Earth And Space Science

Question 1

Planet closest to sun

Planet furthest from sun

Answer 1

Closest - mercury

Furthest- Neptune

Question 2

Asteroid belt located btwn

Answer 2

Mars and Jupiter

Question 3

My
Very 
Educated  
Mother 
Just
Served 
Us 
Noodles

Answer 3

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars 
Jupiter 
Saturn 
Uranus
Neptune

Question 4

Large system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity

Earth?

Answer 4

Galaxy

Milky Way

Question 5

Massive star has collapsed, and has gravitational force so strong that light cannot escape

Answer 5

Black hole

Question 6

Northern hemisphere tilted toward sun =

Answer 6

Summer

Question 7

Crystalline structure - luster, hardness,density

Ex: talc, diamonds, topaz
*INORGANIC

Answer 7

Minerals

Question 8

3 types of rocks

Answer 8

Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic

Question 9

_ rock

Tectonic processes, bring magma to surface

Answer 9

Igneous

Question 10

_ rock

Rock fragments are compacted as a result of weathering and erosion

**COMPACTION

Answer 10

Sedimentary

Question 11

_ rock

HEAT and PRESSURE change structure of pre-existing rocks

Answer 11

Metamorphic

Question 12

Describes how light reflects off the surface of a mineral

Ex: dull, metallic, pearly and waxy

Answer 12

Luster

Question 13

Earth lines up btwn moon and sun

Answer 13

Lunar eclipse

Question 14

Moon moves btwn earth and sun

Answer 14

Solar eclipse

Question 15

3 layers of earth outer to inner

Answer 15

Crust
Mantle
Core (inner and outer)

Question 16

What created earths magnetic field?

Answer 16

Inner core spins at slightly different rates from the rest of the planet

Question 17

Earths surface layer - including crust and upper layer of mantle

Answer 17

Lithosphere

Question 18

Broken pieces of the earths crust

Float where ?

Answer 18

Tectonic plates

Asthenosphere

Question 19

One giant land mass before broken into continents

Answer 19

Pangea

Question 20

Movement of tectonic plates, shifting continents to cure t position

Answer 20

Continental drift

Question 21

Ocean basins and new ridges formed by

Answer 21

Divergent plate boundary

Question 22

Tectonic plates collide forming mountains or trenches

Answer 22

Convergent plate boundary

Question 23

Plates slide against each other horizontally in opposite directions along a boundary

Answer 23

Transform plate boundary

Question 24

Vents in the earths crust allowing molten rock to reach surface, located along edges of tectonic plates

Also found at hotspots

Answer 24

Volcanoes

Question 25

Cone shaped volcano, made of lava, ash, rock, steep sides Ex:

Answer 25

Composite (stratovovolcano) Mt Fuji, my Rainer

Question 26

Dome shaped volcano, gently sloped sides, made of fluid lava flows Ex ?

Answer 26

Shield volcano Mt. Kilauea

Question 27

Earth is _ yrs old

Answer 27

4.5 billion

Question 28

_ period Plant and animals *95% of life became extinct at the end

Answer 28

Paleozoic

Question 29

Period _ Earth formation until life appeared

Answer 29

Precambrian

Question 30

_ period Age of dinosaurs Large asteroid = extinction

Answer 30

Mesozoic

Question 31

_ period Current time period Humans, mammals, birds, flowering plants

Answer 31

Cenozoic

Question 32

Occurs when hot magma cools and develops crystals and hardens

Answer 32

Crystallization

Question 33

Energy released during an earthquake =

Answer 33

Magnitude