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ES1 Midterm
Earth Science 1 Midterm 2014
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does one object float upon another? | It has a lower density |
| The volume of water is 10 mL then a ring is dropped in, raising the level to 15 mL. What is the volume of the ring? | 5 mL |
| What is condensation? | When moist air cools below its dewpoint. |
| A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group? | Plant A |
| A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the Independent Variable? | amount of fertilizer |
| A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the dependent variable? | plant growth |
| What is a cold front? | cold air mass moving into a warm air mass, represented by a line with triangles |
| What is a warm front? | Warm air mass moving into a cold air mass, represented by a line with red semi-circles |
| What weather is at a low pressure system? | Cloudy, wet (low pressure = rising air) |
| What weather is at a high pressure system? | clear, dry (high pressure = sinking air) |
| What are isobars? | lines connecting regions of same pressure |
| What are isotherms? | lines connecting regions of same temperature |
| Transfer of energy in atmosphere through air currents is through ___________ energy type | convection |
| Animal life on earth has flourished due to the presence of what gas? | oxygen |
| Length of time it takes Earth to complete one orbit around the sun. | 1 year |
| Length of time it takes Earth to complete one rotation on its axis | 1 day |
| Cardinal directions | north, south, east, west |
| Ordinal directions | northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest |
| Ozone layer protects us from __________. | UV rays (ultraviolet) |
| Earth will point (toward/away from) the sun in the Northern Hemisphere's summer. | toward |
| Earth will point (toward/away from) the sun in the Southern Hemisphere's Summer. | away from |
| (Elevation/Latitude/Rain Shadow) will cause rainforest at the bottom of a mountain and snow at the top of a mountain. | Elevation |
| List the steps of the scientific method | question, research, hypothesis, design an experiment, collect & interpret data, draw a conclusion, publish results |
| The variable you control in an experiment | independent variable |
| Dramatic changes in polar ice would be a result of climate/weather change. | climate |
| Experimentation to support a hypothesis requires single/multiple/limited trials. | multiple |
| Saturn's density is 0.7 g/mL. Will it sink or float in water? | float |
| What is the formula for density? | density = mass / volume |
| The temperature of water at boiling point is ________ Celcius | 100 degrees |
| Logical interpretations based on prior knowledge are quantitative/qualitative/inference | inference |
| What is important when creating a graph? | Independent variable (x-axis), Dependent Variable (y-axis), labels, Titles, Neatness, key/legend |
| Instrument that measures temperature. | thermometer |
| Instrument that measures wind speed | anamometer |
| Instrument that measures air pressure | barometer |
| Instrument with wet & dry bulb that measures relative humidity | psychrometer |
| What is the density of a rock with a mass of 5 g and volume of 2 mL? | 2.5 g/mL |
| Mass is measured with | triple beam balance |
| Distance is measured with | meter |
| numeric data | quantitative |
| Distance above sea level | elevation |
| Distance below sea level | depth |
| Width of a book is best measured in | centimeters |
| Age of the Earth | 4.5 Billion years |
| Surface winds of earth are deflected because of | earth's spinning on its axis |
| Does land or water change temperature quickly? | land |
| Does land or water change temperature slowly? | water |
| Tropical climate latitudes | 0-30 degrees |
| Temperate climate latitudes | 30-60 degrees |
| Polar climate latitudes | 60-90 degrees |
| Water current that flows from America toward Europe. | Gulf Stream |
| Air current that pushes weather eastward across the United States. | Jet Stream |
| Hurricanes begin in warm/cold waters | warm |
| There are (deserts/rainforests) near the equator and (deserts/rainforests) near the horse latitudes (30 degrees) | rainforests..... deserts |
| climate of a region on the lee of a mountain in a rain shadow | dry |
| Hole in the ozone layer is located over this continent. | Antarctica |
| Clouds found at a cold front | cumulonimbous |
| Clouds found at a warm front | nimbostratus |
| cold air mass moving into & under a warm air mass | cold front |
| warm air mass moving into and over a cold air mass | warm front |
| cold front catching up to a warm front | occluded front |
| El Nino forms over the waters of the ___________ ocean. | Pacific |
| First stage of the program to put a person on the moon. | first stage was Mercury - it got us into space (Apollo is the name of the program that got us to the moon) |
| Ocean Currents begin with | winds |
| Three feedback mechanisms | ice, clouds, carbon dioxide |
| polar air mass moving into a tropical air mass | Blizzard |
| Hurricane begins as a ______________ disturbance. | tropical |
| Convex lens telescope | refracting |
| concave mirror telescope (and name the space telescope of this type) | reflecting.... Hubble |
| Engine that launches an object into space | rocket |
| Speed of light | 300,000 km/s |
| Arrangement of ______________ by wavelength on the Electromagnetic Spectrum | Electromagnetic radiation |
| First man on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
| First man in space | Yuri Gagarin |
| First artificial satellite | Sputnik |
| Moon-bound space probe | Lunar Prospector |
| Highest energy electromagnetic spectrum | gamma rays |
| Space shuttle saved us money by being _________. | reusable |
| curved path of a satellite | orbit |
| Space object that goes out into distant space and sends information back to Earth. | Space Probe |
| Object made by humans and orbits a planet or moon. | Artificial Satellite |
| When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is ____________ in the Southern Hemisphere | Winter |
| Sun's rays strike the Earth at its Northernmost and Southernmost positions at the _______________. | Summer/Winter Solstice |
| Time of Equal day/night at all points on the earth. | Equinox |
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