C.I.L.S. Review Final Exam

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C.I.L.S. Review Final Exam
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Any smooth surface that reflects light to form an
image is a(n) ____.
Mirror
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Although electromagnetic waves differ in their
wavelengths, they all travel at the speed of
light, which is ____.
300,000 km/s
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Optical telescopes include ____.
Reflecting and Refracting type telescopes
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The arrangement of ____ by wavelength is called
the electromagnetic spectrum.
Electromagnetic radiation
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____ telescopes collect and record radio waves
given off by some objects in space.
Radio
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Early data gathered from the space probe ____
indicate that hydrogen is present in the rocks of
the Moon's poles.
Lunar Prospector
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An artificial satellite is a spacecraft that
____.
Is built by humans
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A space probe is a spacecraft that
____.a. completes only one orbitb. is built and
launched by humans c. gathers information and
sends it back to Earth d. both b and c
D.
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One major difference between an artificial
satellite and a space probe is that the
artificial satellite ____.
A satellite is more about orbiting rather than
traveling farther into the solar system
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In addition to sending humans into space in the
Mercury and Gemini programs, space probes were
sent to the Moon to ____.
Take pictures, find landing sites etc
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A characteristic of the space shuttle is that
____.
Lands like a plane, large cargo area, it can be
reused.
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The phase of the Moon that immediately precedes
the new Moon is the ____.
Waning crescent
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Dark-colored, relatively flat regions of the
Moon's surface that were formed when interior
lava filled large basins are called ____.
Maria
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A ____ occurs when the Moon moves directly
between the Sun and Earth and throws a shadow on
Earth.
Solar eclipse
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The yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is
called its ____.
Revolution
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The presence of maria on the Moon indicates that
____.
The moon contains Lava beneath its surface
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Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that is
____.
Tilted toward the sun
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The Viking landers sent back pictures of the
reddish-colored, barren, rocky, windswept surface
of ____.
Mars
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Methane absorbs the red and yellow light on ____,
while the clouds of these planets reflect the
green and blue light.
Uranus and Neptune
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Pluto's orbit sometimes causes this planet to be
the ninth, and not the eighth, planet from the
Sun.
Neptune
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____ has colorful clouds in bands of white, red,
tan, and brown.
Jupiter
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One of ____ moons is larger than the planets
Pluto and Mercury.
Saturn (Titan)
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Two of the inner planets are ____.
The inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
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Scientists know the least about the planet ____.
Pluto
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This planet has no true atmosphere. __________
Mercury
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____ was the first planet studied by the Voyager
space probes.
Jupiter
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Neptune was the last planet to be visited by the
____ space probe.
Voyager 2
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Pluto differs from the other outer planets in
that ____.
No dense atmosphere, rocky outer planet, one
small moon
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Pluto's moon, ____, has a diameter equal to half
of Pluto's.
Charon
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Scientists hypothesize that the Sun formed
____.a. less than a billion years ago b. from a
cloud of gas and dustc. less than a million
years ago d. from a chunk of Jupiter
B
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____ is an outer planet with an unusual orbit.
Pluto
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Solar energy trapped by gases in Venus's
atmosphere causes ____.
The Greenhouse Effect
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The first and only American space mission to
Mercury was ____.
Mariner 10
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Water is found as a solid, liquid, and gas on
____.
Earth
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Mercury is the ____ planet from the Sun.
1st
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____ is the third planet from the Sun.
Earth
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The order of the inner planets outward from the
Sun is ____.
My Very Educated Mother
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The positions of the constellations appear to
change throughout the year because ____.
Because the Earth is revolving around the sun
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The Sun produces energy by fusing hydrogen atoms
into ____ atoms in its core.
Helium
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All of the following are true of the Milky Way
EXCEPT that it ____.a. is a spiral
galaxy b. has more than 800 billion starsc. is
a member of the Local Groupd. is 100,000
light-years across
B
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A ____ is a region so dense that nothing,
including light, can escape its gravity field.
A Black Hole
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Dark, cooler areas on the Sun's surface are
called ____.
Sunspots
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____ are patterns of stars in the sky.
Constellations
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As Earth travels in its ____, different
constellations are visible at different times of
the year.
Orbit
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a. sphere f. equinox b. axis
g. winter solstice c. rotation h. Moon
phases d. Revolution i. waxing e. ellipse
j. new Moon
Define each term
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Be able to name the phases of the moon
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What causes the ocean tides?
The gravitational pull of the moon on the earth
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Electrical power for the Hubble Space Telescope
is provided by ____.
Solar Panels
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The tilt of the Earths axis greatly affects the
____.
Seasons, Intensity of Sunlight, Hours of Daylight
etc
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When a cold air mass moves into a region occupied
by a warm air mass, the zone is called a ____.
Cold Front
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A drop in pressure is usually an indication of
_______ weather.
Upcoming Cloudy, rainy - poor
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The coriolis effect is a result of the ____.
Earths rotation
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A rise in Barometric pressure generally means
____.
Nice weather!
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The angle of the suns rays hitting the Earth
surface affects ____.
Solar energy, equator and polar, Seasons etc
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Where does almost all of the Earths energy come
from ____.
Sun