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Earth Science Midterm Exam Review . NOTE : You do not need to study the challenge questions for the exam. Moon Features. Since the moon has no atmosphere, then A. it experiences big temperature changes from day to night. B. it experiences no erosion. C. it gets bombarded by meteorites. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
NOTE: You do not need to study the challenge
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EARTH SCIENCE MIDTERM EXAM
REVIEW
• Since the moon has no atmosphere, then
• A. it experiences big temperature changes from day to night.
• B. it experiences no erosion.
• C. it gets bombarded by meteorites.
• D. all of the above.
MOON FEATURES
• Who publically opposed the Apollo moon landing?
• A. Carl Sagan
• B. Richard Nixon
• C. Walt Disney
• D. Mohammed Ali
CHALLENGE! (MOON FEATURES)
• What phase of the moon do you see here?
• A. Full moon
• B. First quarter
• C. Waxing crescent
• D. Waning gibbous
PHASES OF THE MOON
• What movie will sync up with the Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd?
• A. Snow White
• B. Willy Wonka
• C. Wizard of Oz
• D. Wall-E
CHALLENGE! (PHASES OF THE MOON)
• In order to have a lunar eclipse, the following objects must be in what order?
• A. moon-earth-sun
• B. Earth-sun-moon
• C. moon-sun-Earth
• D. None of these
ECLIPSES
• How wide is the moon’s umbra during a solar eclipse? (average)
• A. 1 mile
• B. 10 miles
• C. 100 miles
• D. 1000 miles
CHALLENGE! (ECLIPSES)
• What type of tide do you see here?
• A. Spring tide
• B. Neap tide
• C. Rip tide
• D. Roll tide
TIDES
• Where could you experience a tidal bore?
• A. The Atlantic Ocean
• B. The Sienne River
• C. The Great Lakes
• D. None of these
CHALLENGE! (TIDES)
• How did Kepler improve the Copernican model?
• A. He put the Sun in the center.
• B. He put the Earth in the center.
• C. He said the orbits were elliptical.
• D. He added comets.
SS MODELS
• Where is the Very Large Array?
• (27 radio telescopes used to collect pictures from satellites in space)
• A. New York
• B. New Guinea
• C. New Mexico
• D. New Zealand
CHALLENGE! (SS MODELS)
• Where is the convective zone?
• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
SUN FEATURES
• If we could gather all the energy the sun put out in one second, for how long could we power all our needs on Earth?
• A. 5 years
• B. 500 years
• C. 500,000 years
• D. 5 million years
CHALLENGE! (SUN FEATURES)
• Which of the following causes seasons?
• A. Earth’s tilted axis
• B. Earth’s elliptical orbit
• C. The moon
• D. Solar wind
SEASONS
• Where and when could a person develop insomnia due to lack of nightfall?
• A. The equator at noon
• B. Northern Alaska in summer
• C. Mt. Everest in summer
• D. Death Valley in winter
CHALLENGE! (SEASONS)
• What planet is found between the asteroid belt and Saturn?
• A. Mars
• B. Earth
• C. Neptune
• D. Jupiter
PLANETS
• Mars Curiosity Rover recently found
• A. The “flower” rock.
• B. a small stream
• C. martian fossils.
• D. gold.
CHALLENGE! (PLANETS)
• What is the name of the rocky center of a comet?
• A. Core
• B. Mantle
• C. Coma
• D. Nucleus
COMETS
• How close did Comet Hyakutake (1996) came within ___ of Earth.
• A. 9.3 miles
• B. 9.3 thousand miles
• C. 9.3 million miles
• D. 9.3 light minutes
CHALLENGE! (COMETS)
• Shooting stars are not stars at all… they are actually
• A. Meteoroids.
• B. Meteors.
• C. Meteorites.
• D. Comets.
EARTH IMPACTS
• How big was the meteorite that made this crater (Meteor Crater in AZ)?
• A. School bus
• B. High school
• C. High school weight room
• D. The football stadium
CHALLENGE! (EARTH IMPACTS)
• While the universe is about 14 billion years old, the solar system is about
• A. 1 billion years old.
• B. 5 billion years old.
• C. 10 billion years old.
• D. a google years old.
SS FORMATION
• Many planets of the solar system may have formed from a star that had been recycled ___.
• A. Never
• B. Once
• C. Twice
• D. 100 times
CHALLENGE! (SS FORMATION)
• The Sun is ___ away.
• A. 93 billion miles
• B. 1 AU
• C. 150 km
• D. 8 light years
DISTANCES
• How far away is the Hubble Telescope?
