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Semester 1 Exam Study Guide
Stars ESS1-1
1) HS-ESS1-1 A collapsing cloud of gas and dust destined to become a star is _________?
A) nebula
B) main-sequence stage C) protostar D) globular clusters
2) HS-ESS1-1 Most stars are in this stage of evolution.
A) red giant B) black hole C) main-sequence star
D) white dwarf
3) HS-ESS1-1 As _____________ shrinks, gravitational energy is converted into energy of motion, or heat energy, and the
mass of contracting gases slowly heats up.
A) interstellar clouds B) quasars
C) solar winds D) milky way galaxies E) plages
4) HS-ESS1-1 The most dense stars known to exist are ________.
A) red dwarfs B) white dwarfs C) black holes D) neutron stars
Light ESS1-2
5) HS-ESS1-2 Which of the following colors has the longest wavelength?
A) violet
B) red C) orange
D) green
E) blue
6) HS-ESS1-2 The type of spectrum produced by a common light bulb is a ________.
A) bright-line (emission) spectrum
B) dark-line (absorption) spectrum
C) continuous spectrum
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
7) HS-ESS1-2 The spectra of most stars are of this type.
A) continuous spectrum
B) bright-line (emission) spectrum
C) dark-line (absorption) spectrum
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
8) HS-ESS1-2 To determine whether a celestial body is approaching or receding from Earth, astronomers employ
________.
A) telescopic imaging
B) the Stefan-Boltzmann law
C) high speed radar
D) the Doppler principle
E) Einstein's equation
Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions ESS1-3
9) HS-ESS1-3 The generation of all the elements on the periodic table up to number 26, iron happen during this type of
reaction.
A) chemical
B) endothermic C) physical
D) supernova E) exothermic
10) HS-ESS1-3 Elements produced by a star heavier than iron on the periodic table happen after this kind of reaction.
A) exothermic B) hydrogen burning C) endothermic D) Panorama
Kepler’s Laws ESS1-4
11) HS-ESS1-4 What does Kepler’s first law say about planetary orbits?
A) They have retrograde motion.
B) They are elliptical in shape.
C) They are geocentric.
D) The farther the foci are, the more circular the orbit is.
12) HS-ESS1-4 What is an astronomical unit (AU)?
A) Earth’s average distance from the Sun
C) Earth’s average perihelion distance
B) Earth’s average aphelion distance
D) Earth’s orbital eccentricity
13) HS-ESS1-4 An oval shape that is centered on two points is called a/an:
A) semi major axis
B) major axis
C) perihelion
D) ellipse
14) HS-ESS1-4 The shape of a planet’s elliptical orbit is defined by:
A) eccentricity
B) major axis
C) perihelion
D) ellipse
Continental Drift HS-ESS2-1
15) The _______ is an example of an active, continent-continent collision.
A. Arabian Peninsula slamming into North Africa under the Red Sea
B. northward movement of India into Eurasia
C. northern movement of Baja California and a sliver of western California toward the Hawaiian Islands
D. westward movement of the South American plate over the Nazca plate
16) Pull-apart rift zones are generally associated with a _______ plate boundary.
A. divergent
B. transform
C. convergent
D. all plate boundaries
17) plates are sliding past one another horizontally
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. transform
18) where subduction zones occur
A. convergent
B. divergent
C. transform
Plate Tectonics HS-ESS2-3
19) The temperature below which magnetic material can retain a permanent magnetization is called the _______.
A. Darcy temperature B. Curie point
C. Bullard point
D. Vine temperature
20) A very long-lived magma source located deep in the mantle is called a _______.
A. magma welt
B. basalt spout
C. hot spot
D. melt well
21) Which one of the following most accurately describes the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands.
A. stratovolcanoes associated with subduction and a convergent plate boundary
B. shield volcanoes associated with a mid-Pacific ridge and spreading center
C. shield volcanoes fed by a long-lived hot spot below the Pacific lithospheric plate
D. stratovolcanoes associated with a mid-Pacific transform fault
22) Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sinks into the mantle at _______.
A. sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins
B. transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
C. rift zones along mid-ocean ridges
D. subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries