Quiz about Earth and Space Science Review 6th-8th Grade

Question 1

How far apart are most objects in space?

Accepted Answer

enormous distances

Answer

very close

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an astronomical unit

Question 2

What is a light year?

Accepted Answer

The distance that light travels in one year

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The time it takes light to travel in one year

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The distance between the sun and earth

Question 3

What is an astronomical unit?

Accepted Answer

The distance between the sun and earth

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The distance that light travels in one year

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The time it takes light to travel in one year

Question 4

About how many galaxies are there in the universe?

Accepted Answer

billions

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millions

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thousands

Question 5

About how many stars are in a galaxy?

Accepted Answer

billions

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millions

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thousands

Question 6

What is apparent magnitude?

Accepted Answer

How bright a star looks from Earth

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How bright a star actually is

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How hot a star is

Question 7

What is absolute magnitude?

Accepted Answer

How bright a star actually is

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How bright a star looks from Earth

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How hot a star is

Question 8

What is an H-R diagram?

Accepted Answer

Classification chart for stars

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Classification chart for organisms

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Classification chart for galaxies

Question 9

What is the H-R classification of our Sun?

Accepted Answer

main sequence

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white dwarf

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red supergiant

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yellow giant

Question 10

What color are the hottest stars?

Accepted Answer

blue

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white

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yellow

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red

Question 11

What color are the coolest stars?

Accepted Answer

red

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blue

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white

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yellow

Question 12

What are sunspots?

Accepted Answer

cooler areas on the sun

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hotter areas on the sun

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arcs of energy

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energy eruptions

Question 13

What are solar prominences?

Accepted Answer

arcs of energy

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cooler spots

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hotter spots

Question 14

Which area of the Sun rotates the fastest?

Accepted Answer

equator

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north pole

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south pole

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all areas rotate the same

Question 15

What two things affect the force of gravity?

Accepted Answer

mass and distance

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mass and weight

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mass and volume

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mass and density

Question 16

Which model of the solar system places the Sun in the center?

Accepted Answer

heliocentric

Answer

geocentric

Question 17

Select all of the INNER, rocky planets.

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Accepted Answer

Mars

Accepted Answer

Earth

Accepted Answer

Venus

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Jupiter

Question 18

Select all of the OUTER, gaseous planets.

Accepted Answer

Neptune

Accepted Answer

Uranus

Accepted Answer

Saturn

Accepted Answer

Jupiter

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Venus

Question 19

What are small rocky objects orbiting the Sun called?

Accepted Answer

asteroids

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comets

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gas giants

Question 20

What is a dwarf planet?

Accepted Answer

A smaller round planet that cannot clear its own orbit

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A large rocky planet

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A gas giant

Question 21

Which is a chunk of rock that is burning up as it enters Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

meteor

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meteoroid

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meteorite

Question 22

What causes the seasons?

Accepted Answer

The tilt of the Earth's axis

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The distance Earth is from the Sun

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The pull of the moon's gravity

Question 23

Which moon phase is it when the moon is between the Earth and the Sun?

Accepted Answer

new moon

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full moon

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1st quarter

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3rd quarter

Question 24

Which arrangement represents a SOLAR eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Sun, Moon, Earth

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Sun, Earth, Moon

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Earth, Moon, Sun

Question 25

Which arrangement represents a LUNAR eclipse?

Accepted Answer

Sun, Earth, Moon

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Sun, Moon, Earth

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Earth, Sun, Moon

Question 26

What causes the tides?

Accepted Answer

the moon's gravity

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the Earth's gravity

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the rotation of Earth

Question 27

Which is the BREAKING DOWN of rocks?

Accepted Answer

weathering

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erosion

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deposition

Question 28

Which is the MOVEMENT of rocks?

Accepted Answer

erosion

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weathering

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deposition

Question 29

Which is the depositing and LAYERING of rocks?

Accepted Answer

deposition

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weathering

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erosion

Question 30

In which rock type would you most likely find fossils?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

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igneous

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metamorphic

Question 31

Which rock type is formed through HEAT and PRESSURE?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

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igenous

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sedimentary

Question 32

Which rock type is formed through the melting and cooling of rock?

Accepted Answer

igneous

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metamorphic

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sedimentary

Question 33

Select all the landforms that can be found in Florida.

Accepted Answer

coastlines

Accepted Answer

deltas

Accepted Answer

lakes

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glaciers

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mountains

Question 34

What is the term for the clear-cutting of trees from an area?

Accepted Answer

deforestation

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desertification

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urbanization

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erosion

Question 35

What is the law of superposition?

Accepted Answer

youngest rocks are on top

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oldest rocks are on top

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amount of radioactive elements in rocks

Question 36

Select the TWO ways that scientists date rocks and fossils.

Accepted Answer

law of superposition

Accepted Answer

radioactive dating

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periodic table

Answer

dinner and a movie

Question 37

What is the theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle

Accepted Answer

plate tectonics theory

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cell theory

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heliocentric theory

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quantum theory

Question 38

Which layer of the Earth causes the plates to move?

Accepted Answer

upper mantle

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outer core

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upper crust

Question 39

Geosphere

Accepted Answer

earth and rock

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water

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ice

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life

Question 40

Hydrosphere

Accepted Answer

water

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earth and rock

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life

Answer

ice

Question 41

Biosphere

Accepted Answer

life

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water

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earth and rock

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ice

Question 42

Atmosphere

Accepted Answer

air

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water

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ice

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life

Question 43

Cryosphere

Accepted Answer

ice

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air

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life

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earth and rock

Question 44

What is the difference between WEATHER and CLIMATE?

Accepted Answer

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere now, and climate is the average condition over a long period of time

Answer

Climate is the condition of the atmosphere now and weather is the average condition over a long period of time

Question 45

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

Accepted Answer

troposphere

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exosphere

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mesosphere

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stratosphere

Question 46

Select TWO global patterns that affect weather, such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind.

Accepted Answer

ocean currents

Accepted Answer

jet stream

Answer

comets

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earthquakes

Question 47

What is the main source of energy that powers global weather patterns?

Accepted Answer

Sun

Answer

Wind

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Thermal

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Electric

Question 48

Heat transfer by direct touch

Accepted Answer

conduction

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radiation

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convection

Question 49

Heat transfer by waves from a distance

Accepted Answer

radiation

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conduction

Answer

convection

Question 50

Heat transfer by heated fluids rising and cooler fluids sinking

Accepted Answer

convection

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radiation

Answer

conduction

Earth and Space Science Review 6th-8th Grade

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