Earth and Space Spring Final Study Set

What hypothesis states that the continents were once joined to form a single supercontinent?

• paleomagnetism

• continental drift

• plate convergence theory

• seafloor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following is the correct list of the terrestrial planets in our solar system?

• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn

What are the two types of tectonic plates?

• oceanic and convergent

• transform and divergent

• convergent and continental

• oceanic and continental

​ (a)   model puts Earth at the center of the universe. ​ (b)   model puts the Sun at the center.

• Geocentric
• Heliocentric
• Nebular
• Solar
• Terrestrial
• Evolutionary
• Hubble's

Match the following

• Metallic space rock that has landed on Earth

• Asteroid

• Small rocky worlds, a majority of which are found between Mars and Jupiter

• Comet

• Space rock that has burned up in Earths atmosphere

• Meteoroid

• Metallic debris/rock still in space

• Meteorite

• Icy body traveling at high speeds through the solar system

• Meteor

___ is the distance that light travels in a year.

• Light speed

• parsec

• Light year

• megaparsec

The phase of the moon during a solar eclipse is ​ ​ (a)   . The phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse is ​ (b)  

• new moon
• full moon
• quarter moon
• half moon
• waxing gibbous
• waning gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

___ is the driving motion for plate tectonics.

• thermal radiation in the mantle

• gravity

• conduction in the mantle

• convection in the mantle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

___ is a large cloud of gas and dust in space. These are stellar nurseries.

• nebula

• nova

• supernova

• galaxy

​ (a)   are large gaseous planets found on the outer part of the solar system. ​ (b)   are the smaller, rockier planets found on the inner part of the solar system.

• Jovian planets
• Terrestrial planets
• rocky planets
• gas planets
• Earthian planets
• Geoplanets