Earth Science Review 2
Quiz by Ann Marie MacDonald
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- Q1Why is the surface of Mercury covered with meteor impact craters, while Earth's surface has relatively few craters?Mercury is an older planet, so it has a longer history of meteor impacts.Mercury is larger than Earth, so it gets hit with more meteors.Earth's hydrosphere and atmosphere destroyed or buried most meteor impact sitesEarth's less dense water surface attracts fewer meteors.60s
- Q2Which information best supports the inference that the universe began with an explosion?calculations of the distance from the Sun to each asteroid in the asteroid beltcalculations of the temperature and luminosity of starsmeasurements of rates of decay using carbon-14measurements of cosmic background radiation60s
- Q3Evidence that Earth revolves around the Sun is provided by thehourly changes in the apparent direction of the swing of a Foucault pendulumseasonal changes in the apparent positions of constellationsapparent rising and setting of Polaris during one dayapparent rising and setting of the Sun during one day60s
- Q4Most of the electromagnetic energy radiated from Earth's surface is in the form ofx raysultraviolet raysgamma raysinfrared rays60s
- Q5Most of the sediment that is compacted and later forms shale bedrock issiltclaysandpebbles60s
- Q6In which two Earth regions is oxygen the second most abundant element by volume?crust and hydrospherecore and crusthydrosphere and tropospheretroposphere and core60s
- Q7Which two properties are most useful in distinguishing between galena and halite?hardness and streakstreak and cleavagecleavage and colorluster and color60s
- Q8A 65.5 million year old impact crater in Mexico provides evidence for the cause of theevolution of the earliest coralsbreakup of PangeaAlleghenian orogenyextinction of ammonoids60s
- Q9Which rock weathers most rapidly when exposed to acid rain?quartzitegranitelimestonebasalt60s
- Q10When did the earliest humans appear on Earth?during the Late Triassic Epochbefore the earliest dinosaursbefore the earliest flowering plantsduring the Pleistocene Epoch60s