Earth Science Quiz

This Milankovitch cycle lasts 100,000 years (which nicely matches the cycle of Earth's ice ages).

• obliquity

• eccentricity

• precession

• velocity

This cycle is clearly responsible for causing Earth to have seasons.

• obliquity (tilt)

• eccentricity

• precession

• velocity

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The Earth releases (emits) energy out toward space as...

• shortwave (visible) energy

• longwave (infrared) energy

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Earth’s temperature doesn’t simply continue to rise because the surface and the atmosphere...

• radiate heat into space

• reflect heat back to Earth

• absorb all radiation

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The Earth is closest to the sun at "perihelion", and at that time...

• it is our summertime

• it is our wintertime

• that's when the length of a day = length of a night.

• None of the others is correct.

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High pressure, dry zones on Earth can generally be found at

• 30°N and 30°S

• 60°N and 60°S

• 0° (the equator)

• 0° (the equator), 90°N and 90°S

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As an ocean surface-current passes near the equator it gets:

• cooler

• saltier

• warmer

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As the ocean's surface current water reaches higher latitudes, it:

• becomes warmer

• becomes less salty

• loses water (due to evaporation) and becomes more salty

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Earth's jet streams are located at this altitude:

• ground level

• 1-2 miles up

• 4-5 miles up

• 5-9 miles up

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If the Earth's tilt were increased a lot, it would lead to …

• More severe summer and winter seasons

• Less severe summer and winter seasons

• No change in the severity of summers and winters

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