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Ch. 2 Quiz
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which area of Earth receives the most solar energy in a year?
a. the tropics
c. the Antarctic Circle
b. the polar regions
d. the middle latitudes
2. Which of the following planets does not have an atmosphere and lithosphere?
a. Earth
c. Venus
b. Mercury
d. Mars
3. When does the fall equinox occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
a. March 21
c. September 21
b. June 21
d. December 21
4. Planets are major bodies that orbit a(n) ____.
a. satellite
c. moon
b. asteroid
d. star
5. Earth's atmosphere is composed of about 78 percent of what gas?
a. carbon dioxide
c. water vapor
b. oxygen
d. nitrogen
6. Which of the following is not a satellite?
a. the Moon
c. the Sun
b. the Earth
d. Space Lab
7. What causes the tides on Earth?
a. the gravitational pull of the Sun, Earth, and Moon
b. the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon
c. Earth's tilt
d. Earth's revolution
8. How many days are in a leap year?
a.
c. 365
b.
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d. 366
9. On which day does the Sun never set on the Arctic Circle?
a. September 22
c. March 21
b. December 21
d. June 21
10. The outermost sphere of Earth is called the ____.
a. hydrosphere
c. atmosphere
b. biosphere
d. lithosphere
11. On a ____, there are equal periods of daylight and darkness.
a. solstice
c. Arctic Circle
b. equinox
d. equator
12. Together, the four spheres of Earth make up the ____.
a. Earth environment
c. planet
b. Earth system
d. biology
13. The Moon orbits Earth every ____.
a. 24 hours
c.
days
b. 30 days
d.
days
____ 14. The shape of Earth's orbit is ____.
a. elliptical
b. flattened
____ 15. Which planet is not gaseous?
a. Saturn
b. Mars
c. an oblate spheroid
d. circular
c. Venus
d. Uranus
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. moons
g.
b. tropics
h.
c. atmosphere
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d. rotation
j.
e. polar region
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f. planets
l.
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equinox
biosphere
revolution
solstice
hydrosphere
system
major bodies that orbit a star
time at which Earth's poles point at the greatest angle away from or toward the Sun
a group of different parts that interact to form a whole
one elliptical orbit of Earth around the Sun
the part of Earth that includes all life
occurs when both hemispheres receive an equal amount of sunlight
smaller objects that orbit a planet
all of Earth's water
warm low-latitude areas near the equator
the envelope of gases that surround Earth