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Worksheets2nd Semester Final Review
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 48mins
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Class
Date
1.
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an -
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
2.
When a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses, it is called a/an -
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
3.
The boundary between two air masses is called a/an -
a)
flood
b)
front
c)
climate
d)
storm
4.
When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
5.
What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring?
a)
dry and cold weather
b)
wet and cold weather
c)
dry and warm weather
d)
wet and warm weather
6.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
7.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
8.
What type of front is this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
9.
How does a low pressure system move?
a)
The air drifts to the center and is moved upwards
b)
Air moves downwards and outwards
10.
What type of weather does a low pressure system bring?
a)
stormy, cloudy weather
b)
clear skies
11.
What type of weather does a high pressure system bring?
a)
Stormy weather
b)
Clear skies, little rain
12.
How does the air in a high pressure system move?
a)
Inwards and upwards
b)
downwards and outwards
13.
What is weather?
a)
weatherAtmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation at a specific place and time
b)
Events that create temperature
c)
Waves that carry breezes over the ocean
d)
Changes in cloud cover
14.
Air pressure is greatest:
a)
closer to Earth
b)
farther from Earth
15.
Which type of pressure system is pictured?
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
d)
none
16.
What type of weather would you expect with the pressure system pictured?
a)
clear
b)
cloudy
c)
severe storms
d)
hot
17.
This is Earth's blanket and is made up of many layers of gases.
a)
air mass
b)
air pressure
c)
atmosphere
d)
front
18.
1. What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
19.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
20.
What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?
a)
Water evaporates into water vapor
b)
Water vapor condenses and forms a cloud
c)
Water precipitates to the ground
d)
Water runs down into the hydrosphere
21.
Energy or heat transferred when molecules bump into each other through touch.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
22.
Which layer of the atmosphere contains clouds and weather?
a)
exosphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
troposphere
23.
What is a cycle in which warm air rises and cool air sinks?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
24.
The defection of air masses due to Earth's rotation.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Doldrums
c)
Jet Stream
d)
Sea breeze
25.
Which type of energy is transferred through rays and waves?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
26.
The curvature of the wind due to Earth's spinning.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Doldrums
c)
Jet Stream
d)
Prevailing Westerlies
27.
Energy or heat transferred through touch.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
28.
Energy or heat transferred through touch.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
29.
What season is letter A?
a)
Winter
b)
Summer
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
30.
When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
31.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
32.
What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
33.
One rotation of Earth is equal to
a)
a day.
b)
a year.
34.
Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
full moon
d)
last quarter/3rd quarter
35.
Which moon phase is shown in this diagram?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
last quarter/3rd quarter
36.
A lunar eclipse is when:
a)
The shadow of Earth falls on the moon
b)
The shadow of the moon falls on the Earth
c)
The shadow of the sun falls on the moon
d)
The suns light shows red on the moon
37.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
38.
Name this phase of the moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
39.
What is this moon phase?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
40.
What conditions are needed for nuclear fusion to occur?
a)
Hot temperatures and low pressure
b)
Warm temperatures and low pressure
c)
Cold temperatures and high pressure
d)
Hot temperatures and high pressure
41.
Where does nuclear fusion occur?
a)
Space
b)
Radiation Zone
c)
Photosphere
d)
The Core
42.
What astronomer proposed the idea that our solar system was geocentric?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Galileo
d)
Hubble
43.
What model of the solar system is accepted by the scientists of today?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Flying Unicorns
d)
Terracentric
44.
Who has been widely credited with developing the heliocentric model?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Kepler
c)
Brahe
d)
Copernicus
45.
Which scientist found that planetary orbits were elliptical?
a)
Galileo
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Kepler
46.
Galileo approached questions in a fashion that is now known as what?
a)
scientific theory
b)
scientific method
c)
earth science
d)
scientific law
47.
Whose geocentric model was widely accepted for 1,400 years?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Kepler
c)
Aristarchus
d)
Ptolemy
48.
Which force in the Solar System is similar to the tension in the string?
a)
Friction
b)
Inertia
c)
Force
d)
Gravity
49.
