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Sun, Seasons, And Formation Of Solar System
Test Description: Review questions about the Sun Seasons, and Solar System Formation for Earth Science final exam.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In what month does Colorado have the greatest number of daylight hours per day?
A
August
B
December
C
June
D
March
2) The Sun appears to rise in the morning and set at night because of the ______.
A
rotation of the Sun
B
revolution of Earth
C
rotation of Earth
D
revolution of the Sun
3) The Summer Solstice is when we have ______.
A
equal amounts of day and night
B
the longest night of the year
C
the longest day of the year
D
24 hours of daylight and no darkness
4) Seasons are caused by _________.
A
the changing distance between the Sun and Earth
B
the revolution and tilt of Earth
C
the rotation and tilt of Earth
D
solstices and equinoxes
5) When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the Souther Hemisphere, because the Southern Hemisphere is ___________
A
receiving warm ocean currents from the Northern Hemisphere.
B
a shorter distance away from the sun.
C
receiving the most direct radiation from the sun.
D
keeping the temperatures balanced.
6) What is a solar nebula?
A
An asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
B
A newly formed planet in the solar system.
C
A cloud of gas and dust that may eventually form into a sun and planets.
D
A black hole in the center of our galaxy.
7) What is a protoplanetary disk?
A
A disk of material rotating around a newly forming sun, where planets can form.
B
The center of a solar nebula, where a new sun is born.
C
The rings of a gas giant planet.
D
A cloud of gas and dust that may eventually form into a sun and planets.
8) What is accretion?
A
The development of life on a planet.
B
A giant impact that created the moon.
C
The process of material in the protoplanetary disk clumping together to form planets.
D
The process of a star exploding and dying.
9) Because the outer planets formed further from the sun, where it was colder, they _____.
A
formed cores only from rock, so they stayed small and did not attract much gas.
B
formed cores from ice as well as rock, so they grew larger and attracted more gases.
C
formed entirely from gas, with no cores.
D
were unable to have any moons.
10) Because the inner planets formed closer to the sun, where it was hotter, they _____.
A
formed entirely from gas, with no cores.
B
formed cores from ice as well as rock, so they grew larger and attracted more gases.
C
formed cores only from rock, so they stayed small and did not attract much gas.
D
were unable to have any moons.
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