Earth and space science
2024 - 2025
Watch this video to find answers for the first set of questions
Semester 1 Exam Prep
1. What is required for life as we know it?
2. Life as we know it is based on what element?
3. The region around a star where liquid water can exist is called the…..?
4. How many alien civilizations have we detected?
5. What is the primary method we have been using to search for alien civilizations?
6. Besides radio, what other method might alien civilizations use to communicate?
7. How old might alien civilizations be?
8. What element besides carbon might form a basis for life?
9. What moons in our solar system might be good places to search for life?
10. What is the Kardeshev Scale?
11. Non biological life forms would include…
1. What is required for life as we know it?
2. Life as we know it is based on what element?
3. The region around a star where liquid water can exist is called the…..?
4. How many alien civilizations have we detected?
5. What is the primary method we have been using to search for alien civilizations?
6. Besides radio, what other method might alien civilizations use to communicate?
7. How old might alien civilizations be?
8. What element besides carbon might form a basis for life?
9. What moons in our solar system might be good places to search for life?
10. What is the Kardeshev Scale?
11. Non biological life forms would include…
TEST PREP
1. Terrestrial planets are composed mostly of ?
a. gas
b. rock
c. skittles
2. Gas Giants are composed mostly of?
a. gas
b. rock
c. skittles
3. What chemical compound gives Uranus and Neptune a bluish green atmosphere?
a. carbon dioxide
b. methane
c. hydrogen
4. What is the largest planet in the solar system?
a. jupiter
b. saturn
c. earth
5. What are Saturn’s rings made of?
a. diamonds and rust
b. skittles and hot tamales
c. ice and rocks
6. What planet in the Solar system orbit the sun with the greatest speed?
a. mercury
b. Earth
c. jupiter
7. How do we think the Earth’s moon formed?
a. it was stolen
b. It formed as part of the Earth-moon system
c. It is the result of a collision between the Earth and another planet
8. What is the approximate age of the Solar System?
a. 4.5 billion years
b. 14 billion years
c. 2 trillion years
9. What is the name of the doughnut shaped region of the Solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune where many asteroids orbit?
a. the Oort Cloud
b. the Kuiper Belt
c. the asteroid belt
10. The Oort Cloud is home to many?
a. skittles
b. artificial satellites
c. comets
11. Which of Jupiter’s moons has many active volcanoes?
a. Europa
b. Io
c. Ganymede
12. What moon of Saturn has lakes of liquid hydrocarbons?
a. Titan
b. Enceladus
c. Mimas
13. How many moons does mars have?
a. none
b. 2
c. 3
14. What country was the first to launch a satellite in orbit around Earth?
a. USA
b. China
c. USSR
15. What is the term that describes the velocity required for a rocket to break free of a planet’s gravity?
a. escape velocity
b. critical speed
c.
More Test Prep!
1. How are clocks and rulers affected by motion?
a. they are not affected by anything
b. clocks run fast and rulers increase in length
c. clocks run slow and rulers contract in length
2. What is the uncertainty principle?
a. the idea that you can always know all particle properties exactly
b. the idea that you can never know all particle properties exactly
b. the idea that 2 + 2 might equal 5
3. What is quantum mechanics?
a. a theory about subatomic particles
b. a theory about gravity
c. a theory about tiny cars
4. What is Dark Matter?
a. a hypothetical form of matter that acts like antigravity
b. a hypothetical form of matter that increases the gravity of galaxies and star clusters
c. a form of matter used to make dark chocolate
5. What was the name of the paper Einstein wrote in 1905 about light and space and time?
a. The Large Scale Structure of the Universe
b. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
c. How Gravity Works
d. On the Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity
6. How old is the universe?
a. 100 thousand years
b. 6 million years
c. 13.8 billion years
d. 20.5 trillion years
7. What is General Relativity?
a. a theory that describes atoms
b. a theory that describes how stars generate energy
c. a theory about generals
d. a theory that describes how gravity works
8. What is the Special Theory of Relativity about?
a. atoms, electrons, and quarks
b. gravity and the strong force
c. space, time, and energy
d. black holes
9. What is the name given to the exponential expansion of the early universe?
a. Cardi B
b. Cosmic Microwave Background
c. static
d. inflation
10. How many fundamental forces are there?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 11
d. 14 billion
1. Terrestrial planets are composed mostly of ?
a. gas
b. rock
c. skittles
2. Gas Giants are composed mostly of?
a. gas
b. rock
c. skittles
3. What chemical compound gives Uranus and Neptune a bluish green atmosphere?
a. carbon dioxide
b. methane
c. hydrogen
4. What is the largest planet in the solar system?
a. jupiter
b. saturn
c. earth
5. What are Saturn’s rings made of?
a. diamonds and rust
b. skittles and hot tamales
c. ice and rocks
6. What planet in the Solar system orbit the sun with the greatest speed?
a. mercury
b. Earth
c. jupiter
7. How do we think the Earth’s moon formed?
a. it was stolen
b. It formed as part of the Earth-moon system
c. It is the result of a collision between the Earth and another planet
8. What is the approximate age of the Solar System?
a. 4.5 billion years
b. 14 billion years
c. 2 trillion years
9. What is the name of the doughnut shaped region of the Solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune where many asteroids orbit?
a. the Oort Cloud
b. the Kuiper Belt
c. the asteroid belt
10. The Oort Cloud is home to many?
a. skittles
b. artificial satellites
c. comets
11. Which of Jupiter’s moons has many active volcanoes?
a. Europa
b. Io
c. Ganymede
12. What moon of Saturn has lakes of liquid hydrocarbons?
a. Titan
b. Enceladus
c. Mimas
13. How many moons does mars have?
a. none
b. 2
c. 3
14. What country was the first to launch a satellite in orbit around Earth?
a. USA
b. China
c. USSR
15. What is the term that describes the velocity required for a rocket to break free of a planet’s gravity?
a. escape velocity
b. critical speed
c.
