

• Titan

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Just as biologists classify living things, astronomers classify galaxies. What feature is used to classify galaxies?

• size

• shape

• color

• brightness

At the equator, Earth spins at a rate of about 1670 kilometers per hour. The circumference of Earth at the equator is about 40,000 kilometers. About how long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis at the equator?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 29.5 days

• 365 days

A tide is the periodic rise and fall of the surface of the ocean. Several factors combine to cause the tides. Which has the greatest effect on the height of a tide?

• the revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• the gravitational pull of the Moon

• the gravitational pull of the Earth

• the tilt of Earth on its axis

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All of these types of waves travel from the Sun to Earth except

• light waves

• sound waves

• infrared waves

• ultraviolet waves

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Which of these is the main source of the electromagnetic energy we use?

• battery

• wind

• Sun

• coal

Which best describes how energy from the sun helps to maintain life on Earth?

• It heats Earth’s atmosphere and surface, which helps stabilize temperatures on Earth and creates environments more favorable for life to exist.

• It forms the ocean’s water and the oxygen in the atmosphere that organisms need for life functions.

• It prevents the destruction of the magnetic field around Earth that protects all life forms.

• It is absorbed by Earth’s mantle, which drives plate tectonics to form new land masses for organisms to live.

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Which is true about the way sunlight changes from winter to summer?

• Sunlight travels faster in summer.

• Sunlight is more intense in summer.

• Sunlight has higher wavelengths in summer.

• Sunlight has greater frequencies in summer.

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Which of these statements best describes the rock cycle?

• Layers of rock are broken by faults.

• Rocks in the ocean become rocks on land.

• Lunar rocks change into terrestrial rocks.

• New rocks form from older rocks.

Certain activities occur at different plate boundaries due to movement at the boundary. Which activity would be the main result of two tectonic plates slipping past one another?

• floods

• earthquakes

• island building

• seafloor spreading

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