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EARTH SCIENCE MID TERM REVIEW

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The commandment to study and use the earth and its resources for God's glory and ma's benefit is called?

a)

Glorify

b)

Creation mandate

c)

Study of Scientific

use

d)

Secular scientist

2.

Which of the following is not an example of applying the Creation Mandate?

a)

Ridiculing a secular scientist because he believes that the earth is 4.5 billion years old

b)

Launching a satellite to improve communication

c)

Creating a device to measure earthquakes

d)

Building a dan to reduce flooding

3.

A hypothesis should be as long and complicated as possible.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is a scientific model?

a)

A describe of something in the world

b)

Represents a model of an object

c)

A paper that shows

model

d)

A model that explain how an object looks

5.

Which of the following typically comes first in the scientific process?

a)

Publishing findings

b)

Building a theory

c)

Stating a hypothesis

d)

Experimenting

6.

If scientific information is collected with an instrument containing a numerical scale, it is most likely (a)   data

7.

What is operational and historical science

a)

Operational controls objects

b)

Operational the operate the present

c)

Historical

study the dinosaur

d)

Historical the studying the pass

8.

According to an important presupposition of science, for every observable result of a process, there must be an adequate _____.

a)

Effect

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Cause

d)

Inference

9.

Is a model used as a framework to explain many observation

a)

law

b)

theory

c)

inference

d)

plasma

10.

Is a description that may include an equation with symbols

a)

theory

b)

redemption

c)

law

d)

mixture

11.

New information that a scientist obtains from analyzing date is called ___ date

a)

presupposition

b)

drived

c)

measured

d)

granite

12.

The process by which God restores all things to their original purpose of glorifying Him.

a)

Science

b)

Inference

c)

Presupposition

d)

Redemption

13.

Matter is defined as anything that...

(a)  

14.

sweetened tea would be an examine of a

a)

Pure substance

b)

Condensation

c)

Mixture

d)

Plasma

15.

Which of the following is a pure substance

a)

Aluminum

b)

Air

c)

Granite

d)

Whipped cream

16.

if a substance has a constant volume but changes shape ,it is a

a)

plasma

b)

solid

c)

liquid

d)

Gas

17.

In which state of matter do particles posses the most energy

a)

plasma

b)

temperature

c)

melting

d)

freezing

18.

A substance's state of matter is most directly affected by its

a)

temperature

b)

plasma

c)

condensation

d)

deposition

19.

The force exerted by a stalactite on the roof of the cave where it hangs is an example of

a)

friction

b)

Energy

c)

Mixture

d)

tension

20.

Which force is responsible for the grinding and wearing away of rock as a glacier moves over it?

a)

tension

b)

friction

c)

energy

d)

mixture

21.

energy is the

(a)  

22.

which of the following is a field force

a)

compression

b)

magnetism

c)

friction

d)

shear

23.

For an object to have kinetic energy, it must be

a)

standing still

b)

pushed

c)

moving

d)

tension

24.

The flow of thermal energy from a warmer to a cooler place is called ...

(a)  

25.

Which of the following is a type of light energy

a)

ultrasonic

b)

thermodynamic

c)

infrared

d)

thermal

26.

which particle is in the nucleus of every atom?

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

Ion

27.

Water is a ____

a)

Compound

b)

A pure substance

c)

A molecule

d)

All of the above

28.

Which of the following may be ultrasonic

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Sound energy

d)

Electrical energy

29.

Which of the following causes the aurora borealis, aka the northern lights

a)

Thermal energy

b)

Magnetic energy

c)

Light energy

d)

Electrical energy

30.

The atomic number of an element tells you how many ___ are in its nucleus

a)

protons

b)

ion

c)

electron

d)

neutron

31.

What is a Map scale

(a)  

32.

someone who creates map

a)

map maker

b)

cartographer

c)

cardinal direction

d)

paper

33.

what is the invisible system that takes place of visible landmarks.

a)

cartographer

b)

3D model

c)

cardinal direction

d)

equator

34.

