Question 1

What does 78% of Earth's atmosphere contain?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen

Answer

Other Gases

Answer

Oxygen

Question 2

What does 21% of Earth's atmosphere contain?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

Answer

Other Gases

Answer

Nitrogen

Question 3

What does 1% of Earth's atmosphere contain?

Accepted Answer

Other Gases

Answer

Nitrogen

Answer

Oxygen

Question 4

In which layer does all weather happen?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Exosphere

Question 5

The International Space Station flies in the ...

Accepted Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Exosphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Question 6

Some airplanes fly in the lowest layer of the _____________ to avoid turbulence and weather patterns.

Accepted Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Exosphere

Question 7

The Northern and Southern lights (auroras) occur in this layer of the atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Exosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Question 8

The COLDEST layer in Earth's Atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Exosphere

Question 9

The HOTTEST layer in Earth's Atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

Thermosphere

Answer

Stratosphere

Answer

Troposphere

Answer

Mesosphere

Answer

Exosphere

Question 10

As the altitude increases&#44; air pressure decreases.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 11

As the altitude increases&#44; temperature can increase and decrease

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 12

This prevailing wind blows steadily in the tropics.

Accepted Answer

Trade Winds

Answer

Polar Easterlies

Answer

Doldrums

Answer

Westerlies

Question 13

This prevailing wind are where air pressure is higher and the winds are very calm.

Accepted Answer

Doldrums

Answer

Polar Easterlies

Answer

Westerlies

Answer

Trade Winds

Question 14

This prevailing wind blows west in the subtropics.

Accepted Answer

Westerlies

Answer

Trade Winds

Answer

Polar Easterlies

Answer

Doldrums

Question 15

Air moves to the right in northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere; caused by Earth’s rotation

Accepted Answer

Coriolis Effect

Answer

trade winds

Answer

polar easterlies

Answer

jet streams

Question 16

What type of pressure is MOST LIKELY present in the area where number 1 is located?

Accepted Answer

High Pressure

Answer

Low Pressure

Question 17

What type of weather is present in the area where number 2 is located?

Accepted Answer

Rain

Answer

Snow

Answer

Sunshine

Answer

Hurricane

Question 18

What type of front is where number 3 is located?

Accepted Answer

cold front

Answer

stationary front

Answer

occluded front

Answer

warm front

Question 19

In meteorology&#44; LOW pressure is associated with good weather.

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 20

What is an air mass?

Accepted Answer

large area of air with similar temperature and humidity

Answer

a big cloud

Answer

the amount of force on an area

Answer

the weight of the air

Question 21

Which of the following brings cold, dense air?

Accepted Answer

cold front

Answer

occluded front

Answer

warm front

Answer

stationary front

Question 22

What type of weather instrument measures the speed of the air?

Accepted Answer

Anemometer

Answer

Hygrometer

Answer

Thermometer

Answer

Wind Vane

Answer

Barometer

Question 23

What type of weather instrument measures the humidity in the air?

Accepted Answer

Hygrometer

Answer

Anemometer

Answer

Barometer

Answer

Wind Vane

Answer

Thermometer

Question 24

What type of weather instrument measures the amount of air pressure at the surface of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Barometer

Answer

Anemometer

Answer

Hygrometer

Answer

Wind Vane

Answer

Thermometer

Question 25

What is humidity?

Accepted Answer

water vapor in the air

Answer

condensation in the clouds

Answer

dew on plants

Question 26

True or False&#58; Thunderstorms are caused by temperature stability&#44; stable air&#44; and even heating.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 27

When more carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere&#44; what happens to the temperature of the air?

Accepted Answer

Increases

Answer

Stays the Same

Answer

Decreases

Question 28

Which of these is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Accepted Answer

Argon (Ar)

Answer

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

Answer

Cardon Dioxide (CO2)

Answer

Water Vapor (H2O)

Question 29

What is the trapping of the sun's warmth in Earth’s atmosphere, supporting life on Earth; this keeps the Earth's temperature warmer than it would otherwise be is called the ___.

Accepted Answer

greenhouse effect

Answer

global warming

Answer

atmosphere

Answer

Coriolis Effect

Question 30

What is Intelligent Design?

Accepted Answer

both of these

Answer

none of these

Answer

that someone or something must have designed it

Answer

that our universe was purposefully designed

Question 31

The idea that the universe as we know it started with an infinitely hot and dense single point that inflated and stretched over 14 billion years is called ___.

Accepted Answer

The Big Bang Theory

Answer

The Big Bang Law

Answer

The Bang Bang Theory

Answer

Intelligent Design

Question 32

An artificial body placed in orbit around the Earth, moon, or another planet in order to collect information or for communication is a ____.

Accepted Answer

Satellite

Answer

Spectroscope

Answer

Probe

Answer

Rover

Answer

Telescope

Answer

ISS

Question 33

A robotic spacecraft that does not orbit Earth, but explores further into outer space is a ____.

