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Earth Science-Final Exam Review Ch. 17-25

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular 
d)
Irrational
2.
What type of galaxy has no defined pattern or shape?
a)
Spiral 
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Constellation
3.
What type of galaxy is this?
a)
Spiral
b)
Elliptical
c)
Irregular
d)
Irrational
4.

What type of galaxy is this?

a)

Irregular

b)

Spiral

c)

Barred Spiral

d)

Elliptical

5.

Our galaxy is the Milky Way. From the side, the Milky Way would like a flat disc, with a bulge in the middle. From above, it has “arms” of stars that curve around the central bulge of stars. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

a)

a planetary nebula

b)

a spiral galaxy

c)

an irregular galaxy

d)

an elliptical galaxy

6.

What can be concluded from Hubble’s Law about galaxies that have less of a redshift than other galaxies?

a)

They are, in general, moving faster away from Earth than galaxies with a larger redshift.

b)

They are, in general, moving more slowly away from Earth than galaxies with a larger redshift.

c)

They have fewer stars in their galaxies than the Milky Way does.

d)

They are farther from Earth than galaxies with a larger redshift.

7.
What is the name of baby stars?
a)
Dwarf
b)
Supergiant
c)
Protostars
d)
Nebulas
8.
What is the name of the explosion at the death of a massive star?
a)
Supergiant
b)
Supernova
c)
Black Hole
d)
Nebula
9.
Most stars are made of which elements?
a)
Hydrogen only
b)
Hydrogen and Lithium
c)
Hydrogen and Sodium
d)
Hydrogen and Helium
10.
When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:
a)
waning
b)
full
c)
waxing
d)
new
11.
Changes in the moon's appearance are
a)
phases
b)
eclipses
c)
stages
d)
cycle
12.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waning Gibbous
13.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
14.
Which of these statements about the Moon's atmosphere are TRUE?
a)
Moon has a thin atmosphere with few clouds
b)
Moon has a thin atmosphere but no clouds
c)
Moon has almost no atmosphere
15.

A large, flat land area composed of dark lava flows on the surface of the moon is _______

a)

Highlands

b)

Maria

c)

Rille

d)

Craters

16.
What type of eclipse is this?
a)
Total lunar eclipse
b)
Total solar eclipse
c)
Partial lunar eclipse
d)
Partial solar eclipse
17.

When the moon is lined up exactly between the sun and Earth, it is called a ______ ______.

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

18.

What is the process called when water vapor (a gas) becomes a liquid

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

freezing

d)

melting

19.
Which will most likely form during the condensation process?
a)
rain
b)
hail
c)
clouds
d)
runoff
20.

The temperature at which the air become completely saturated with water vapor is called

a)

humidity

b)

dew point

c)

air density

d)

air pressure

21.

Humidity is the

a)

air density from cold air masses

b)

amount of air pressure in the air.

c)

amount of water vapor present in the air.

d)

concentration of water vapor that form clouds in the air.

22.

Type of cloud associated with thunderstorms and heavy precipitation

a)

stratocumulus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

nimbostratus

d)

cumulus

23.

The low-level featureless sheet of clouds that sometimes appear in the surface of the Earth in the form of mist or fog.

a)

stratus

b)

cirrus

c)

nimbus

d)

cumulus

24.

What cloud is the closest to the ground?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

nimbus

d)

cumulonimbus

25.

How is a cirrus cloud described?

a)

wispy, stringy clouds

b)

low, gray rain clouds

c)

puffy, lumpy looking clouds

d)

layered clouds

26.

Clouds are formed by the process of ______________________.

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

collection

27.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
28.
What is the condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place?
a)
climate
b)
temperature
c)
weather
d)
air pressure
29.
They are highest clouds in the sky. They look curly, white and feathery. Usually mean good weather.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Stratus
30.
When does a thunderstorm become a tornado?
a)
When it touches the ground.
b)
When it is big.
c)
When it sounds like a train.
d)
When it blows hard.
31.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
32.
What heats the Earth's surface?
a)
the moon
b)
the sun
c)
the ocean
d)
the sky
33.
Atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a particular place at a particular time
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
air pressure
d)
precipitation
34.
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.
a)
thermosphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
troposphere
35.

