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Earth and Space2
Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Radio waves are reflected back to Earth by particles in which layer of the atmosphere? | ionosphere |
| Which two countries was the space race between? | United States and the Soviet Union |
| In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur? | troposphere |
| What has to happen of a solar eclipse to occur? | the moon must be directly between Earth and the sun |
| How long does Earth's rotation take? | 24 hours |
| Earth's atmosphere is important to living things because it what? | provides all the gases living things needs to survive |
| Day and night are cause by what? | Earth's rotation on its axis |
| Any form of water that falls from clouds is called what? | precipitation |
| How many times can the space shuttle be used? | it can be used many times to carry astronauts into orbit. |
| What force attracts all objects to each other? | gravity |
| During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur? | full moon |
| Which layer of the atmosphere protects Earth's surface from being hit by most meteoroids? | mesosphere |
| Water vapor is water in the form of what? | a gas |
| The atmosphere is | the layer of gases that surrounds Earth |
| The phase of the moon you see depends on what? | how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth |
| The reaction force that propels a rocket forward is called what? | thrust |
| Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called what? | cumulonimbus clouds |
| You are less likely to see a total solar eclipse that a total lunar eclipse because why? | the moon's umbra only covers a small area on Earth's surface |
| Which answer give the correct sequence of important early space flights? | Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, John Glenn |
| Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky and are a dull gray color are called what? | stratus clouds |
| The strength of the force of gravity depends on what? | the masses of the objects and the distance between them |
| Because the moon rotates once for each revolution around Earth what is true? | you never see the far side of the moon from Earth |
| The point beneath Earth's surface whee rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the what? | focus |
| When ash, cinders, and bombs build up in a steep pile around a volcano's vent, the result is what? | a cinder cone volcano |
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