Check-In Quiz - Earth and Space

Everything in Earth's system can be placed into 1 of 4 major subsystems. Which of the following is NOT one of the subsystems:

• Lithosphere

• Aquasphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

The lithosphere concerns...

• The air, and space between Earth's crust and space

• All of the solid, liquid and gaseous water on the planet

• All of the cold, hard, solid land of the planet's crust, and the semi-solid land underneath the Earth's crust

Which of the following is NOT an example of a biospheric surface

• Rainforests

• Grasslands

• Jungles

• Clouds

How far above the Earth does the atmosphere extend?

• 5000 kms

• 650 meters

• 10,000kms

• 1000 miles

True or false: The Earth's atmosphere fails to provide the biosphere's organisms with protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays

• True

• False

Explain why the average temperature on the Earth and Moon is so different from each other, despite the two celestial bodies being approximately the same distance from the Sun?

What is the average temperature of the Moon?

• -2 degrees C

• -80 degrees C

• 9 degrees C

• -120 degrees C

What happens to some of the Sun's light if it is not absorbed into Earth's atmosphere?

• It disintegrates and fizzes out

• The Sun's light is not able to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere

• It bounces off ice and clouds in the air, and is refracted back into space

• None of the above

The type of energy which travels in waves is called '________' which includes __________

• 'electromagnetic radiation', and includes visible light, radio waves, microwaves and X-Rays

• 'electromagnetic radiation', and includes cosmic waves, solar waves, and grain waves

• 'electrostatic repulsion ', and includes visible light, radio waves, microwaves and X-Rays

• 'UV rays', and includes electromagnetic radiation and X-Rays

Define: The energy budget