Earth And Space Science Final Exam
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- 1.At the equator, the sun's rays always strike Earth
- A.
At a low angle
- B.
At nearly a 90 degree angle
- C.
18 hours each day
- D.
No more than 8 hours each day.
- 2.Which of the following is not used as evidence of past climates?
- A.
Ice cores
- B.
General circulation models
- C.
Tree rings
- D.
Fossils
- 3.Water cools
- A.
More slowly than land does
- B.
More quickly than land does
- C.
Only during evaporation
- D.
During global warming
- 4.Ocean currrents influence temperature by
- A.
Eroding shorelines
- B.
Heating or cooling the air
- C.
Washing warm, dry sediments out to sea
- D.
Dispersing the rays of the sun
- 5.Winds that blow in opposite directions in different seasons because of the differential heating of the land and the oceans are called
- A.
Chinooks
- B.
Foehn
- C.
Monsoons
- D.
El Nino
- 6.When a moving air mass encounters a mountain range, the air mass
- A.
Stops moving
- B.
Slows and sinks
- C.
Rises and cools
- D.
Reverses its direction
- 7.In regions that have a mediterranean climate, almost all of the yearly precipitation falls
- A.
During monsoons
- B.
In the summer
- C.
In the winter
- D.
During hurricanes
- 8.The climate that has the largest annual temperature range is the
- A.
Subarctic climate
- B.
Middle-latitude desert climate
- C.
Mediterranean climate
- D.
Humid continental climate
- 9.The pavement and buildings in cities affect the local climate by
- A.
Decreasing the temperature
- B.
Increasing the temperature
- C.
Increasing the precipitation
- D.
Decreasing the precipitation
- 10.Stars organized into a pattern are
- A.
Perihelions
- B.
Satellites
- C.
Constellations
- D.
Telescopes
- 11.Days are caused by Earth's
- A.
Perihelion
- B.
Aphelion
- C.
Revolution
- D.
Rotation
- 12.The seasons are caused by
- A.
Earth's distance from the sun
- B.
The tilt of Earth's axis
- C.
The sun's temperature
- D.
The calendar
- 13.Which of the following is a tool that is used by astronomers to study radiation?
- A.
A computer model
- B.
A ground-based telescope
- C.
A Foucalt pendulum
- D.
A calendar
- 14.Which of the following is evidence of Earth's revolution?
- A.
The Foucault pendulum
- B.
The Coriolis effect
- C.
Night and day
- D.
Constellation movement
- 15.Which of the following forms of radiation can be shielded by Earth's atmosphere?
- A.
Gamma rays
- B.
Radio waves
- C.
Visible light
- D.
All of the above
- 16.Which of the following is not a space telescope?
- A.
Hubble Space Telescope
- B.
Chandra X-ray Observatory
- C.
Challenger
- D.
Spitzer Space Telescope
- 17.Which of the following marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?
- A.
Vernal equinox
- B.
Autumnal equinox
- C.
Summer solstice
- D.
Winter solstice
- 18.Which of the following is evidence of Earth's rotation?
- A.
The Foucault pendulum
- B.
Day and night
- C.
The Coriolis effect
- D.
All of the above
- 19.Copernicus's model of the solar system is
- A.
Geocentric
- B.
Lunocentric
- C.
Ethnocentric
- D.
Heliocentric
- 20.Kepler's first law states that each planet orbits the sun in a path called a(n)
- A.
Ellipse
- B.
Circle
- C.
Epicycle
- D.
Period
- 21.The most distinctive feature of Jupiter is its
- A.
Great Red Spot
- B.
Great Dark Spot
- C.
Ring
- D.
Elongated orbit
- 22.The planet that has an axis of rotation that is almost parallel to the plane of its orbit is
- A.
Venus
- B.
Jupiter
- C.
Uranus
- D.
Neptune
- 23.The tilt of the axis of Mars is nearly the same as that of
- A.
Mercury
- B.
Venus
- C.
Earth
- D.
Jupiter
- 24.The planet that rotates faster than any other planet in the solar system is
- A.
Earth
- B.
Jupiter
- C.
Uranus
- D.
Pluto
- 25.Kepler's law hat describes how fast planets travel at different points in their orbits is called the law of
- A.
Ellipses
- B.
Equal speeds
- C.
Equal areas
- D.
Periods
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