Earth and Space Science Semester 1 Review

Which of these planets is third from the sun?

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Earth

• Mars

Which of these planets is 6th from the sun?

• Saturn

• Neptune

• Jupiter

• Uranus

Iron and Nickel primarily make up what layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• None of the above

Peridotite primarily makes up what layer of the Earth?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Core

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The leading scientific explanation on the beginning of the universe that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.

• Galaxy Theory

• Nebula Theory

• Mantle Theory

• Big Bang Theory

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The leading explanation for how our solar system formed from gas and dust orbiting the Sun which clumped up together to form the planets.

• Galaxy Theory

• Nebula Theory

• Mantle Theory

• Big Bang Theory

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

All living things on earth make up the...

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

This type of glacier is often called continental glaciers as they are massive covering vast amounts of land in thick layers of ice.

• Valley Glaciers

• Ice Sheets

• Continental Ice

• Mountain Glaciers

This type of glacier flows much like a river along a valley, can often have many tributaries similar to a river.

• Valley Glacier

• Ice Sheet

• Continental Ice

• Mountain Glacier

This describes how rain can often be blocked from passage over a mountain range causing one side of the mountains to receive plentiful rainfall and the other to be very dry.

• Rain Shielding Effect

• Mountain Rain Effect

• Rainshadow Effect

• Cloud Barrier Effect