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Earth science 1023 midterm

Earth science 1023 midterm

Question 1 of 38

1

What planets don't orbit perfectly in the plane of the ecliptic?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Jupiter

  • Mars

  • neptune

  • saturn

  • uranus

  • mercury

  • earth

Explanation

Question 2 of 38

1

Earth is heated by:

Select one or more of the following:

  • the heat of accretion

  • radiation

  • the inner core

  • heat of compression

  • heat caused by differentiation, heat of formation

Explanation

Question 3 of 38

1

seismic p waves depend on:

Select one or more of the following:

  • the bulk modulus

  • 3/4 the shear modulus

  • 1/density

  • square of all of the above

  • square root of all of the above

Explanation

Question 4 of 38

1

the d'' layer is the layer of discontinuity between the crust and the upper mantle

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 38

1

Mercury has an:

Select one or more of the following:

  • upper mantle

  • lower mantle

  • solid inner core

  • solid FeS layer

Explanation

Question 6 of 38

1

What is the difference in formation between a protostar and a protoplanet?

Select one of the following:

  • Protostars are larger

  • Protostars form first out of particles, their gravity causes other particles to orbit the protostar, colliding and forming planets

  • protoplanets don't have a gravitational field

Explanation

Question 7 of 38

1

s waves, or shear waves are propagated:

Select one of the following:

  • horizontally

  • 90 degrees to horizontal

  • by the shearing movement

Explanation

Question 8 of 38

1

p waves are caused by:

Select one of the following:

  • areas of compression and release

  • horizontal movement

Explanation

Question 9 of 38

1

ray paths are drawn as curves over short distances

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 38

1

Erastosthenes experiment calculated:

Select one of the following:

  • The radius of the earth

  • the circumference of the earth

  • the orbit of the earth

Explanation

Question 11 of 38

1

What is the upsilon andromoedae system?

Select one of the following:

  • An asteroid belt

  • A multi-star system

Explanation

Question 12 of 38

1

the heat of differentiation is:

Select one of the following:

  • Heat caused by Fe losing potential energy as it traveled inwards

  • heat caused by the different layers if the earth

Explanation

Question 13 of 38

1

Inge Lehmann discovered the liquid outer core

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 38

1

The upper mantle is made of

Select one or more of the following:

  • olivine

  • pyroxene

  • ringwoodite

  • wadlseyite

  • perovskite

  • ferropericlase

Explanation

Question 15 of 38

1

the order of sea floor spreading is:

Select one of the following:

  • magma rises, is cooled, moves to the side (pushed by new magma coming up), is subducted underneath less dense continental crust

  • magma rises, moves to the side, cools which locks in the curie temperature, and then sinks as the density increases

Explanation

Question 16 of 38

1

the athenosphere and lithosphere are parts of the upper mantle

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 38

1

outer core is made of liquid:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Fe

  • Ni

  • Si

  • S

  • O

  • Mg

  • Ca

Explanation

Question 18 of 38

1

the difference between the inner core and the outer core is that it transitions from liquid to solid

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 38

1

Sea floor spreading is started by subduction

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 38

1

types of convergent boundaries are:

Select one or more of the following:

  • oceanic-oceanic, one that's more dense than the other will sink

  • oceanic-continental

  • continental-continental

  • san andreas fault

  • normal fault

Explanation

Question 21 of 38

1

Vine, Matthews and Morley used sea floor spreading to confirm:

Select one or more of the following:

  • polar reversal

  • continental drift

  • hot spot hypothesis

  • subduction

Explanation

Question 22 of 38

1

continent-continent collisions:

Select one or more of the following:

  • create mountains

  • are a form of convergent boundary

  • are caused by sea floor spreading centres

Explanation

Question 23 of 38

1

match the innovator with their idea:

Select one or more of the following:

  • J.J thompson and the e-

  • rutherford and the p+ and empty space in the nucleus

  • Hipparchus classify stars based on brightness 1-6

  • hertzsprung-russel luminosity vs temperature

  • hertzsprung-russel classify stars based on brightness 1-6

  • Bohr quantized model of atom

  • Alfred Wegener continental drift

  • Harry hess hot spot hypothesis

  • Harry hess sea floor spreading centres

  • J.J. tuzo wilson, wilson cycle, transform bounadries and hot spot hypothesis

Explanation

Question 24 of 38

1

conduction is the most efficient way of spreading heat

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 38

1

There are these types of divergent faults:

Select one or more of the following:

  • normal faults

  • sea floor spreading centres

  • subduction zones

  • transform

Explanation

Question 26 of 38

1

pluto is a part of the kuiper belt

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 38

1

Igneous and metamorphic rocks lock in the polar field by:

Select one of the following:

  • cooling past their curie temperatures and locking in the polar field at the time

  • as the particles settle, magnetic minerals like hematite and magnetite align with the magnetic field and the particles align with the magnetic field because if this

Explanation

Question 28 of 38

1

Venus has:

Select one or more of the following:

  • intense greenhouse effect

  • no magnetic field

  • a much larger radius than earth

  • no plate tectonics

Explanation

Question 29 of 38

1

in the wilson cycle the continents rejoin because of:

Select one of the following:

  • they don't rejoin

  • uneven rates of subduction

  • the temperature of the magma

Explanation

Question 30 of 38

1

A star increases in temperature,

Select one or more of the following:

  • becomes a red giant, nebulas, then becomes a white dwarf

  • becomes a red supergiant, novas, then becomes a neutron star or a blackhole

  • becomes a planet

Explanation

Question 31 of 38

1

Jupiter has:

Select one or more of the following:

  • 11x earth's radius

  • >60 satellites

  • liquid core

  • solid core

Explanation

Question 32 of 38

1

these are the jovian planets:

Select one or more of the following:

  • jupiter

  • neptune

  • uranus

  • pluto

  • venus

  • saturn

Explanation

Question 33 of 38

1

the depths are:

Select one of the following:

  • crust=30 mantle=2990
    outer core=5200 inner core=6400

  • crust=0 mantle=1000
    outer core= 2700 outer core= 4300

Explanation

Question 34 of 38

1

when an iceberg pushes down on the land it:

Select one of the following:

  • wants to melt and become magma

  • bounces back up, causing cracks

  • forms an indent in the earth

Explanation

Question 35 of 38

1

volcanoes are caused by:

Select one of the following:

  • hydrated oceanic plates melting up through the mantle

  • sea floor spreading centres

Explanation

Question 36 of 38

1

hot spot hypothesis is that:

Select one of the following:

  • the hot spot are caused by plate movement, magma coming up through same plate, in a different place

  • the sea floor spreading centers move, causing magma to form the Hawaiian islands

Explanation

Question 37 of 38

1

The terrestrial planets are made of metal and rock, as opposed to the jovian planets made of gases and ice. This is because:

Select one or more of the following:

  • planets closer to the sun are formed by elements that condense at higher temperatures. This is why terrestrial planets are formed by metals and rocks

  • because the gases condense at lower temperatures they did not form the terrestrial planets and were pushed outwards

  • planets closer to the sun were able to get more of the elements from the nebula and therefore were made of the heavier elements, leaving the lighter elements for the jovian planets

Explanation

Question 38 of 38

1

the temperatures of the layers of the earth are:

Select one of the following:

  • crust=0 mantle=1000
    outer core=3700 inner core=4300

  • crust=30 mantle=2990
    outer core=5200 inner core=6400

Explanation

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