Earth's Place in the Universe
Sun-Earth-Moon System
The History of Earth
Mixed Review
100
What is a galaxy made of?
A collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars.
100
What causes day and night on Earth?
Earth's rotation causes day and night.
100
Which layer of Earth is least dense?
What is the crust?
100
A paleontologist discovers an animal’s footprint in stone. What type of fossil is this?
What is a trace fossil?
200
What is the difference between a terrestrial planet and a jovian planet?
A terrestrial planet is made of solid material and a jovian planet is composed of gas.
200
If it is summer in the southern hemisphere, which season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?
winter
200
What layer of the Earth is composed of liquid metal, mainly iron and nickel?
What is the outer core?
200
Describe the difference between rotation and revolution.
rotation = something orbits its own axis
revolution = something orbits another object
300
What are the three types of galaxies, and how would you classify the galaxy pictured here?
Elliptical, spiral, and irregular. The galaxy pictured is irregular.
300
Draw a waxing gibbous Moon. (Shade in the dark part of the Moon and keep the lit portion of the Moon blank!)
300
What type of rock forms from cooled and solidified magma or lava?
What is igneous rock?
300
What forms when two continental plates converge?
What are mountains?
400
Which is larger, galaxies or the solar system? Explain why in your answer!
Galaxies are larger, because galaxies contain billions of stars, while our solar system contains only one star.
400
Draw a third quarter Moon. (Shade in the dark part of the Moon and keep the lit portion of the Moon blank!)
400
What forms when two oceanic plates diverge?
What is ocean crust?
400
Which type of rock forms from weathering and erosion?
What is sediment?
500
List the correct order of all eight planets from the Sun.
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
500
List all eight phases of the moon in order, beginning with "full".
full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous
500
Name two characteristics that metamorphic rocks have.
Crystals and ribbonlike layers.
500
Earth's _________________ causes high tide and low tide to occur twice each day.
rotation
600
What is a moon?
An object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star.
600
What is the reason for the seasons on Earth?
Earth's tilted axis and revolution around the Sun cause the seasons.
600
What five processes cause rocks to change forms?
1.) Weathering & erosion
2.) Heat & pressure
3.) Compacting & cementing
4.) Melting
5.) Cooling
600
This image is an example of which fossil?
What is a mold fossil?