Practice For Final Exam
33 Questions
| Total Attempts: 202
Questions and Answers
- 1.
![Which best describes what hydrologists study?
A. The movement and distribution of water and ice on Earth
B. Rocks on Earth and other planets
C. Plant and animal life on Earth and other planets
D. Earth's atmosphere and weather
- ProProfs]( "Which best describes what hydrologists study?
A. The movement and distribution of water and ice on Earth
B. Rocks on Earth and other planets
C. Plant and animal life on Earth and other planets
D. Earth's atmosphere and weather")
Which best describes what hydrologists study?- A. The movement and distribution of water and ice on Earth
- B. Rocks on Earth and other planets
- C. Plant and animal life on Earth and other planets
- D. Earth's atmosphere and weather
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 2.
![A hypothesis becomes a theory:
A. after scientists try to prove the theory wrong and fail.
B. when most scientists accept the hypothesis as true.
C. after scientific experiments to test a hypothesis produce the same results.
D. when scientists collaborate on designing experiments.
- ProProfs]( "A hypothesis becomes a theory:
A. after scientists try to prove the theory wrong and fail.
B. when most scientists accept the hypothesis as true.
C. after scientific experiments to test a hypothesis produce the same results.
D. when scientists collaborate on designing experiments.")
A hypothesis becomes a theory:- A. after scientists try to prove the theory wrong and fail.
- B. when most scientists accept the hypothesis as true.
- C. after scientific experiments to test a hypothesis produce the same results.
- D. when scientists collaborate on designing experiments.
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 3.
![What do scientists believe provides evidence for the Big Bang Theory?
A. Red shift of stars far from observers on Earth
B. The gradual movement of continents across the ocean floors
C. The solar system being full of comets, asteroids and other debris
D. Stars forming when clouds of gas begin to rotate and burn
- ProProfs]( "What do scientists believe provides evidence for the Big Bang Theory?
A. Red shift of stars far from observers on Earth
B. The gradual movement of continents across the ocean floors
C. The solar system being full of comets, asteroids and other debris
D. Stars forming when clouds of gas begin to rotate and burn")
What do scientists believe provides evidence for the Big Bang Theory?- A. Red shift of stars far from observers on Earth
- B. The gradual movement of continents across the ocean floors
- C. The solar system being full of comets, asteroids and other debris
- D. Stars forming when clouds of gas begin to rotate and burn
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 4.
![Which best describes the very next phase in our sun's life cycle?
A. It will collapse and become a white dwarf.
B. It will collapse and become a brown dwarf.
C. It will explode and form a star nursery.
D. It will expand and become a red giant.
- ProProfs]( "Which best describes the very next phase in our sun's life cycle?
A. It will collapse and become a white dwarf.
B. It will collapse and become a brown dwarf.
C. It will explode and form a star nursery.
D. It will expand and become a red giant.")
Which best describes the very next phase in our sun's life cycle?- A. It will collapse and become a white dwarf.
- B. It will collapse and become a brown dwarf.
- C. It will explode and form a star nursery.
- D. It will expand and become a red giant.
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 5.
![Which planet in our solar system is most habitable, besides Earth? (WHICH PLANET DO WE THINK IS SIMILAR TO OURS)
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury
- ProProfs]( "Which planet in our solar system is most habitable, besides Earth? (WHICH PLANET DO WE THINK IS SIMILAR TO OURS)
A. Venus
B. Mars
C. Jupiter
D. Mercury")
Which planet in our solar system is most habitable, besides Earth? (WHICH PLANET DO WE THINK IS SIMILAR TO OURS)- A. Venus
- B. Mars
- C. Jupiter
- D. Mercury
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 6.
![Which planet in our solar system has the most satellites?
A. Venus
B. Jupiter
C. Earth
D. Saturn
- ProProfs]( "Which planet in our solar system has the most satellites?
A. Venus
B. Jupiter
C. Earth
D. Saturn")
Which planet in our solar system has the most satellites?- A. Venus
- B. Jupiter
- C. Earth
- D. Saturn
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 7.
![Which planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Earth
- ProProfs]( "Which planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect?
A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Jupiter
D. Earth")
Which planet in our solar system features the runaway greenhouse effect?- A. Mars
- B. Venus
- C. Jupiter
- D. Earth
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 8.
![A star produces energy by:
A. rotating quickly on its axis.
B. absorbing and releasing the matter of other stars.
C. creating helium from hydrogen in its core, also known as nuclear fusion
D. reflecting energy from nearby stars.
- ProProfs]( "A star produces energy by:
A. rotating quickly on its axis.
B. absorbing and releasing the matter of other stars.
C. creating helium from hydrogen in its core, also known as nuclear fusion
D. reflecting energy from nearby stars.")
A star produces energy by:- A. rotating quickly on its axis.
- B. absorbing and releasing the matter of other stars.
- C. creating helium from hydrogen in its core, also known as nuclear fusion
- D. reflecting energy from nearby stars.
