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What is one major difference between terrestrial and jovian planets?
A. Terrestrial only made of ice
B. Jovian only made of ice
C. Terrestrial formed from metals and silicate minerals
D. Jovian formed from metals and silicate minerals
C. Terrestrial formed from metals and silicate minerals
Much of the erosion seen along shorelines is due to the lateral movement of water along the shore, called:
a. a tidal current
b. a density current
c. a surface current
d. a longshore current
longshore current
The alignment of the Earth, the moon, and the sun in a linear position would produce what tidal scenario below?
a. Spring tide: lower tidal range than normal
b. Spring tide: higher tidal range than normal
c. Neap Tide: lower tidal range than normal
d. Neap Tide: higher tidal range than normal
b. Spring tide: higher tidal range than normal
Currents affect climate by
a. making ocean water evaporate
b. transferring heat and cold between the tropics and polar regions
c. changing the density of water in the tropics.
d. transferring heat from the polar regions to the tropics.
b. transferring heat and cold between the tropics and polar regions
Which gas is most important for understanding the processes that take place in the atmosphere?
a. nitrogen
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. water vapor
d. water vapor
What does relative humidity indicate
a. how close air is to saturation
b. the amount of heating needed for evaporation
c. the amount of water vapor in the air
d. the ratio of water vapor to carbon dioxide in air
a. how close air is to saturation
On a weather map, what do isobars placed close together indicate?
a. a steep pressure gradient and high winds
b. a steep pressure gradient and weak winds
c. a weak pressure gradient and high winds
d. no pressure gradient and therefore no wind
a. a steep pressure gradient and high winds
The atmosphere balances the unequal heating of Earth’s surface by moving
a. cool air toward high latitudes and warm air toward the equator.
b. warm air toward high latitudes and cool air toward the equator.
c. cool air toward the east and warm air toward the west.
d. warm air toward the east and cool air toward the west
warm air toward high latitudes and cool air toward the equator.
Which air masses influence much of the weather in North America, especially east of the Rocky Mountains?
a. maritime tropical and continental polar
b. maritime polar and continental polar
c. continental polar and continental tropical
d. maritime polar and maritime tropical
a. maritime tropical and continental polar
A hurricane’s energy comes from:
a. condensation of large amounts of water vapor.
b. lightning striking as the storm forms.
c. the movement of continental & tropical air masses.
d. the action of waves in warm ocean waters.
a. condensation of large amounts of water vapor.
As latitude decreases, solar energy ___________.
Increases
How do mountains affect the amount of precipitation that falls over an area?
a. The leeward side of the mountains receives more
precipitation.
b. The windward side of the mountains receives more precipitation.
c. The leeward side is colder.
d. The windward side is warmer.
b. The windward side of the mountains receives more precipitation.
Which of the following are referred to as greenhouse gasses
a. oxygen and carbon dioxide
b. nitrogen and oxygen
c. water vapor and oxygen
d. water vapor and carbon dioxide
d. water vapor and carbon dioxide
Which of the following processes describes how vegetation
Influences precipitation?
a. photosynthesis
b. transpiration
c. condensation
d. evaporation
b. transpiration
Sunspots appear as darker areas on the sun's surface because they are __________than the rest of the surface
cooler
What does the heliocentric model of the solar system state?
Earth and the other planets orbit the sun.
The geocentric model of the solar system has the planets
a. and the moon orbiting the sun.
b. orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting Earth.
c. and the moon and sun orbiting Earth.
d. orbiting the sun and the sun orbiting Earth.
c. and the moon and sun orbiting Earth.
What is Earth’s motion in its path around the sun called?
Revolution
What causes the moon’s phases?
changes in how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces
Earth
What's the most widely accepted model of how the moon was formed?
a large body hitting Earth and ejecting debris that became the moon.
Most asteroids lie between the orbits of what two planets
Mars & Jupiter
What are comets held together by?
They are held together by frozen gases
Which type of visible light has the longest
wavelength
red light
52. A star’s spectrum can tell astronomers
the star’s chemical composition.
What do solar flares make?
Solar flares release bursts of energy and charged particles that interact with Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere, especially near the poles. This interaction causes auroras (Northern and Southern Lights) — beautiful light displays in the sky.