MCA Earth and Space Science Review

The time in which Earth makes one rotation on its axis is:

• ~24 hours

• ~365 days

• ~28 days

• ~one school year

Which moon phase is in this picture?

• Last Quarter

• Third Quarter

• Waxing Crescent

• First Quarter

An example of an object in our solar system that has cleared it's neighborhood is:

• Makemake

• Pluto

• Saturn

• Ceres

Long ago, sharks lived in Minnesota. We know this because fossilized shark teeth have been found in Minnesota.

• True

• False

The type of heat transfer (thermal energy) burning the person's hand is:

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Tomfoolery

This is what type of boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• insurgent

Which boundary creates mountains?

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The sun heats the Earth by what type of heat transfer?

• conduction

• convection

• plate tectonics

• radiation

The process by which plants release water vapor through the pores in their leaves is called...

• transpiration

• precipitation

• infiltration

• sublimation

This arrows in this picture of a beaker of water being heated is showing what type of heat transfer?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Tomfoolery