What are latitude lines? Which way do they "run"?

a)

Flat lines running north to south

b)

Flat lines running

east to west

c)

parallel lines running north to south

d)

parallel line running east to west

35.

What is the latitude line that measures 0 degrees??

a)

flat line

b)

map

c)

cardinal direction

d)

equator

36.

what are ranges of possible values (including directions)

a)

0-90 north

b)

0-90 west

c)

0-90 south

d)

0-90 east

37.

what are longitude lines?

a)

lines

b)

semicircle

c)

flat lines

d)

sources

38.

Why is the prime meridian important

a)

Divided the north and south

b)

divided the east and the west

39.

What is another word we can use for "longitude"

a)

parallel

b)

meridians

c)

long

d)

map

40.

what are ranges of possible values(including direction)?

a)

0-180 west

b)

0-180 north

c)

0-180 south

d)

0-180 east

41.

together, latitude and longitude are called

a)

cooridinates

b)

geographic projections

c)

geographic coordinates

d)

geographic angles

42.

One degree of latitude or longitude is equal to how many nautical miles

a)

75

b)

18

c)

60

d)

90

43.

What invention(s) helped sailors determine their latitude?

a)

astrolabs

b)

sextants

c)

maps

d)

seagoing clocks

44.

What invention(s) helped sailors determine their longitude

a)

astrolabs

b)

seagoing clocks

c)

sextants

d)

map

45.

Which one (latitude or longitude) were sailors able to accurately tell first?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

46.

How are coordinates written in?

a)

miles

b)

degree

c)

hours

d)

minute/sec

e)

direction

47.

What does GPS stand for?

a)

Gravity pulling solar

b)

Global people series

c)

Global Positioning System

48.

What are 3 main parts of a map

a)

title & copyright

b)

scale

c)

compass

d)

direction

e)

key

49.

What are the 3 kinds of projection surfaces commonly used for map making

a)

plane

b)

cone

c)

cylinder

d)

trylinger

50.

A map projection with its point of contact in the center of other American would be a(n) _____ projection

a)

Polar

b)

oblique

c)

equatorial

d)

gnomic

51.

Maps of the polar regions often use a(n) _____ projection

a)

polar

b)

gnomic

c)

oblique

d)

equatorial

52.

What are thematic maps?

a)

a theme

b)

non geographic data

c)

colorful map

d)

weather maps

53.

What does GIS stand for

a)

Global Positioning System

b)

geographic coordinates

c)

geographic information system

54.

What are the 3 ways GIS data can be stored?

a)

Point

b)

line

c)

polygon

d)

phone

e)

technology

55.

What makes GIS special

(a)  

56.

What are some ways GIS date is collected?

a)

firestation location

b)

surveying

c)

testing

d)

radar

e)

acoustic sensing

57.

Earth's axis is not _____ to its orbital plane

a)

away

b)

aline

c)

perpendicular

d)

close

58.

It is angled ___ from the vertical and our season are caused by its....

a)

23.5

b)

32.5

c)

tilt

d)

angled

59.

Earth atmosphere is ____, which is different from the other planets and moons in our solar system that have dense atmosphere

a)

cloudy

b)

clear

c)

foggy

d)

sunny

60.

What space is threats dangerous location in a large galaxy like ours?

a)

the moon

b)

next to mars

c)

the galaxy

d)

spaces between spiral arms

61.

do geologist learn about the presence of layers in the rather interior by studying earthquakes waves

a)

true

b)

false

62.

The earth outer layer is made out of the ___

a)

iron

b)

crust

c)

core

d)

liquid

63.

The earth crust is made up of large divisions know as ....

a)

tectonic plates

b)

crust

c)

magnet field

d)

thinner

64.

The outer core is ..... ,and scientist believe that is possibly the source of either ....

(a)  

65.

These 3 obersavtions of the solar system give us clues about its history:

a)

composition and movement of the planets

b)

sun's gravitational pulls of orbiting body

c)

Geologic column of the rocks layers

d)

movement of the moon and other's

e)

direction of the rotation

66.

