Other
Earth/Moon
Stars/Sun
Rotation
Seasons/temperature/other
100
This illustration shows the sky in an undeveloped area on a clear, dark night. What is the central glowing region that is brighter than the area around it?
What is the Milky Way?
100
How does the latitude of a region affect its climate?
What is by determining the angle of sunlight throughout the year?
100
Which number is closest to the estimated number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy?
What is 200 billion?
100
Some constellations are more prominent in the night sky of North Carolina in winter, while other constellations are more prominent in the night sky in summer. Which best explains why this occurs?
What is because of Earth revolving around the sun?
100
How does the energy produced by the sun travel to Earth?
What is by the radiation of electromagnetic waves through space?
200
What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
What is spiral?
200
What is most likely to occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned in a relatively straight line?
What is a larger-than-normal height difference between low tide and high tide?
200
What keeps stars such as the Sun from collapsing from their own self-gravity?
What is the outward pressure created by nuclear fusion?
200
The figure shows the path of a planet orbiting the Sun. The three areas shaded in gray have equal areas. According to Kepler’s second law, which conclusion is supported by the data?
What is The time interval from A to B is twice the interval from E to F?
200
This uneven distribution is MOST directly responsible for differences in which climatic variable at different latitudes on Earth’s surface?
What is temparture?
300
Which atmospheric phenomena are created by the interaction of charged particles with Earth’s magnetosphere?
What is auroras?
300
If the fission theory of moon formation is true, what is also true about the motion of Earth in its formative stages?
What is Early Earth rotated on its axis much more quickly than it does today?
300
In which layer of the Sun does nuclear fusion occur?
What is the core?
300
A new planet is discovered orbiting a single star. The planet has one moon. According to Kepler’s first law, what do scientists know about the orbit of the planet around the star?
What is The planet takes 12 times longer to orbit the star than the moon takes to orbit the planet?
300
The temperate zones of the United States experience changing of seasons from winter to summer. Which is the reason for this annual change of seasons?
What is the tilt of Earth’s axis of rotation?
400
Earth’s rotation spins Earth’s liquid metal outer core around its solid metal inner core. How does this phenomenon make life on Earth possible?
What is It creates the magnetosphere, which diverts high-energy particles from space away from Earth’s surface?
400
Which of these statements best explains the shape of Earth?
What is Because of its rotation about its axis, Earth has a greater circumference around the equator than around the Prime Meridian?
400
The Sun and other stars are powered by nuclear fusion. Which of these statements correctly describes one of the processes that occur during nuclear fusion in stars?
What is Four hydrogen nuclei combine to become a helium nucleus, releasing energy?
400
In 2004 the Hubble space telescope captured images of distant star clusters, each containing about a million stars. These star clusters were MOST likely part of which structure?
What is a galaxy?
400
A direct alignment of bodies in the solar system can occur. This alignment causes which phenomenon at Point X on Earth?
what is solar eclipse?
500
Mars’ axial tilt is 25.19°. Earth’s axial tilt is 23.5°. What does this MOST likely indicate about Mars?
Mars has more extreme seasonal changes than Earth?
500
Every day, the Moon rises a little more than a half an hour later than it rose the day before. Which statement BEST explains this phenomenon?
What is One Earth rotation is faster than one Moon revolution around Earth?
500
Which best describes how energy from the sun helps to maintain life on Earth?
What is It heats Earth’s atmosphere and surface, which helps stabilize temperatures on Earth and creates environments more favorable for life to exist?
500
When Earth is at the point labeled on the diagram, it moves most quickly in its orbit. Which BEST explains this more rapid motion of Earth?
What is The Sun’s gravitational pull on Earth is strongest at this point?
500
The diagram shows the difference in sunlight reaching Earth at Points 1 and 2.Based on the diagram, what is another difference between Points 1 and 2?
What is The region at Point 1 is experiencing summer while the region at Point 2 is experiencing winter,