Space Technology — Cumulative exam Answers

Look at this image of a star cluster.

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.

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 rock is an example of an organic sedimentary rock?

The image shows a cross section of a landscape and a well.

Study the image.

Existing rocks are buried and forced toward the mantle, increasing heat and pressure. This is the first step in the formation of metamorphic rocks.Which best describes the next step in the formation of metamorphic rocks?

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

How do rock types contribute to the rate of weathering?

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