More Test Prep!
1. How are clocks and rulers affected by motion?
a. they are not affected by anything
b. clocks run fast and rulers increase in length
c. clocks run slow and rulers contract in length
2. What is the uncertainty principle?
a. the idea that you can always know all particle properties exactly
b. the idea that you can never know all particle properties exactly
b. the idea that 2 + 2 might equal 5
3. What is quantum mechanics?
a. a theory about subatomic particles
b. a theory about gravity
c. a theory about tiny cars
4. What is Dark Matter?
a. a hypothetical form of matter that acts like antigravity
b. a hypothetical form of matter that increases the gravity of galaxies and star clusters
c. a form of matter used to make dark chocolate
5. What was the name of the paper Einstein wrote in 1905 about light and space and time?
a. The Large Scale Structure of the Universe
b. On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies
c. How Gravity Works
d. On the Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity
6. How old is the universe?
a. 100 thousand years
b. 6 million years
c. 13.8 billion years
d. 20.5 trillion years
7. What is General Relativity?
a. a theory that describes atoms
b. a theory that describes how stars generate energy
c. a theory about generals
d. a theory that describes how gravity works
8. What is the Special Theory of Relativity about?
a. atoms, electrons, and quarks
b. gravity and the strong force
c. space, time, and energy
d. black holes
9. What is the name given to the exponential expansion of the early universe?
a. Cardi B
b. Cosmic Microwave Background
c. static
d. inflation
10. How many fundamental forces are there?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 11
d. 14 billion
More More Test Prep
1. What early astronomer believed the SUN was the center of the universe?
a. Copernicus
b. Tycho
2. Visible light, radio, and x rays are all types of
a. gravitational waves
b. electromagnetic waves
3. What planet did Kepler study?
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Earth
4. Who used a telescope to study the planets?
a. Kepler
b. Galileo
c. Copernicus
5. How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth once?
a. 1 day
b. 1 month
c. 1 year
6. What is the name of the process that generates energy in the core of the sun?
a. fusion
b. fission
7. When the moon is directly between the sun and earth it is called a ...
a. new moon
b. old moon
c. full moon
8. Compared to the size of the moons of other planets, the size of the earth's moon is...
a. larger
b. about the same
9. A telescope that uses lenses is called a…
a. refractor
b. reflector
10. What early astronomer believed the EARTH was the center of the universe?
a. Ptolemy
b. Galileo
c. Kepler
11. A Light Year is a unit of…
a. time
b. distance
c. brightness
12. Stars are made of mostly
a. hydrogen
b. iron
c. skittles
13. What fundamental force created stars?
a. sound
b. gravity
c. electromagnetism
14. What is a particle of light called?
a. an electron
b. a photon
c. a quark
15. How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun once?
a. 1 day
b. 1 year
c. 100 years
16. Observations of distant galaxies shows that the universe is…
a. contracting
b. expanding
c. breathing
17. What is the name of the telescopes that took the first ever picture of a black hole?
a. The Main Event Telescope
b. The Event Horizon Telescope
c. James Webb Space Telescop
18. Heavier elements like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are spread throughout the universe…
a. when stars are born
b. when stars die and explode
c. during the big bang
19. You should never point at the moon because it will
a. Cry
b. Bite you
c. Run away
1. What early astronomer believed the SUN was the center of the universe?
a. Copernicus
b. Tycho
2. Visible light, radio, and x rays are all types of
a. gravitational waves
b. electromagnetic waves
3. What planet did Kepler study?
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Earth
4. Who used a telescope to study the planets?
a. Kepler
b. Galileo
c. Copernicus
5. How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth once?
a. 1 day
b. 1 month
c. 1 year
6. What is the name of the process that generates energy in the core of the sun?
a. fusion
b. fission
7. When the moon is directly between the sun and earth it is called a ...
a. new moon
b. old moon
c. full moon
8. Compared to the size of the moons of other planets, the size of the earth's moon is...
a. larger
b. about the same
9. A telescope that uses lenses is called a…
a. refractor
b. reflector
10. What early astronomer believed the EARTH was the center of the universe?
a. Ptolemy
b. Galileo
c. Kepler
11. A Light Year is a unit of…
a. time
b. distance
c. brightness
12. Stars are made of mostly
a. hydrogen
b. iron
c. skittles
13. What fundamental force created stars?
a. sound
b. gravity
c. electromagnetism
14. What is a particle of light called?
a. an electron
b. a photon
c. a quark
15. How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun once?
a. 1 day
b. 1 year
c. 100 years
16. Observations of distant galaxies shows that the universe is…
a. contracting
b. expanding
c. breathing
17. What is the name of the telescopes that took the first ever picture of a black hole?
a. The Main Event Telescope
b. The Event Horizon Telescope
c. James Webb Space Telescop
18. Heavier elements like carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are spread throughout the universe…
a. when stars are born
b. when stars die and explode
c. during the big bang
19. You should never point at the moon because it will
a. Cry
b. Bite you
c. Run away
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1. Take up homework
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3. Talk about the Moon, the Earth, Issac Newton, and Apples
4. View the Apple and the Moon video
5. Listen to Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
6. Discuss the Moon in Music and Movies
1. Take up homework
2. Review new online material
3. Talk about the Moon, the Earth, Issac Newton, and Apples
4. View the Apple and the Moon video
5. Listen to Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
6. Discuss the Moon in Music and Movies
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