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Earth Science Q1 MQE

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where does the Earth bulge that makes it an imperfect sphere?

(a)  

2.

Where was Eratosthenes when he observed the shadow of the stick?

(a)  

3.

What is the unit of measure based on the size of a large sports arena with tiered spectator seats?

(a)  

4.

What date does Eratosthenes observe the shadows?

(a)  

5.

What are the reference lines that passes through both poles?

(a)  

6.

What is the value for the acceleration due to gravity on Earth in ms2\frac{m}{s^2}  ?

(a)  

7.

How many thousands of kilometers is the Earth's radius?

(a)  

8.

What is the last name of the scientist who was able to determine the Gravitational Constant?

(a)  

9.

Which is the direction of the Gravitational Force on a mass?

a)

towards the other mass

b)

away from the other mass

c)

away from the mass

d)

towards the mass

10.

How would doubling the distance affect the gravitational force between 2 masses? The force would...

a)

double the original force

b)

half of the original force

c)

a fourth of the original force

d)

four times the original force

11.

How many hundreds of kilometers is 1 degree in Earth coordinates?

(a)  

12.

What longitude is the Prime Meridian in degrees?

(a)  

13.

What ocean is the International Date line found?

(a)  

14.

What hemisphere is the Philippines found?

(a)  

15.

How many degrees longitude is the North pole?

(a)  

16.

What is the value of X to get the formula of the volume of a sphere?  v=Xπr23v=\frac{X\pi r^2}{3}  



(a)  

17.

How many hours does it take for the Earth to turn  360°360\degree  ?



(a)  

18.

How many days exactly does it take for the Earth to go around the sun?

(a)  

19.

Which of the following is needed to compute for the orbital speed of the Earth?

a)

equatorial radius of the Earth

b)

orbital radius of the Earth

c)

mass of the Earth

d)

Length of 1 day

20.

What does the angle in the formula for the Angular speed of the Earth represent?

a)

Angle between 2 locations

b)

Angle between shadow and stick

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

21.

What is the shape of the map produced by cylindrical map projections?

(a)  

22.

Which type of mathematical map projection uses ellipses to represent longitudes?

a)

Dymaxion

b)

Homolographic

c)

Homolosine

d)

Mercator

23.

Which type of map projection produces circular maps?

a)

Cylindrical

b)

Conical

c)

Azimuthal

d)

Mathematical

24.

What is the main use of Mercator world maps?

(a)  

25.

What 3D shape did Buckminster fuller use to map the globe onto a flat surface?

(a)