Accepted Answer

Probe

Answer

Telescope

Answer

Rover

Answer

Spectroscope

Answer

Satellite

Answer

ISS

Question 34

An artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit; an international partnership of space agencies provides and operates it is the ____.

Accepted Answer

ISS

Answer

Rover

Answer

Satellite

Answer

Probe

Answer

Spectroscope

Answer

Telescope

Question 35

What helps us find out what stars are made of?

Accepted Answer

Spectroscope

Answer

ISS

Answer

Telescope

Answer

Satellite

Answer

Rover

Answer

Probe

Question 36

Which telescope orbits Earth?

Accepted Answer

Space

Answer

Optical

Answer

Radio

Question 37

Which disaster had teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard?

Accepted Answer

Challenger

Answer

Apollo 13

Answer

Apollo 1

Answer

Columbia

Question 38

The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, OR toward any other physical body having mass is ____.

Accepted Answer

Gravity

Answer

Velocity

Answer

Density

Answer

Inertia

Question 39

Number 2 is showing the start of the _______ season in the NORTHERN hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Question 40

Number 4 is showing the start of the _______ season in the SOUTHERN hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

Summer

Answer

Winter

Answer

Spring

Answer

Fall

Question 41

Number 3 is showing the start of the _______ season in the NORTHERN hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

Fall

Answer

Winter

Answer

Summer

Answer

Spring

Question 42

Number 3 is showing a(n) _____.

Accepted Answer

Equinox

Answer

Solstice

Question 43

How long does it take for Earth to ROTATE?

Accepted Answer

24 hours

Answer

29.5 days

Answer

365 days

Answer

4 years

Question 44

How long does it take for Earth to complete one REVOLUTION?

Accepted Answer

365 days

Answer

4 years

Answer

24 hours

Answer

29.5 days

Question 45

What is the MAIN cause of the Earth's Tidal Changes?

Accepted Answer

Moon

Answer

Earth

Answer

Sun

Question 46

What Moon Phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Waxing GIbbous

Answer

Third Quarter

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Question 47

What Moon Phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Third Quarter

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Waxing GIbbous

Answer

New Moon

Question 48

What Moon Phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Waxing GIbbous

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Third Quarter

Answer

New Moon

Question 49

What Moon Phase is this?

Accepted Answer

Waxing Gibbous

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

New Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Third Quarter

Question 50

What Moon Phase is this?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

Third Quarter

Answer

Waxing Crescent

Answer

Waning Gibbous

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

Waning Crescent

Answer

First Quarter

Answer

Waxing GIbbous

Question 51

During a Solar Eclipse, the objects in Space are in this order:

Accepted Answer

Sun, Moon, Earth

Answer

Sun, Earth, Moon

Answer

Moon, Earth, Sun

Answer

Moon, Sun, Earth

Question 52

During which Moon Phase does a Solar Eclipse occur?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

Answer

3rd Quarter Moon

Answer

Full Moon

Answer

1st Quarter Moon

Question 53

During a Solar Eclipse, the Umbra falls on ...

Accepted Answer

The Earth

Answer

The Sun

Answer

The Moon

Question 54

Which Solar Eclipse is represented here?

Accepted Answer

Total Solar Eclipse

Answer

Partial Solar Eclipse

Answer

Annular Eclipse

Question 55

Which Solar Eclipse is represented here?

Accepted Answer

Partial Solar Eclipse

Answer

Annular Eclipse

Answer

Total Solar Eclipse

Question 56

During a Lunar Eclipse, the objects in Space are in this order:

Accepted Answer

Sun, Earth, Moon

Answer

Earth, Moon, Sun

Answer

Sun, Moon, Earth

Answer

Moon, Sun, Earth

Question 57

During which Moon Phase does a Lunar Eclipse occur?

Accepted Answer

Full Moon

Answer

1st Quarter Moon

Answer

New Moon

Answer

3rd Quarter Moon

Question 58

During a Lunar Eclipse, the Umbra falls on ...

Accepted Answer

The Moon

Answer

The Earth

Question 59

Which Lunar Eclipse is represented here?

Accepted Answer

Total Eclipse

Answer

Penumbral Eclipse

Answer

Partial Eclipse

Question 60

Which Lunar Eclipse is represented here?

Accepted Answer

Partial Eclipse

Answer

Penumbral Eclipse

Answer

Total Eclipse

Question 61

Air pressure and _____ are how scientists tell the layers of the atmosphere apart.

Accepted Answer

air temperature

Answer

air density

Answer

altitude

Answer

air masses

Question 62

What is #1 pointing to?

Accepted Answer

continental shelf

Answer

seamount

Answer

continental slope

Answer

abyssal plain

Question 63

What is #2 pointing to?

Accepted Answer

continental slope

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

abyssal plain

Answer

seamount

Question 64

What is #5 pointing to?

Accepted Answer

abyssal plain

Answer

seamount

Answer

continental shelf

Answer

continental rise

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