Worksheets2019 Earth Science Mid Term Prep
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
As altitude increases,
air pressure decreases, and density increases.
air pressure increases, and density decreases.
air pressure and density increase.
air pressure and density decrease.
Most weather takes place in the
stratosphere.
thermosphere
troposphere.
mesosphere.
As Earth completes one orbit around the sun, it has completed one
A rotation
B year
C revolution
A and C
The daily breezes that occur in a city that is located near a large body of water are examples of
local winds.
monsoons
global winds.
westerlies.
Low, flat layers of clouds that often cover much of the sky and produce steady and widespread rain are
cumulonimbus clouds.
cirrus clouds.
nimbostratus clouds.
altostratus clouds.
What type of front forms when two unlike air masses form a boundary, but neither is moving?
warm
cold
stationary
occluded
Which of the following factors affect a region’s temperature?
latitude and altitude
distance from large bodies of water
ocean currents
all of them Wiz
Which of the following helps explain why the planets remain in motion around the sun?
A density
B gravity
C inertia
D. B and C
How might a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere on the moon affect the range of temperatures on the moon?
An atmosphere might hold heat in, making the moon very hot.
An atmosphere might block heat radiating from the sun, making the moon very cold.
An atmosphere might moderate temperatures, making them more even, as on Earth.
An atmosphere would have no effect on the range of temperatures on the moon.
The moon most likely formed
from a collision of Earth with a Mars-sized object.
in another region of space and drifted toward Earth.
from material in the solar system that came together.
in the same way as Earth was formed.
Ocean tides are the result of
the rotation of Earth.
the sun’s gravitational pull on Earth.
changes in Earth’s orbital position around the sun.
differences in both the sun’s and moon’s gravitational pull on Earth.
According to the nebular theory, the solar system formed from
accretion of protoplanets.
burning off of extrasolar debris
crumbling of one nebular protomass
all of them Wiz
What will happen to the relative amounts of hydrogen and helium in the sun over the next few billion years?
Hydrogen will increase and helium will decrease.
Hydrogen will decrease and helium will increase.
Both hydrogen and helium will decrease.
Both hydrogen and helium will remain the same.
Astronomers classify stars on an H-R diagram according to their
distance from Earth.
color, size, and absolute brightness.
age and parallax.
all of the above
All stars remain on the main sequence
until they stabilize.
for about 90 percent of their lifetimes.
until they become protostars.
for about 10 billion years.
