Science Study Guide - Semester 2 Finals - part 2

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Which factor has the smallest effect on the rate of erosion?

daily hours of sunlight

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Landforms created by deposition ________ than those created by erosion

Are flatter and lower

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3

When the Sun’s energy reaches Earth

about half of it is absorbed by Earth’s surface

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Why doesn’t Earth become hotter with time as the Sun shines on it?

Earth sends back into space the same amount of energy it receives

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Which gases are most responsible for the warming that occurs with the greenhouse effect?

carbon dioxide and water vapor

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What is the cause of wind?

Unequal heating of Earth

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Sea breezes form during the day when

The land heats faster than the nearby ocean

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What does the Corolla effect do to winds in the northern hemisphere?

causes them to turn to the right

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Why do land breezes blow from the land to the sea at night?

land cools faster than nearby water

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10

A factory smokestack is a

point source solution of air pollution

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Which example is a nonpoint source of air pollution?

a highway that has many cars releasing exhaust

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12

Which example is an effect of acid precipitation?

weathered stone on buildings

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Pollution that’s forms when sunlight reacts with chemicals in the air is

Smog

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Why have air pollution controls failed to decrease ground-level ozone?

There are more cars on the roads

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What are the gases in Earth’s atmosphere in order of most abundant to least?

nitrogen, oxygen, water vapor

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How does temperature change in the troposphere?

It decreases with height

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What happens to the Sun’s radiation after it reaches Earth?

Earth’s surface absorbs about half of it

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Air pressure is greatest in Earth’s

Troposphere

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________ makes up about 21% of Earth’s atmosphere

Oxygen

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20

Global an local winds form as air moves from

east to west

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Infrared radiation that is directed back toward Earth produces

The greenhouse effect

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22

Prevailing winds in Antarctica are called

polar easterlies

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Which statement is true of the solar radiation that reaches Earth?

About 50% of it is absorbed by Earth’s surface

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Which statement is true in all layers of Earth’s atmosphere?

Air pressure decreases with an increase in altitude

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25

All inner planets

are rocky and have a solid atmosphere

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Because Mercury’s mass is so small, it

Has no atmosphere

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Why is Venus the hottest inner planet?

its atmosphere traps a lot of heat energy

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Earth is the only planet with a wide variety of life because of its

moderate temperature and liquid water

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Why do scientists think that liquid water might have existed on Mars?

Mars’s surface has deep gullies on it

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How is Venus unlike other planets

it’s period of rotation is longer than its period of revolution

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Which inner planet has the longest period of revolution and why?

Mars, because it is the farthest from the Sun

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All the outer planets are made mostly of

gas and liquid around a solid core

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Which planet is the solar system’s largest?

Jupiter

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The outer planets have atmospheres composed mostly of

hydrogen and helium

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Which planet has a moon larger than the planet Mercury?

Saturn

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Why can we see the Moon?

it reflects sunlight

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What causes the Moon to revolve around Earth

Earth’s gravity

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What causes the Moon change phases?

its movement around Earth

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The Moon’s phase is waning then it changes from

last quarter to a new moon

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Because the Moon’s periods of rotation and revolution are the same, it

keeps the same side always facing Earth

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How does Earth move around the Sun

In a nearly circular path

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Why does the Earth revolve?

The Sun’s gravity pulls on it

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What causes Earth’s seasons to change?

Earth’s tilt on its axis

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What causes the phases of the Moon to change?

the Moon’s revolution

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What happens during a total lunar eclipse

The moon passes through Earth’s umbra

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What causes tides on Earth?

The gravitational pull of only the Sun

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What keeps Earth from flying outward into space

The inward gravitational pull of the Sun

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Suppose the Earth was tilted much less on its axis. What effect would this have on our planet?

winters would be warmer

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The Moon prevents sunlight from reaching parts of the Earth

During a total solar eclipse

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Which statement is true of all lunar eclipses?

They can be seen from any point on Earth

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51

The largest number of shells exposed along a beach would be found when

The Moon’s and Sun’s gravitational pulls combine

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What do astronomers use to divide the sky into regions?

constellations

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53

Star light provides information about the star’s

Temperature

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What would astronomers use to measure the distance between the Sun and the star Proxima Centauri?

light-years

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Astronomers measure how far an object is from Earth by using angles created by

Parallax

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Stars shine because

Fusion takes place in their cores

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Which group represents the interior layers of a star

Core, radiative zone, convection zone

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Which features of the Sun change over short periods of time

Sunspots

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The Hertzsprung-Russel diagram plots the

Luminosity and temperatures of stars

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Which star is the hottest?

a blue main sequence star

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Which sequence correctly shows how stars form?

nebula forms - nebula collapses - protostar forms - fusion begins

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Which statement is true of stellar evolution?

The most massive stars do not become white dwarfs

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63

How do stars recycle matter

Gravity pulls together gases and matter from old stars to relate new ones

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Scientists estimate that more than 90% of the universe in composed of

dark matter

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Which type of galaxy has many old, red stars?

elliptical

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The universe began from a single point according to the theory

Big Bang

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The more red-shifted a galaxy is, the

Faster it moves away from Earth

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