Midterm

Question 1

What is the escape velocity of earth?

Answer 1

11 kilometers per second (11 km/s)

Question 2

Are astronauts falling around the earth?

Answer 2

Yes, true

Question 3

Gravity is what kind of force?

Answer 3

Attractive

Question 4

Protons can be affected by gravity

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Objects in this do not lie in the same plane as the rest of the solar system

Answer 5

Oort Cloud

Question 6

What is the solar system held together by?

Answer 6

The sun’s gravity

Question 7

What is Jupiter’s diameter and how much bigger is it than earth’s diameter?

Answer 7

Jupiter’s diameter is 142,984 km and is 11 times wider than earth’s diameter

Question 8

What is the name of the zone in which the earth lies?

Answer 8

The Earth lies in the habitable zone

Question 9

What helps deflect the most dangerous charges particles from the sun?

Answer 9

The Magnetosphere

Question 10

Where do weather events happen?

Answer 10

In the earth’s Troposphere

Question 11

Where do you find weather balloons?

Answer 11

In the earth’s Stratosphere

Question 12

Where is the ISS?

Answer 12

In the earth’s Thermasphere

Question 13

What is the hardest layer to study?

Answer 13

The Mesosphere

Question 14

What event happens on the layer that causes something to move to the crust?

Answer 14

Convection currents

Question 15

What is the oldest part of the crust?

Answer 15

Granite

Question 16

What is the layer that causes the magnetic field?

Answer 16

Outer core

Question 17

How many layers is the earth composed of?

Answer 17

4

Question 18

What is density?

Answer 18

How much mass is inside a given volume.

Question 19

Notes on density

Answer 19

2 objects have the same mass but one is larger than the other. The bigger object’s mass is more spread out so it has lower density
Same mass less space =higher density 
Same mass more space= lower density
If you are more dense you will sink
If you are less dense you will float

Question 20

2 objects have the same mass but one is larger than the other. The larger object has higher or lower density?

Answer 20

Lower density

Question 21

2 objects have the same mass but one is larger than the other. The smaller object has higher or lower density?

Answer 21

Higher density

Question 22

What are lithospheric plates also known as?

Answer 22

Tectonic plates

Question 23

What are the three boundary plates?

Answer 23

Convergent, transform, and divergent

Question 24

Describe the convergent boundary.

Answer 24

1. Pushes crust together➡️⬅️
2. Forms volcanoes, mountains, earthquake, and deep ocean trench
3. Destroys crust

Question 25

Describe the transform boundary.

Answer 25

1. Crust slide past each other ↙️↗️ 2. Forms earthquakes 3. The crust is neither created or destroyed

Question 26

Describe the divergent boundary.

Answer 26

1. Crust pulls apart ⬅️➡️ 2. Forms rift zones, mid-ocean ridges, and sea-floor spreading 3. Crust can be created

Question 27

What is Pangea?

Answer 27

Pangea was a supercontinent from 225 million years ago were all 7 continents were all in one piece

Question 28

What is the type of volcano that is nonviolent?

Answer 28

The shield volcano🛡🌋

Question 29

What is the type of volcano that is the smallest?

Answer 29

Cinder cone (scoria)

Question 30

Where is the world’s largest shield volcano located?

Answer 30

Maunaioa, Hawaii

Question 31

How are the 3 types of rocks formed?

Answer 31

1. Metamorphic- heat and pressure 2. Igneous- melting magma and melting, cooling, solidification 3. Sedimentary- weathering & erosion and compaction of settlement cementation

Question 32

What is the tool used for measuring weight?

Answer 32

A scale

Question 33

What is the tool used for measuring mass?

Answer 33

A balance beam

Question 34

What is the specific name of the glassy rock?

Answer 34

Obsidian

Question 35

What is the specific name of the rock that looks like rocks squeezed together?

Answer 35

A conglomerate

Question 36

What are types of units used to measure mass?

Answer 36

Grams (g) and kilograms (kg)

Question 37

What are types of units used to measure weight?

Answer 37

Pounds (Lb) and Newtons (N)

Question 38

EXTRA!!🌟 | What is the definition of tidal locking?

Answer 38

When the moon’s period of rotation is equal to its period of revolution

Question 39

EXTRA!!🌟 | What is there definition of spaghettification?

Answer 39

Process in which when you are near a black hole, the tides are so strong, you are stretched into a thin string.

Question 40

EXTRA!!🌟 | What is the definition of terraforming?

Answer 40

Process of going to an uninhabitable alien planet and engineering it to be more earth like.

Question 41

Conversion chart

Answer 41

Look at image

Question 42

What will happen if you are more dense and why does it happen?

Answer 42

You will sink because you have less air in you and more stuff in you.

Question 43

What will happen if you are less dense and why does it happen?

Answer 43

you will float because you have more air in you and less stuff in you.