Which 2 planets raise major questions about the validity of the commonly accepted model for the origin of the solar system because of the way they rotate?

a)

mars

b)

venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

uranus

67.

What are 2 way that geologists can date a rock stratum

a)

ratiometric dating

b)

relative dating

c)

superposition

d)

stratum

68.

Geologists determine the relative date of rock layer by applying the principle 12 week

(a)  

69.

The principle of superposition states

a)

lower layers of rocks formed before the top

b)

multiples layers of rock

c)

one layer of rocks

70.

The Continental .... Theory is the theory that continents have...

a)

close

b)

drift

c)

slowly drifted to their current positions

d)

many theory of how they got to their current locations

71.

Geologists discovered that the rock on opposite ides of underwater mountain ranges - mid-ocean -ridges- contained the same...

a)

lithosphere

b)

rifts

c)

magma

d)

magnetic pattern

72.

Which of the following has been used to hypothesize which contents were at one time joined?

a)

Climates

b)

Magnetic crystals

c)

Glaciers

d)

Mountains

73.

Sea-floor spreading is...

a)

formation of new ocean crust at the mid ocean ridge

b)

new crust

c)

sea of the floor spread apart

74.

Tectonics is the study of....

a)

earth shaping processes and the structures they form

b)

earth's oceanic and continental plates

c)

earth's lithosphere

d)

glaciers

75.

How many tectonic plates does Earth have?

a)

16

b)

10

c)

7

d)

15

76.

Most tectonic plates contain both

a)

continental & oceanic crust

b)

magma

c)

magnetic patterns

d)

rifts

77.

When does subduction happen?

a)

when oceanic plates slide underneath continental plates

b)

never

c)

when there is an explosion

d)

when continental plates slide underneath oceanic plates

78.

A glacier is..

a)

a mass of ice produced when snow builds up and compacts

b)

water that has melted

c)

magma that rises until they hit the bottom of earth's lithosphere

79.

2 examples of evidence of glaciers that no longer exists

a)

glacial ridges

b)

u-shaped valleys

c)

nebular hypothesis

d)

planetesimals

80.

Who suggested that our solar system and its planets formed slowly from a cloud of dust and gas called a nebula?

a)

immanuel can

b)

immanuel kant

c)

George Washington

81.

how many years ago did earth start forming according to secular scientists?

a)

4.5 billion years ago

b)

2 million years ago

c)

7000 years ago

d)

100 years ago

82.

which hypothesis has been developed by secular scientists to describe how our solar system came into existence?

a)

nebular hypothesis

b)

continental drift hypothesis

83.

According to the nebular hypothesis ,all planets began as

a)

a planet

b)

a small dot

c)

a gas

d)

planetesimals

84.

Secular scientist believe an explanation for our solar system's organ called the

a)

plaensimal

b)

nebular

c)

the moon

d)

nebular hypothesis

85.

Which of the following features that exist today do secular scientists believe formed first?

a)

Atmospheric oxygen

b)

continents

c)

the moon

d)

oceans

86.

Which events came last in the old-earth story?

a)

ice ages

b)

the formation of the earth from dust an gases

c)

the hardening of the earth crust

d)

the formation of the moon

87.

Secular geologist believe that Pangea was made of many ... plates that broke apart and eventually formed ... that we see today

a)

contental

b)

land

c)

continents

d)

surf

88.

Palentologists study the ...

a)

contental

b)

glacial period

c)

evolution of life

d)

continents

89.

An ice age, or a ....... Is a period when deep continental glaciers covered a large part of ...

a)

cooled

b)

glacial

c)

crust

d)

earth surface

90.

According to old-earth geologists,a gradual____ of both continents and oceans was necessary for a glacial period to begin

a)

cooling

b)

hot

c)

cold

d)

warm

91.

A world view is based on

(a)  

92.

do scientists not like controlled experiments

a)

True

b)

False

93.

What is planetesimals

a)

Gas to turn into plants

b)

small bodies of rock

c)

Particles into a planet

d)

rocks combined