Sample Test #1
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sure to return both your answer sheet and the exam.
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1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
(a). science is tentative
(b). science has answers to everything around us
(c). science involves making observations
(d). science is predictable
(e). science is limited by technology
2. Which of the following statements best describes the current scientific thinking about the beginning of the universe?
(a). matter existed as dust and clouds that began to solidify on their own about 4.5 billion years ago.
(b). a super-dense, super-hot, point of matter and energy exploded about 15 billion years ago, expanding into what we know as the universe.
(c). several points of super-dense matter that existed throughout the space exploded simultaneously, filling the universe with cluster of galaxies
(d). matter in our solar system was drawn into outer space as the result of gravitational attraction
3. Earth’s atmosphere and oceans first formed from gases
(a). brought to Earth by comets from out space
(b). released by volcanoes through the process called outgassing
(c). produced by photosynthesis of plants
(d). produced by melting of the lithosphere
(e). escaped from the sun
4. The textbook’s description of the origin and early evolution of Earth is a:
(a). pure guesswork
(b). a proven fact
(c). a theory
(d). a hypothesis
(e). a doctrine mentioned in religious books
5. The word “terrestrial” means:
(a). made out of ice
(b). Jupiter-like
(c). Earth-like
(d). inclination of orbit
(e). near the territory
(f). Jovian planets
6. Rotation of a planet is the turning about its own axis and it is responsible for:
(a). length of year
(b). day and night
(c). seasons
(d). temperature on a planet
(e). composition of a planet
(f). variability in speed of a planet
7. “Numbers of Known Satellite” of a planet is the same as the numbers of -----
(a). satellites that were sent to a planet by the NASA
(b). satellites that successfully landed on a planet
(c). moons a planet has
(d). asteroid a planet has
(e). galaxies a planet has
(f). years it takes for a satellite to reach a planet
8. The Earth is approximately ________________ years old:
a. 6000
b. 1 million
c. 3.5 billion
d. 4.6 billion
e. 10 billion
9. Which of the following planets does the satellite Titan belong to?
a. Earth
b. Mars
c. Jupiter
d. Saturn
e. Uranus
10. The Mars revolves around the Sun in 687 Earth-days, and it rotates about its axis almost in every 24 Earth hours; which means that:
a. if we step on Mars then we’ll appear to become old since Mars’ year is twice as long as ours.
b. if we look back on Earth from Mars, then the Earth will appear to move very slowly around the Sun
c. if we live on Mars then we will get to live twice as long as we would on Earth
d. if we decide to live on Mars then we will go around the Sun only once in every 687 Earth days.
e. if we step on Mar
then we will have no way of knowing
how long the Earth year and day are, and will not make any difference for
us
11. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. The planets each have different periods of revolution.
b. Planets all revolve in the same direction around the sun.
c. When viewed from Earth, planets appear to be located near the North Star.
d.
The farthest planets from the sun change position in the sky only
slightly during one Earth-year
e.
The Jovian planets have longer years, but shorter day-night cycles
12. Which of the following is not a feature found on Mars?
a. Volcanoes
b. Dunes and boulder fields
c. long deep canyon
d. Iron-rich red soil
e. Earth-like atmosphere
13. It is correct to say that:
a. the planets in the solar system were created at the same time as the zodiacs were
b. the planets in the solar system are in the zodiacs, but not part of them
c. the sun appears in the same constellation in different years
d. constellations determine the position of other planets and the fate of residence in other planets
e. Jupiter and Saturn are part of the zodiacs
14. In each successive month the new Moon appears:
a. in the same spot in the sky
b. at noon
c. in a different location, which is to the left or westward as compared to the previous month
d. in a different location, i.e. right or eastward compared to the previous month
e. to be rotating up and down the sky and we need to make a guess as to where it may show up.
15. The light spectrum can help us determine the -------------------
a. distance between the earth and a planet
b. distance between the Earth and a star
c.
chemical make
up of a star
d. age of a star
e. if there is any extraterrestrial life out there