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ES Final Exam Review

Total questions: 84

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A telescope that uses lenses to bring visible light to focus is known as a _____.

a)

A. refracting

b)

B. reflecting

c)

C. Very Large Array

d)

D. interferometry

2.

What is the term for the lowest point in an electromagnetic wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Thoroughfare

d)

Causeway

3.

What is the term for the peak of an electromagnetic wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Thoroughfare

d)

Causeway

4.

What happens to the energy levels of wavelengths as their frequency increases?

a)

They remain constant

b)

They decrease

c)

They increase

d)

They first increase and then decrease

5.

Is it true that telescopes are limited to detecting only the wavelengths visible to the human eye?

a)

Yes, that's true

b)

No, that's false

6.

What is the main purpose of using various types of telescopes in space exploration?

a)

It's done merely for the sake of being trendy.

b)

It's done to observe different facets of space and enhance our understanding beyond the capabilities of a single telescope.

c)

It's done to gather information about aesthetically pleasing planets in distant solar systems.

d)

It's done to prepare for human settlement in space and to find a new habitat for humanity.

7.

Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?

a)

X-Rays

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Gamma Rays

d)

Microwaves

8.

Identify the type of electromagnetic radiation with the longest wavelength from the following options.

a)

X-Rays

b)

Radio Waves

c)

Gamma Rays

d)

Microwaves

9.

Is it accurate to say that scientists rely on probes, robots, and other "ground" tools to make observations on other planets that would otherwise be impossible?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

What is the term for the material that is expelled from the moon's surface and then returns to it?

a)

albedo

b)

maria

c)

ejecta

d)

regolith

11.

What term is used to describe the proportion of sunlight that is reflected by the surface of an astronomical body?

a)

albedo

b)

maria

c)

ejecta

d)

regolith

12.

Which nation was the pioneer in reaching outer space?

a)

Brazil

b)

America

c)

China

d)

The Soviet Union

13.

Who were the first two people to set foot on the moon?

a)

Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin

b)

Yuri Gagarin & Grigori Navalny

c)

Ghenghis Khan & Vladimir Rasputin

d)

Neil Armstrong & Alan B Shepherd

14.

What term is used to describe long trails of material ejected from an impact site?

a)

Highland

b)

Impact Crater

c)

Ray

d)

Rille

15.

What is the term for moon structures that resemble valleys?

a)

Highland

b)

Impact Crater

c)

Ray

d)

Rille

16.

Most moons in the solar system are primarily composed of what material?

a)

Gas

b)

Ice

c)

Rock

d)

Sand

17.

Which type of rocks are created by the fusion of materials due to impacts on the moon's surface?

a)

Lunar Marias

b)

Lunar Breccias

c)

Lunar Sedimentary Rocks

d)

Lunar Conglomerates

18.

Which celestial body influences the Earth's tides the most?

a)

Mercury

b)

The Sun

c)

Venus

d)

The Moon

19.

What celestial alignment results in the strongest tides on Earth?

a)

The Sun and Venus

b)

The Sun and the Moon

c)

The Sun and Saturn

d)

Venus and Mars

20.

What did seafarers primarily rely on the moon for during their travels?

a)

Its color on a specific day.

b)

Their spiritual beliefs about the moon.

c)

The moon's position and phases.

21.

How many high tides and low tides do most places on Earth experience each day?

a)

Three high tides and four low tides

b)

Three high tides and three low tides

c)

Two high tides and two low tides

d)

Four high tides and two low tides

22.

What is the term for the trajectory that the moon follows around the Earth?

a)

The Rotation

b)

The Centrifuge

c)

The Irrigation

d)

The Orbit

23.

What is the term used to describe a moon's phase when it is decreasing in size?

a)

Maxing

b)

Waxing

c)

Maining

d)

Waning

24.

What is the term used to describe a moon's phase when it is increasing in size?

a)

Maxing

b)

Waxing

c)

Maining

d)

Waning

25.

Which theory, widely accepted for the moon's formation, suggests a collision between Earth and another celestial body?

a)

The Great Moon Theory

b)

The Big Collide Theory

c)

The Impact Theory

d)

The Bump Theory

26.

Which technology was used for human space missions between 1981 and 2011?

a)

Space Shuttles

b)

V2 Rockets

c)

Radio Satellites

d)

The Hubble Telescope

27.

Identify the color that is not associated with stars from the list below.

a)

White

b)

Blue-White

c)

Red

d)

Orange

e)

Purple

28.

