Review Quiz #1

The diagrams below represent Earth's ocean tides at four different positions of the Moon. Which diagram shows the Moon position that will produce the highest high tides and the lowest low tides?

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Base your answer(s) to the following question on the diagram below, which represents the Moon orbiting Earth a viewed from space above the North Pole. The Moon is shown at 8 different positions in its orbit.

When the Moon is in position 2, which phase would be visible to an observer in NYS?

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In the accompanying diagram, the spectral lines of hydrogen gas from three galaxies, A, B, and C, are compared to the spectral lines of hydrogen gas observed in a laboratory.

What is the best inference that can be made concerning the movement of galaxies A, B, and C?

• Galaxy A is moving away from Earth, but galaxies B and C are moving toward Earth.

• Galaxy B is moving away from Earth, but galaxies A and C are moving toward Earth.

• Galaxies A, B, and C are all moving away toward Earth.

• Galaxies A, B, and C are all moving away from Earth.

The Coriolis Effect can best be used to explain the

• cyclic time pattern of ocean tides.

• direction of convection currents in the atmosphere.

• deflection of winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere

• movement of air in a straight path from low pressure to high pressure.

What is the Earth's approximate rate of revolution?

• 1°/hour

• 1°/day

• 15°/hour

• 15°/day

Which table best lists the differences between a terrestial and a Jovian planet in our Solar System?

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Which graph most accurately represents the approximate percentage of Earth's surface covered by the hydrosphere? (ESRT pg 1 - bottom)

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In our Solar System, the orbits of the planets are best described as:

• Elliptical with the Sun at one focus

• elliptical with the Earth at one focus

• circular with the Sun at one focus

• circular with Earth at one focus

Which planet takes approximately twice as long as Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun?

(ESRT pg 15 - bottom)

• Venus

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Saturn

Which longitude line passes through NYS?

• 45°W

• 45°E

• 75°W

• 75°E