Earth
Space
Final
Exam
2022
100

The force that is holding the universe together.

What is gravity?

100

The first step in the scientific process.

What is asking a question?

100

the dark smooth ancient lava flows on the Moon are called....

What is the Maria?

100

A rock formed over time as sediment gets squeezed together – via erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation is called…..

What is sedimentary rock?

100

The number of main layers of the Earth.

What is 4?

200

A hypothesis is NEVER

What is proven correct?

200

A statement that can be tested and explained through experiments.

What is hypothesis?

200

In the Heliocentric model of the universe________ is the center everything revolves around it. 

What is the sun?

200

In the Geocentric model of the universe _______ is the center and everything revolves around it. 

What is the Earth?

200

_______ is caused by the moving of tectonic plates.

What is volcanoes and earthquakes?

300

The correct order of the planets in the Solar System, starting closest to the Sun.

What is  Mercury, Mars, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto

300

A rare event when the moon is perfectly  in-between the Sun and the Earth casting a shadow on Earth’s Surface during the daytime.

What is solar eclipse?

300

The force of Gravity on an object.

What is weight?

300

An object consisting of ice and dust with a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun

What is comet?

300

the center of our galaxy.

What is the sun?

400

All stars start life in the same way as clouds of dust and gas called:

What is nebulas?

400

Small bodies of matter that could merge together with many others via gravity to form a planet are called:

What are planetesimals?

400

The different shapes of the Moon when viewed from Earth due to the changing positions of the Moon, as it revolves around Earth .

What is Phases?

400

The single condition that is intentionally changed and manipulated by the experimenter......

What is independent variable?

400

The shape that the planets are orbiting the sun.

What is elipse or elliptical?

500

Who was the first scientist to theorize that the sun was the center of the universe?

Copernicus

500

The diagonal line of stars on the HR Diagram in which 90% of all stars are classified , including our Sun.

What is Main Sequence Stars?

500

A star is kind of like a gigantic hydrogen bomb, why doesn't it simply blow apart?

The gravitational pull of the star equals the force of the nuclear fusion

500

Rocks continually changing from one type to the next is called….

What is called the Rock Cycle?

500

The two products of nuclear fusion. 

What is Helium and Heat?