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 9.
![Which of sun's layers is only visible during eclipses?
A. The corona
B. The photosphere
C. The chromosphere
D. The ionosphere
- ProProfs]( "Which of sun's layers is only visible during eclipses?
A. The corona
B. The photosphere
C. The chromosphere
D. The ionosphere")
Which of sun's layers is only visible during eclipses?- A. The corona
- B. The photosphere
- C. The chromosphere
- D. The ionosphere
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 10.
![The surface of the sun is called _____.
A. photosphere
B. corona
C. chromosphere
D. ionosphere
- ProProfs]( "The surface of the sun is called _____.
A. photosphere
B. corona
C. chromosphere
D. ionosphere")
The surface of the sun is called _____.- A. photosphere
- B. corona
- C. chromosphere
- D. ionosphere
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 11.
![Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
A. The thermosphere
B. The mesosphere
C. The stratosphere
D. The troposphere
- ProProfs]( "Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
A. The thermosphere
B. The mesosphere
C. The stratosphere
D. The troposphere")
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?- A. The thermosphere
- B. The mesosphere
- C. The stratosphere
- D. The troposphere
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 12.
![When a plant performs photosynthesis, it behaves as a _____.
A. producer
B. consumer
C. carbon sink
D. carbon source
- ProProfs]( "When a plant performs photosynthesis, it behaves as a _____.
A. producer
B. consumer
C. carbon sink
D. carbon source")
When a plant performs photosynthesis, it behaves as a _____.- A. producer
- B. consumer
- C. carbon sink
- D. carbon source
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 13.
![What process must happen to gaseous nitrogen before plants can use it to grow?
A. Precession
B. Nitrogen Fixation
C. Photosynthesis
D. Respiration
- ProProfs]( "What process must happen to gaseous nitrogen before plants can use it to grow?
A. Precession
B. Nitrogen Fixation
C. Photosynthesis
D. Respiration")
What process must happen to gaseous nitrogen before plants can use it to grow?- A. Precession
- B. Nitrogen Fixation
- C. Photosynthesis
- D. Respiration
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 14.
![Which best describes what meteorologists study?
A. Earth's weather systems and atmosphere
B. Rocks on Earth and other planets
C. The movement and distribution of water and ice on Earth
D. The movement of meteors, asteroids and comets
- ProProfs]( "Which best describes what meteorologists study?
A. Earth's weather systems and atmosphere
B. Rocks on Earth and other planets
C. The movement and distribution of water and ice on Earth
D. The movement of meteors, asteroids and comets")
Which best describes what meteorologists study?- A. Earth's weather systems and atmosphere
- B. Rocks on Earth and other planets
- C. The movement and distribution of water and ice on Earth
- D. The movement of meteors, asteroids and comets
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 15.
![Which best describes what geologists study?
A. The origin, physical history and structure of Earth
B. Earth's water and ice supplies
C. Plant and animal life on Earth and other planets
D. Earth's atmosphere and weather
- ProProfs]( "Which best describes what geologists study?
A. The origin, physical history and structure of Earth
B. Earth's water and ice supplies
C. Plant and animal life on Earth and other planets
D. Earth's atmosphere and weather")
Which best describes what geologists study?- A. The origin, physical history and structure of Earth
- B. Earth's water and ice supplies
- C. Plant and animal life on Earth and other planets
- D. Earth's atmosphere and weather
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
- 16.The process that scientist use to study or solve a problem is called the
- A.
Scientific method
- B.
Question method
- C.
Detective method
- D.
Crime scene investigation method
- 17.The wobbling or movement of the earth's axis is called
- A.
Rotation
- B.
Precession
- C.
Revolution
- D.
Wobbling coefficient
- 18.A very large star will end up as a
- A.
White dwarf
- B.
Red dwarf
- C.
Large neutron solar fusion star
- D.
Black hole
- 19.The moon's lunar cycle takes approximately ____________ days
- A.
28
- B.
24
- C.
365
- D.
7
- 20.After the new moon phase, the moon will begin to appear slightly larger and more visible, we call this the ____________ phase.
- A.
Waning
- B.
Full
- C.
New
- D.
Waxing
- 21.Zero degrees latitude, is also known as the
- A.
Equator
- B.
Prime meridian
- C.
Prime addition
- D.
Latitude origin
- 22.During convection, warm air __________, because it will have a ________ density.
- A.
Sinks because it will have a lower density
- B.
Rises because it will have a lower density
- C.
Rises because it will have a higher density
- D.
Sinks because it will have a higher density
- 23.Air pressure moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.In stellar equilibrium, ___________ prevents the expansion of a star
- A.
Mass
- B.
Photosphere
- C.
Gravity
- D.
Core accretion theory
- 25.During the water cycle, when the sun's energy begins to make liquid molecules spread apart to form a gas, we call this _______________
- A.
Condensation
- B.
Collection
- C.
Gas gentrification
- D.
Evaporation
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