What is the name given to a massive cloud of dust and gas where stars are formed?

a)

Galaxy

b)

Solar System

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Nebula

29.

What is the name of the EM radiation spectrum that is visible to the human eye?

a)

Audible Light Spectrum

b)

Valuable Light Spectrum

c)

Visible Light Spectrum

d)

Arguable Light Spectrum

30.

What kind of electromagnetic radiation is commonly utilized in the medical field for imaging purposes, such as detecting fractures or making diagnoses?

a)

X Rays

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Microwaves

d)

Infrared Radiation

31.

What is the term used to describe the average distance from the Earth to the Sun?

a)

A. 1 astronomical unit

b)

B. 1 mile

c)

C. 1 year

d)

D. 1 light year

32.

What is the term for the loose, ground-up rock found on the Moon's surface?

a)

A. rille

b)

B. sandstone

c)

C. regolith

d)

D. maria

33.
Why is Venus the hottest planet even though it is not the closest to the Sun?
a)
A. greenhouse effect
b)
B. high albedo
c)
C. high pressure
d)
D. sulfuric acid rain
34.
How many stars are in our solar system?
a)
A. a billion
b)
B. 2
c)
C. infinite.
d)
D. 1
35.

What are meteoroids called when they enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up completely?

a)

A. comets

b)

B. meteors

c)

C. meteorites

d)

D. asteroids

36.

In which region of the solar system are the majority of asteroids found?

a)

A. orbiting all planets

b)

B. between Mars and Jupiter

c)

C. outside of Pluto’s orbit

d)

D. between Earth and Venus

37.

How does the International Space Station maintain its orbit around Earth?

a)

A. Through gravitational pull alone

b)

B. By moving forward at the right speed while falling towards Earth

c)

C. By following an elliptical orbit

d)

D. Using tethers

38.

Which mission was the first to successfully land humans on the moon?

a)

A. Mercury 1

b)

B. Apollo 11

c)

C. Apollo 13

d)

D. Sputnik 1

39.

Who was the first human to travel into outer space?

a)

A. Neil Armstrong

b)

B. Alan Sheppard

c)

C. Yuri Gagarin

d)

D. Buzz Lightyear

40.

What is the fate of Earth when the Sun expands into a red giant?

a)

A. Earth will be pushed into a more distant orbit

b)

B. Earth will already be gone

c)

C. Earth will experience a dramatic increase in volcanic activity

d)

D. Earth will become too hot to sustain life

41.

What color are the coolest stars in the sky?

a)

A. Yellow

b)

B. Red

c)

C. Blue

d)

D. White

42.

Which of the following statements is true about the planets in our solar system?

a)

Saturn is the only planet with rings.

b)

Several planets have rings, including Saturn.

43.

What are the temperature conditions on the Moon's surface?

a)

A. They are always very hot.

b)

B. They can be either very hot or very cold.

c)

C. They are always very cold.

d)

D. They depend on the season.

44.

What color are the hottest stars in space?

a)

A. yellow

b)

B. red

c)

C. blue

d)

D. white

45.

What is a large, glowing ball of gas that generates heat and light through nuclear fusion?

a)

A. Galaxy

b)

B. Planet

c)

C. Star

d)

D. Nebula

46.

What is the reason for the absence of erosion on the Moon?

a)

A. Lack of living organisms

b)

B. Absence of rocks

c)

C. No human presence

d)

D. No atmosphere

47.

What are the dark, cooler areas found on the Sun's surface called?

a)

A. Sunspots

b)

B. Solar flares

c)

C. Coronas

d)

D. Prominences

48.

All entities and matter are contained within the

a)

A. solar system

b)

B. universe

c)

C. galaxy

d)

D. parallax

49.

What is the term for the distance that light travels in a year?

a)

A. 1 inch

b)

B. 1 kilometer

c)

C. 1 light year

d)

D. 1 billion miles

50.

