Quiz about Earth and Space Review

Question 1

The Milky Way Galaxy is a

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spiral

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lenticular

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elliptical

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irregular

Question 2

Galaxies are composed of (best answer)

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stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

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stars

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stars and gas

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stars, dust, and gas

Question 3

What type of galaxy is this?

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Irregular

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Irrational

Question 4

What type of galaxy is this?

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Spiral

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Elliptical

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Irregular

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Irrational

Question 5

What type of galaxy is this?

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Elliptical

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Spiral

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Irregular

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Irrational

Question 6

Compared to the rest of the stars, our sun is considered...

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Medium size with medium temperature

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Extremely Large and Cold

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Small with a medium temperature

Question 7

Which category is our Sun located in?

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Main Sequence

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White Dwarfs

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Supergiants

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Giants

Question 8

Which spectral class does our star, the sun, belong to?

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G

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M

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K

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F

Question 9

In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?

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Stars get hotter

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Stars Get Larger

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Stars get Colder

Question 10

Which star is the coldest?

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Red Star

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Yellow Star

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Orange Star

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Blue Star

Question 11

Red stars are the _____________.

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coolest

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hottest

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biggest

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brightest

Question 12

Which star has the lowest temperature?

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 13

When a star is in the prenatal stage it can be described as:

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A cloud of gas and dust; a nebula

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a bulging area with a fetus

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a ball of plasma where fusion is beginning

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being in a balanced, stable stae

Question 14

In a star's life what does a star become right after the nebula collapses and protons begin to collide?

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Protostar

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Supergiant

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Main Sequence

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White Dwarf

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Neutron Star

Question 15

A white dwarf is the final stage for _________ mass stars like our Sun.

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small/medium

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large

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super massive

Question 16

What is the first stage of the life cycle of a star for all stars?

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nebula

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protostar

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main-sequence

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red giant

Question 17

Our sun is known as a middle-aged, stable star. Also known as a ____________________.

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Main Sequence Star

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Gas Giant

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Nebula

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Pulsar

Question 18

What does the theory of continental drift state?

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The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

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Continents are stationary and do not move

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The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

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none of the above

Question 19

Name the boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 20

Name the boundary

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transform boundary

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convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 21

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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divergent

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convergent

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transform

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strike slip

Question 22

What boundary creates mountains?

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

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fast

Question 23

What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?

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mid-ocean ridge

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rift valley

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mountain

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trench

Question 24

Transform boundaries are most likely to produce what phenomenon?

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earthquakes

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volcanoes

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deep sea trenches

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underwater mountain ranges

Question 25

What is Pangea?

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the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago

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the name of a German scientist

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another name for continental drift

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the name of an ancient fossil

Question 26

What is Wegener's idea that continents are slowly moving over Earth's surface called?

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continental drift

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divergence

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faults

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plates

Question 27

Boundary between 2 plates that are sliding past one another

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Transform fault boundary

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Convergent boundary

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Divergent boundary

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Reverse fault

Question 28

In what position will it be winter in the southern hemisphere

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1

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2

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3

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4

Question 29

At what position will it be summer in the Southern hemisphere.

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4

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1

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2

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3

Question 30

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

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Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 31

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

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Northern hemisphere

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Southern hemisphere

Question 32

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

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It is winter.

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It is summer.

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It is spring.

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It is fall.

Question 33

Which diagram reflects daytime hours for position X?

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Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

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D.

Question 34

Wha type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

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neap tide

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full moon tide

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new moon tide

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spring tide

Question 35

What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?

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spring tide

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neap tide

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new moon tide

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full moon tide

Question 36

What is a difference between spring and neap tides?

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Spring tides occur when the earth and sun are IN LINE with the new or full moon.

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Spring tides occur when moon in 3rd or 1st quarter phases

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Spring tides are LOWER than neap tides

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Spring tides occur in Spring and neap tides can occur in any season

Question 37

Neap tides happen during ___________ and _____________ moons.

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1st quarter / 3rd quarter

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full / new

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waxing gibbous / waning gibbous

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waxing crescent / waning crescent

Question 38

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

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convection currents in the Asthenosphere

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the rotation of the Earth.

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the gravity of the iron-nickel core.

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the Moho discontinuity.

Question 39

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______

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transform boundary

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divergent boundary.

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convergent boundary.

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rift valley.

Question 40

The San Andreas Fault in California is known as an active earthquake area. What type of

boundary is it?

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Transform

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Converging

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Diverging

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Sea Floor Spreading

Question 41

Islands can from from magma which is pushed up at a __________ plate boundary

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Transform

Question 42

How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?

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Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created

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New crust is underwater where it sinks

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New crust breaks more easily than old crust

Question 43

Mountains are created when....

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Two continental plates collide

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Two oceanic plates pull apart

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An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate

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Two continental plates pull apart

Question 44

Ocean Ridges are formed by _______ plate boundaries

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Divergent

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Convergent Oceanic / Continental

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Convergent Continental / Continental

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Convergent Oceanic / Oceanic

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