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1st Semester Earth Science Final

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the things made of matter

a)

Pencil

b)

Sound

c)

Light

d)

laser beam

2.

How much matter an object contains for it´s size

a)

Mass

b)

Density

c)

Matter

d)

Volume

3.

Which material allows electricity to flow through them?

a)

Electrical insulator

b)

Heat conductor

c)

Electrical connductor

d)

Heat Insulator

4.

The temperature at which a substance changes state from solid to liquid is called?

a)

Boiling point

b)

Freezing point

c)

Melting point

d)

Sublimation point

5.

Boiling point is the temperature at which a substance changes state from...

a)

a solid to a gas

b)

a liquid to a gas

c)

a gas to a solid

d)

a liquid to a solid

6.

How would we demonstrate ductility?

a)

Pushing electricity through a metal

b)

Heating a metal until it melts

c)

Taking metal and stretching it out into wire.

d)

Dissolving metal in acid to make a solution.

7.

The information you collect while doing your experiment is called

a)

conclusions

b)

data

c)

hypotheses

d)

procedures

8.

A testable explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

a)

data

b)

theory

c)

hypothesis

d)

fact

9.

What is the first step in the scientific method?

a)

Data

b)

Conclusion

c)

No Horse Play

d)

Observe a problem

10.

This step of the scientific method is an educated guess or a prediction. 

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Research

c)

Observation

d)

Conclusion

11.

"If plants are exposed to sunlight, then they will grow taller."

What part of the scientific method is this an example of?

a)

Procedure

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Results

12.

Which of the following is an example of an observation:

a)

Hurricanes seem to make rough waves

b)

Hurricanes lose strength over land

c)

The waves are rough today

d)

Hurricanes rotate since the Earth also rotates

13.

A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.

a)

galaxy

b)

solar system

c)

universe

d)

planet

14.

A giant cloud of dust and gas in space...

a)

Star

b)

Nebula

c)

Planet

d)

Galaxy

15.

A unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607 × 1012 km (nearly 6 trillion miles).

a)

Light Year

b)

Light Minute

c)

Light Day

d)

Speed

16.

A region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.

a)

Black Hole

b)

Star

c)

Dark Matter

d)

Dark Energy

17.

Two spacecraft launched in 1977 designed to study the outermost planets.

a)

Artemis 1 and 2

b)

Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger

c)

Apollo 1 and 2

d)

Voyager 1 and 2

18.

A set of planets and celestial material surrounding a central star.

a)

Solar System

b)

Solar Structure

c)

Blackhole

d)

White Dwarf

19.

Big Bang Theory

a)

A award winning sitcom

b)

The idea that the universe began as one central point and expands out.

c)

A word for something that does not exist

d)

Bro, I have no idea...

20.

During the main sequence stage of a stars life, what is the fuel that is fused into helium?

a)

Helium

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Neon

d)

Carbon

21.

In a high mass star what stage occurs after the protostar phase?

a)

Main sequence

b)

Supernova

c)

Neutron star

d)

Red super giant

22.

Fusion is...

a)

combining lighter elements into heavier elements

b)

splitting heavy elements into lighter ones

c)

chemically bonding elements together

23.

What are three stages of a stars life that high mass and average mass stars go through?

a)

stellar nebula, black hole, main sequence

b)

stellar nebula, protostar, main sequence

c)

planetary nebula, protostar, red giant

d)

high mass and average mass stars do not go through the same stages at all

24.

What is the Doppler Effect?

a)

The idea that the frequency of a wave will change with movement

b)

The idea that frequency will change being stationary

c)

When sound waves change due to the temp of the sun.

d)

When the sun changes frequency

25.

This is evidence offered to support the idea of the Big Bang

a)

What is CBR 600

b)

What is CRMB

c)

What is Blue Shift

d)

What is Red Shift

26.

What celestial body eventually evolved into our modern solar system?

a)

A nebula

b)

a supernova

c)

a quasar

d)

a galaxy

27.

A nebula starts to collapse because of:

a)

A nearby star shining it's light

b)

A passing spaceship

c)

A passing comet

d)

Gravity

28.

The group of inner planets are known as:

a)

The Terrestrial Planets

b)

The Gas Giants

c)

The Outer Planets

d)

The Hallow Planents

29.

The group of outer planets are known as:

a)

The Terrestrial Planets

b)

The Gas Giants

c)

The Inner Planets

d)

The Rocky Planets

30.

Where in our solar system would you expect to find a planet that is mostly made of gas?

a)

very close to the sun

b)

outside of the sun's gravitational pull

c)

very far from the sun

d)

very close to other planets

31.

How do we know the universe is expanding?

a)

The Hubble Space Telescope

b)

Infrared Waves

c)

X-Rays

d)

Doppler (red) shift

32.

The streak of light that is seen when a space rock enters the planet's atmosphere.

a)

meteorite

b)

meteor

c)

asteroid

d)

comet

33.

Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called:

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Meteroids

d)

Meteors

34.

Their orbits exist mostly between Mars and Jupiter...

a)

Meteor

b)

Coma

c)

Asteroids

d)

Meteoroid

35.

Jupiter is so unimaginably large, if Earth was a grape, then Jupiter would be the size of a...

a)

tennis ball

b)

soccer ball

c)

Basketball

d)

Football

36.

Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, Venus is the hottest of all planets in the solar system.

a)

Yes

b)

No

37.

What are the 4 outer planets?

a)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

b)

Uranus, Mercury, Earth, Mars

c)

Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune

d)

Jupiter, Saturn, Earth, Mars

38.

The inner planets share 2 qualities or characteristics

a)

Humans can live on them, they all have water

b)

They are rocky, and humans can find food on them

c)

They are rocky and close to the Sun

d)

They are close to the Sun, and humans can live on them

39.

The first planet, closest to the Sun, and the smallest planet. Is extremely hot during the day and freezing cold at night.

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Uranus

40.

The second planet from the Sun, the atmosphere is made up of 96% carbon dioxide, extremely hot and the atmospheric pressure is bone crushing.

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mars

d)

Saturn

41.

The third planet from the Sun, has liquid water, and keeps a temperature that allows humans to live.

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Mars

42.

The fourth planet from the Sun, called the Red planet, and extensively explored and observed

a)

Neptune

b)

Venus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Mars

43.

The fifth planet, the largest planet and has a large storm called the Giant Red Spot that is visible from Earth

a)

Neptune

b)

Uranus

c)

Jupiter

d)

Earth

44.

Discovered in 1930, originally a planet and then switched to a dwarf planet in 2006.

a)

Pluto

b)

Neptune

c)

Uranus

d)

Jupiter

45.

Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

The Sun is the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

b)

Our solar system is near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

c)

The Sun is the center of the solar system.

d)

The galactic center is the center of our solar system.

46.

This planet can be referred to as Earth's ✨TWIN✨

a)

Mars

b)

Earth

c)

Venus

d)

Mercury

47.

Observations...

a)

Require inferences to be made

b)

Do not lead to inferences

c)

Are made using your senses

d)

Only take place prior to a hypothesis.

48.

Which of the following is an example of an observation:

a)

The ocean creates foam when there are rough waves

b)

The seaweed grows best with nutrients

c)

The seaweed floats on the ocean water

d)

The stronger the winds the bigger the waves are

49.

What is this? Yesterday, Joe bench pressed 350 pounds five times.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitative Data

c)

Raw Data

d)

Cooked Data

50.

The liquid in the test tube changed color and began to smoke.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitative Data