What are the large objects called that range from a kilometer to hundreds of kilometers in diameter and eventually formed planets and other large stellar bodies?

a)

Meteors

b)

Asteroids

c)

Planetesimals

d)

Comets

51.
What do we call the idea that the solar system formed over a long time with many pieces coming together to form the planets and the sun?
a)
Orbit Theory
b)
Solar Theory
c)
Planetesimal Theory
d)
Formation Theory
52.
Venus, Mars, Earth, and Mercury are part of what group of planets?
a)
The Solar Planets
b)
The Inner Planets
c)
The Outer Planets
d)
The Cometary Planets
53.
What model of the solar system placed Earth at the center with all astronomical bodies and objects orbiting around the Earth?
a)
Asteroid-Centric Model
b)
Helio-Centric Model
c)
Geo-Centric Model
d)
Cometo-Centric Model
54.
Which Polish scientist was the first to really propose the idea that planets orbited the sun?
a)
Johannes Kepler
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
d)
Nicholas Copernicus
55.
What do we call the belt that separates our solar system, and especially the outer planets, from the Oort Cloud.
a)
The Oort Belt
b)
The Kuiper Belt
c)
The Pluto Belt
d)
The Outer Belt
56.
What "cloud" has trillions of comets and surrounds the solar system?
a)
The Formation Cloud
b)
The Kuiper Cloud
c)
The Outer Cloud
d)
The Oort Cloud
57.
What German scientist discovered some "laws" that explain the orbital patterns of planets and their elliptical nature?
a)
Johannes Kepler
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Ptolemy
58.
What very small dwarf planet is between Mars and the asteroid belt?
a)
Pluto
b)
Ceres
c)
Jupiter
d)
Titan
59.
What model of the solar system, that we use today, says that the Sun is in the center of the solar system with everything orbiting around it?
a)
Geocentric Model
b)
Oortcentric Model
c)
Paleocentric Model
d)
Heliocentric Model
60.
What planet is the smallest?
a)
Earth
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Neptune
61.
What planet is the largest?
a)
Earth
b)
Uranus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
62.
What scientist made astronomical observations that were accurate enough to be within a "half-arc minute" WITHOUT a telescope?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Johannes Kepler
d)
Isaac Newton
63.
What scientist first used a telescope to examine the sky and planets?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Tycho Brahe
c)
Johannes Kepler
d)
Isaac Newton
64.
Of the inner planets, which pair have well-developed atmospheres?
a)
Mars & Earth
b)
Mercury & Venus
c)
Venus & Mars
d)
Mercury & Earth
e)
Venus & Earth
65.
Suppose you were exploring a planet with a solid, rocky surface (and a crust!), what scientific term should you use to describe this type of planet?
a)
Albedo
b)
Gaseous
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Mountainous
66.
If you landed on a planet with no real solid surface, and a whole lot of gas making up its mass, what type of planet would you be on?
a)
Gaseous
b)
Cometous
c)
Terrestrial
d)
Oorteous
67.
Which pair of inner planets has little to no atmosphere at all?
a)
Venus & Mars
b)
Venus & Mercury
c)
Mercury & Earth
d)
Mercury & Mars
68.
Compare the size of the inner planets to the outer:
a)
There is no rhyme or reason to planet size, and no pattern to be observed.
b)
Inner planets are generally much smaller than the outer planets.
c)
Outer planets are generally much smaller than the inner planets.
d)
The inner and outer planets are roughly the same in size.
69.
Which of the inner planets shows evidence for liquid water existing on its surface some time in the past?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
70.
Which of the inner planets is very well studied, with humans even placing a rover device on its surface?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
71.
What astronomical object, discovered in 2003, was larger than Pluto and led to discussions about what makes something a planet or not?
a)
Ceres
b)
Saturn
c)
Eris
d)
Ganymede
72.
Which outer planet is generally less dense than water?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
73.
Which of the inner planets has an oppressively thick atmosphere, with phenomena like sulfuric acid rain?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
74.
Which outer planet has an axis so strange that it is essentially tipped sideways?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
75.
Which pair of inner planets have no moons?
a)
Mercury & Mars
b)
Mercury & Earth
c)
Mercury & Venus
d)
Venus & Mars
76.
Which outer planet has 60+ moons and a layer of liquid-hydrogen-metal under its thick atmosphere?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
77.
Which of the inner planets is particularly unique, with a much larger core than expected given its size?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Earth
d)
Mars
78.
Which outer planet was actually predicted before it was ever discovered?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
79.
The presence of which gas makes some planets appear blue even though they have no oceans?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Methane
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Carbon
80.
Which outer planet has rings so faint that they are barely visible and basically black in appearance?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Saturn
c)
Uranus
d)
Neptune
81.
What part of Earth Science that we studied do you think is the most impactful for the world and why?
4 lines
82.
Describe what would happen to the Earth if our Sun turned into another form of star, like a black dwarf?
4 lines
83.
Suppose you had to colonize a planet, what would be your main concerns for life to survive?
4 lines
84.
Compare and contrast Pick two planets then compare and contrast them by their characteristics ?
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