The process in which hot air rises and cool air sinks is called...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

magnetism

36.

The rotation of the Earth causes winds to bend due to the...

a)

coriolis effect

b)

doldrums

c)

trade winds

d)

prevailing westerlies

37.

Winds that blow from 300 latitude to the equator are called...

a)

prevailing westerlies

b)

polar easterlies

c)

trade winds

d)

horse latitudes

38.

Winds that blow from 300 latitude to 600 latitude are called...

a)

polar easterlies

b)

prevailing westerlies

c)

trade winds

d)

doldrums

39.

Cooler air sinks at 300 latitude causing a windless area known as...

a)

doldrums

b)

horse latitudes

c)

polar easterlies

d)

prevailing westerlies

40.

Which global winds move FROM the east to the west?

a)

Doldrums

b)

Horse Latitudes

c)

Prevailing Westerlies

d)

Polar Easterlies

41.
What type of storm front is this? 
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
42.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
43.
What symbol is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
44.

An air mass has similar

a)

temperature and moisture

b)

cold and wind

c)

rain and temperature

d)

warm and dry

45.

What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

a)

Thunderstorms

b)

Sunny skies

c)

Gentle rain

d)

No weather

46.
What types of air masses form over land?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
47.
What types of air masses form over oceans?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
48.

Which of the following best describes hurricane's eye wall?

a)

It has the clearest skies and lightest winds

b)

It has the heaviest precipitation and strongest winds

c)

The calm area that surrounds the hurricane

d)

All of these

49.

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from the base of a thunderstorm.

a)

Funnel Cloud

b)

Tornado

c)

Condensation Funnel

d)

Thunderstorm

50.

A scale of wind damage intensity in which wind speeds are inferred from an analysis of wind damage.

a)

Saffir-Simpson scale

b)

Fujita scale

c)

Wind speed scale

d)

Damage indicator scale

51.

A small-scale current of rising air. If the air is sufficiently moist, then the moisture condenses to become a cumulus cloud or an individual tower of a towering cumulus

a)

Updraft

b)

Straight-line winds

c)

Suction vortex

d)

Downdraft

52.

What is the biggest difference between the Geocentric Model and the Heliocentric Model?

a)

the shape of the planets' orbits

b)

the movement of the moon

c)

the center of the solar system

53.

Kepler's first law states that the orbits of the planets are in the shape of a/an...

a)

perfect circle

b)

ellipse

c)

spiral

54.

What is at the middle of a Heliocentric system?

a)

Mars

b)

Moon

c)

Sun

d)

Earth

55.
Which astronomer of antiquity measured the size of the earth?
a)
Aristarchus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Copernicus
d)
Eratosthenes
56.
Who first suggested that earth rotated on its axis?
a)
Tycho Brahe
b)
Aristarchus
c)
Aristotle
d)
Copernicus
57.
discovered Jupiter's four moons
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo
c)
Brahe
d)
Aristotle
58.
This astronomer was convinced this image was accurate.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Brahe
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
59.

What gas makes up 21% of Earth's Atmosphere?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Oxygen

c)

Ozone

d)

None of the Above

60.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Stratosphere

d)

Exosphere

61.

The layer where most meteorites vaporize?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Troposphere

d)

Mesosphere

62.

The _____ protects us from Earth's harmful UV rays.

a)

Ozone

b)

Troposphere

c)

Clouds

d)

Exosphere

63.

What is the hottest layer of the atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Exosphere

d)

Thermosphere

64.

The mesosphere helps protect the Earth from:

a)

Dangerous cosmic rays.

b)

The impact of meteors.

c)

The effect of Solar Flares.

d)

Harmful weather

65.

The day of the year with the most daylight hours is the

a)

spring equinox

b)

fall equinox

c)

summer solstice

d)

winter solstice

66.

The day of the year with the fewest daylight hours is called the

a)

spring equinox

b)

fall equinox

c)

summer solstice

d)

winter solstice

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