EPS Semester Review-Corrected Version
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- Q1It has been determined that the oldest rocks retrieved from the Moon by Apollo astronauts were formed 4.44 billion years ago, while the oldest rocks found on Earth are less than 4 billion years old. This difference is most likely becauseEarth cooled more slowly than the Moon.Earth and the Moon were both captured by the Sun’s gravity at different times.Earth formed well after the Moon was formed.Earth’s oldest rocks have been recycled by plate tectonics and erosion.120s
- Q2Which of the following statements best describes how the planets of the solar system formed?They formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas.They are condensed rings of matter thrown off by the young Sun.The Sun captured them from smaller, older nearby stars.They are the remains of an exploded star once paired with the Sun.120s
- Q3The convergence of two continental plates would producetrenches.island arcs.rift valleys.folded mountains.120s
- Q4Which of the following is most responsible for the formation of new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate?magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundarymountain building at a continent-continent convergent boundarysubduction of one oceanictwo tectonic plates sliding past one another at a transform boundary120s
- Q5Earthquake activity in California is primarily caused bythe interaction of tides with the coast.plates grinding past each other along active faults.the lowering of aquifer levels.mining activity during the nineteenth century.120s
- Q6The diagram shows the motion of Earth’s crust. Based on the diagram, what causes the formation of an arc of volcanic islands?magma from seafloor-spreading at a divergent plate boundary.magma from an earthquake at a transform plate boundary in the oceanmagma from a subducting plate moving up through oceanic crust.magma from an oceanic plate and a continental plate colliding.120s
- Q7Which two features are commonly found at divergent plate boundaries?wide valleys and deltasocean trenches and subduction zoneshot spots and island arcsmid-ocean ridges and rift valleys120s
- Q8Why do many mountains have cores made of metamorphic rocks?Metamorphic rocks are formed by heat and pressure when mountains form.Metamorphic rocks are pushed down at divergent boundaries.Metamorphic rocks are the only rocks that form underground.Metamorphic rocks are the only rocks found in mountains.120s
- Q9Only about 50% of the solar energy directed toward Earth penetrates directly to the surface. What happens to the rest of the radiation?It loses energy traveling through space.It is reflected off the Moon and back into space.It loses energy overcoming the Sun’s gravity.It is absorbed or reflected by the atmosphere.120s
- Q10Fusion is a form of nuclear reaction resulting in an enormous release of heat energy. The fusion of Hydrogen to Helium is a reaction that commonly occurs inthe Sun and other typical starsa comet’s tail of ionized gasesthe ionosphere and thermosphereEarth’s outer core of molten iron120s
- Q11It is hypothesized that before the formation of the stars, most of the matter in the universe consisted of what atoms?nitrogen and carbonhydrogen and heliumsilicon and lithiumuranium and radium120s
- Q12Scientific evidence suggests that Helium, Carbon, and Oxygen are formed by stars duringconvection inside sunspots.photosynthesis.the fission of carbon atoms.nuclear fusion.120s
- Q13According to astronomers, the age of the universe is estimated to be13.7 billion years4.6 billion years7.9 billion years1.3 billion years120s
- Q14Light from distant galaxies most likely shows ablue shift, indicating that the universe is contractingred shift, indicating that the universe is expandingblue shift, indicating that the universe is expandingred shift, indicating that the universe is contracting120s
- Q15Galaxies farther from Earth are moving faster than galaxies closer to Earth. Which statement does this evidence best support?The universe is made of subatomic particles.The universe is becoming more compact.The universe is expanding in all directionsThe universe is undergoing chaotic motion.120s