Which planet has the greatest attraction to the sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
50.
The property of a body to resist change in motion.
a)
mass
b)
weight
c)
volume
d)
inertia
51.
The tendency of an object at rest to stay at rest unless it is acted upon by a force is ___________________
a)
inertia
b)
motion
c)
gravity
d)
lubricant
52.
Who figured out the Law of Inertia?
a)
Ike Clanton
b)
Sir Isaac Newton
c)
Bill Nye
d)
Fred Flinstone
53.
A cloud of gas and dust from which bodies in space are formed
a)
photosphere
b)
nebula
c)
solar flare
d)
Sunspot
54.
Which measurement allows scientist to compare the brightness of stars?
a)
parallax
b)
absolute magnitude
c)
red shift
d)
corona
55.
All stars begin as a __________?
a)
giant
b)
black hole
c)
white dwarf
d)
nebula
56.
Very hot stars are what color?
a)
Blue
b)
Yellow
c)
Red
d)
Orange
57.
A plot of surface temperatures of stars against their absolute magnitude is called
a)
an H-R diagram
b)
constellation map
c)
a Cepheid variable
d)
spectrum.
58.
Massive stars (between low-mass and very massive) eventually collapse into what final star remnant?
a)
Black holes
b)
Neutron stars
c)
White dwarfs
d)
Planetary nebulae
59.
Low-mass stars eventually collapse into what final star remnant?
a)
Black holes
b)
Neutron stars
c)
White dwarfs
d)
Nebulae
60.
Which of the following star remnants is the most dense?
a)
White Dwarf
b)
Neutron Star
c)
Black Hole
61.
Which stage do stars spend most of their lifetime?
a)
first stage
b)
third stage
c)
main sequence
d)
final stage
62.
Which star has the lowest luminosity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
63.
Which star has the lowest temperature?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
64.
Which star is considered a Main Sequence Star?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
65.
The inner planets are known as terrestrial planets
a)
True
b)
False
66.
The terrestrial planets are...
a)
dense and rocky
b)
gassy
c)
have many moons
d)
pretty darn far away
67.
Inner planets have the structure of
a)
Crust, Mantle, Core
b)
Atmopshere, Gas
c)
HUGEness
d)
One large body with many moons
68.
Inner planets have ______________ moons
a)
1-5
b)
many
c)
0-2
d)
up to 27
69.
The order of the planets goes...
a)
MMEV.SJNU [P]
b)
VEMS.JMNU [P]
c)
S[P]NVM.JEMU
d)
MVEM.JSUN [P]
70.
The outer planets are known as Jovian and
a)
Gas Giants
b)
Little Dippers
c)
Teeny Tiny
d)
Bill Haley and the Comets
71.
Outer planets have ______________ moons
a)
0-2
b)
many
c)
5
d)
no
72.
A unique feature of gas giants is that they have
a)
rocky terrain!
b)
crust, mantle, core!
c)
rings!
d)
high densities!
73.
Pluto is now considered a ____.
a)
dwarf planet
b)
comet
c)
meteor
74.
What is the difference between a meteoroid and meteorite?
a)
One name sounds cooler
b)
A meteorite is smaller than a meteoroid
c)
A meteorite has already hit Earths surface
d)
A meteoroid has already hit Earths surface
75.
Which of the three leave tails as they get close to the sun?
a)
Comet
b)
Meteor
c)
Asteroid
76.
What two things are left behind in the tail of a comet?
a)
Ice and Rock
b)
Ions and Dust
c)
Ions and Ice
d)
All of the above are in the tail of a comet
77.
What is an asteroid made of?
a)
Rock, Ice
b)
Rock, Carbon
c)
Rock, Lava
d)
Rock, Precious Metal
78.
Comets originate in the ________________.
a)
Asteroid Belt
b)
Sun
c)
Oort Cloud
79.
________________ are small objects made up of iron, rock, carbon that orbit around the sun.
a)
Meteors
b)
Comets
c)
Asteroids
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