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| What would an astronomer most likely study? |
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| What does the ozone layer in the atmosphere shield the earth from? |
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| What is a part of the Earths biosphere? |
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| Oceans, atmosphere, land etc. |
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| What is the largest ecosystem called? |
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| What is important to gathering and or collecting information? |
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| A possible explanation to a problem? |
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| The first step in using a scientific methods to solve a problem? |
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| State what the problem is |
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| A hypothesis or set of hypothesis supported by the result of experimentation and obsevation is called a(n) fact. |
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| A well-established and proven theory is most likely to become. |
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As an observer toward sources X and Y in the diagram above, light from the two sources will appear to become? |
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Look at the digram above. One wavelength is equal to the distance between points. |
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| A spectroscope is most likely to be used to determine a star's |
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| The red shift observed in a distant galaxy's spectra is evidence for the? |
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| Big bang, expansion of galaxies |
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| The lithosphere is made up of the upper mantle and the? |
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| The earth's atmosphere is made up of mostly oxygen and? |
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| S waves are most easily blocked by the earth's |
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| Because certain seismic waves are not detected in shadow zones, it us hypothesized that the earth's interior is? |
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| Where do most seismic waves come from? |
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| Earthquakes and explosions |
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| The boundary the earth's crust and mantle where the speed of seismic waves changes is called the? |
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| What best describes the magnetosphere? |
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| The region of space affected by earths moho |
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| What is most likely to result from an incease in the earth's rotation rate? |
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| Decrease the length of a day |
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| In which month does the earth reach the winter solstice? |
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| when the earth is at the farthest point in its orbit from the sun, it is said to be at? |
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| when the south pole tilts toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere experiences what? |
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| There are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness south of the Antarctic Circle on the day? |
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According to the diagram above, what is the correct time in Denver when it is noon in Boston? |
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| Approximately how many degrees of the earth's total circumference does each time zone cover? |
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| A satellite that passes over a different portion of the earth during each revolution is traveling? |
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| Navigation satellites aree used to? |
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| Landsat satellites are most frequently used to? |
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| Earth features, communications. |
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| Satellites in geosynchronous orbits are most often used for? |
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| A star in category G in the table above would most likely be? |
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| An apparent shift in the wavelength of light emitted by a light source moving toward or away from an observer is known as? |
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| A star moving toward the earth would display a? |
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| How far is the sun from the earth? |
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in which region of the diagram does the sun lie? |
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| What type of star is generally located in region A of this Hertzsprung-Russell diagram? |
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A star with which of the following apparent magnitudes would appear brightest?
12, 8, 0, -5 |
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| What stage of stellar evolution is the sun experiencing at this time? |
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| A main sequence star maintains a stable size as long as it has an ample supply of hydrogen to fuse into? |
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What stage in the life of a star 10 times more massive than the sun is missing in this chart? |
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| Large-scale groups of stars bound together by gravitational attraction are known as? |
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| The transfer of energy in moving liquids and gasses occurs by the process called? |
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| Which layer of the sun gives off the visible light normally seen from the earth? |
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| Ions that stream out into space through holes in the corona create? |
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| The layer that prevents most of the atomic particles from the sun's surface from escaping into the space is the? |
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| Cooler regions of the photosphere near strong magnetic fields are called? |
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| The most violent of all solar disturbances is called a? |
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| Auroras are an effect caused by? |
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| What planets are gas giant? |
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| Uranis, Jupiter, Satun, Neptune |
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| Which planet consits of water and frozen gases? |
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| The small bodies of matter that were present in the solar nebula while the sun was forming are called? |
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In the diagram above the light from source x compared source y appears to be what? |
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| What makes up the earths athenosphere? |
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| solid rock that is able to flow |
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| What percent of earths hydrosphere is made up of salt? |
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| What zone of the earth is made up of liquid iron? |
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| The process of photosynthesis increases the amount of which gas in the earth’s atmosphere? |
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| What shields the earth from the harmful ultraviolet radiation of the sun? |
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| The presence of a magnetic field indicates that a planet has what? |
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| The tendency of an object to remain at rest until acted upon by an outside force is called what? |
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| The planets are kept in orbit by the sun’s what? |
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| The terrestrial planets are composed mostly of what? |
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| What is a terrestrial planet? |
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| Mars, Earth, Mercury, Venus |
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| What are the gas giant planets? |
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| Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn |
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what is the 7th planet? |
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| What is a body that orbits a larger body? |
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| What are bowl-shaped lunar depressions called? |
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| As the moon rotates, why does one side of the moon always faces the earth? |
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| it revolves and rotates at the same time. |
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| What will occur if the moon crosses the plane of the earth’s orbit when the moon is between the earth and the sun? |
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| What type of eclipse is seen by the most people? |
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According to the diagram above, observers on the earth see a full moon when the moon is in position |
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According to the diagram above, observers on the earth see a full moon when the moon is in position 3
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| Approximately how many elements occur naturally in the earth? |
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| What is a substance that is formed from atoms with a characteristic set of physical and chemical properties called? |
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| Each element consists of one basic kind of what? |
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| The smallest unit of an element that has all the basic properties of the element is called a what? |
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| Different elements are made up of different kinds of what? |
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| Which of the subatomic particles has no positive or negative charge? |
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| The region at the center of the atom is called the what? |
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| Protons and neutrons of an atom are located in the what? |
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| Which subatomic particle always has a negative charge? |
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According to the table above, what is the mass number of the element fluorine (F)? |
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According to the table above, how many neutrons are in one atom of the element fluorine (F)? |
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According to the table above, how many electrons does the element silver (Ag) have? |
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| The isotopes of an element have a different number of what? |
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Which of the following has the most loosely packed atoms?
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| What is the maximum number of electrons an element with two energy levels can have? |
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| An atom that carries an electrical charge is called what? |
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| In a covalent bond, the nucleus of each atom is attracted to the what? |
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| Electrons that are shared |
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| What is shared between atoms in a covalent bond? |
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| How many atoms of potassium (K) are represented by the formula K2SO4? |
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| What is an example of a mineral? |
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| Quartz, Mica, hornblend, magnatite, etc |
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| Which mineral is white in powdered form?[image] |
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| The heft or relative weight of a mineral sample is directly related to the mineral’s what? |
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According to the table, what is the approximate hardness of a mineral that scratches quartz and can be scratched by topaz? |
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| A mineral that splits into even sheets shows which of the properties? |
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| A mineral in which all atoms are bonded tightly together will most likely be what? |
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| The most common magnetic mineral is what? |
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| The ability of a mineral to glow during exposure to ultraviolet light is called what? |
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| In which phase is the moon when the unlighted side faces the earth? |
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