Earth and Space Science Concepts

What is the speed of Earth's travel per year?

• 584 million miles

• 66,637 miles

• 1037 mph

• 0 mph

Earth spins at the equator at a speed of ____.

• 0 mph

• 1037 mph

• 66,637 mph

• 584 million mph

What causes day and night on Earth?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Axis

• Solstice

During which event do we experience the greatest number of daylight hours?

• Winter solstice

• Summer solstice

• Spring equinox

• Autumnal equinox

The same number of daylight and nighttime hours occur during ____. A) Summer solstice B) Winter solstice C) Equinoxes D) None of the above.

• A) Summer solstice

• B) Winter solstice

• C) Equinoxes

• D) None of the above

What protects Earth from dangerous radiation from space?

• The lithosphere

• The magnetosphere

• The hydrosphere

• The biosphere

Fill in the blank: The _______ is the layer we live on.

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Atmosphere

Which type of boundary involves plates sliding past each other?

• Convergent boundaries

• Divergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Static boundaries

The Goldilocks zone is important because it is a region where the temperature is ______.

• too hot

• too cold

• just right for liquid water

• variable

The SMART-1 mission, which impacted the Moon, was conducted by which space agency?

• NASA

• ESA

• ISRO

• CNSA