• 347 miles
• 347 light seconds
• 347 light minutes
• 347 AU
CHALLENGE! (DISTANCES)
• What stage is blocked by the gray box?
• A. Supernova
• B. Main sequence
• C. Nebula
• D. White dwarf
STAR LIFE CYCLE
• How many supernovas happen in the universe per year?
• Our galaxy has about two per century.
• A. 100
• B. 100,000
• C. 1,000,000
• D. 1,000,000,000
CHALLENGE! (STAR LIFE CYCLE)
• Which of the following belongs in this list?
• BLACK HOLE, PROTOSTAR, SUPERNOVA
• A. main sequence
• B. Galaxy
• C. Constellation
• D. Comet
STARS
• What European soccer team’s nickname is inspired by our galaxy’s nickname?
• A. Real Madrid
• B. Chelsea
• C. Newcastle
• D. Los Angeles
CHALLENGE! (STARS)
• What shape is the Milky Way?
• A. Irregular
• B. Spiral
• C. Sombrero
• D. Amoeba
GALAXIES
• Where is the Sun?
• A. The Orion Arm
• B. The exact center of the SS
• C. The middle of the Milky Way
• D. The Andromeda Galaxy
CHALLENGE! (GALAXIES)
• What type of star is Rigel?
• A. Giant
• B. Blue supernova
• C. Blue supergiant
• D. White dwarf
HR DIAGRAM
• What nationalities were the two men that made the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
• A. American and German
• B. English and Swedish
• C. Scottish and South African
• D. American and Danish
CHALLENGE! (HR DIAGRAM)
• The diagram here explains how
• A. Stars that are moving away show red shift.
• B. Stars that are moving away show blue shift.
• C. Stars don’t move.
• D. Stars emit slinkies into your eye if you wear a hair piece.
BIG BANG
• Who suggested that there was no such thing as linear time before the Big Bang?
• A. Stephen Hawking
• B. Albert Einstein
• C. Carl Sagan
• D. Edwin Hubble
CHALLENGE! (BIG BANG)
• The Sun has an average ___ magnitude.
• A. Absolute
• B. Apparent
• C. Relative
• D. Convective
MAGNITUDE
• In terms of apparent magnitude, what is three times brighter than Venus?
• A. The Sun
• B. A full moon
• C. A new moon
• D. Saturn
CHALLENGE! (MAGNITUDE)
• Which of the following is NOT true about the troposphere?
• A. It is the air we breathe.
• B. It has our weather.
• C. It has the ozone layer.
• D. It is the most dense.
ATMOSPHERE
• The highest wind ever recorded on Earth (231 mph) occurred where?
• A. Mount Washington, NH
• B. Green Bay, WI
• C. New Orleans, LA
• D. Death Valley, CA
CHALLENGE! (ATMOSPHERE)
• As humidity increases…
• A. the air gets more saturated.
• B. the air gets heavier.
• C. the air gets colder.
• D. dew freezes.
HUMIDITY
• What US city gets the LEAST precipitation per year? (2.65 in)
• A. Denver, CO
• B. Yuma, AZ
• C. Cheyenne, WY
• D. Bishop, CA
CHALLENGE! (HUMIDITY)
• Carbon dioxide is NOT increased when
• A. fossil fuels are burned.
• B. biomass is burned.
• C. volcanoes erupt.
• D. the air gets humid.
POLLUTION
• What greenhouse gas is buried in Siberian ice? When the ice melts, this gas will increase global warming significantly.
• A. Nitrous oxide
• B. Water vapor
• C. Methane
• D. Propane
CHALLENGE! (POLLUTION)
• What can be determined from this station model?
• A. Wind speed
• B. Wind direction
• C. Cloud cover
• D. All of the above
WEATHER STATIONS
• What year in the US was the warmest on record and the 2nd most extreme in weather conditions?
• A. 2012
• B. 2009
• C. 1992
• D. 1906
CHALLENGE! (WEATHER STATIONS)
• Where would the coldest air be?
• A. Gold star
• B. Purple star
• C. Red star
• D. Green star
FRONTS
• In 1985, Virginia recorded its lowest temperature ever. It was
• A. -60 F
• B. -30 F
• C. -3 F
• D. Absolute zero
CHALLENGE! (FRONTS)
• Which of the following is the largest?
• A. Star system
• B. Universe
• C. Galaxy
• D. Star
SIZE
• What is my high score in bowling?
• A. 300
• B. 3000
• C. 256
• D. 255
CHALLENGE! (SIZE)