Unit Test — Cumulative exam Answers

Which force keeps the planets from floating off into space?

Study these images.Which image shows a cumulonimbus cloud?

During which event is more energy produced compared to other days to turn a turbine?

A college student has been assigned to write captions for a new textbook on gravity and motion. This is one of the pictures from the textbook.

A student came late to class and started her notes midway through the lecture. These are the notes she copied:–Small, rocky object–Not round, irregular shapes–Several meters to kilometers–Make up a belt between Mars and JupiterWhat should she title her notes?

Jasmine is late to science class and misses the very beginning of notes for the day. These are Jasmine’s notes:–Round objects that orbit the Sun–Not large enough to have enough gravitational pull to clear the path of their orbit–4 known in the Kuiper Belt (Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and Pluto)–1 in the asteroid belt (Ceres)Jasmine later copied the title of the notes from a friend. What title did Jasmine most likely copy?

Which factor increases as a result of increasing altitude?

Which list correctly names the three types of galaxies?

Study this image of space.

Which describes one event that causes an eclipse?

Examine the image of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

Who rediscovered Aristarchus’s model of a heliocentric solar system?

Which two layers are part of the thermosphere?

A person could float most easily in ocean water that has which characteristic?

Which type of wetland includes a mixture of salt water and fresh water?

Which describes a condition of the neritic zone?

Which is one way that spring tides are different from regular tides?

Look at the image of the moon.

In addition to liquid precipitation, which are present when freezing rain occurs?

Which statement describes Earth?