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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich planet’s day (period of rotation) is longer than its year (period of revolution)?MercuryVenusJupiterSaturn
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat controls the direction of movement of most surface ocean currents?density differences at various ocean depths(2) varying salt content in the oceanprevailing windsseismic activity
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich star is cooler and less luminous than theProxima CentauriPolluxRigel40 Eridani B
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe curving of the planetary winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere is evidence ofthe Coriolis effecthigh- and low-pressure beltsEarth’s revolutionthe tilt of Earth’s axis
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe best evidence that Earth rotates on its axis is the changingphases of the Moonaltitude of the noontime Sun from day to dayapparent path of a Foucault pendulumvelocity of Earth in its orbit
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat best explains why, in early spring, ice remains longer on Lake Erie than on the surrounding land areas when the air temperature is above freezing?Air temperature does not affect water temperature.Cool winds from the surrounding land cool the ice on the lake.Water has a higher specific heat than land.Energy is needed for water to evaporate.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA high tide occurred at 6:00 a.m. at a beach on Long Island. The next high tide at this same beach would occur at approximately12:15 p.m. on the same day12:15 p.m. on the same day12:45 p.m. on the following day) 7:00 a.m. on the following day
- 8. Multiple ChoiceA ship is at a location of 40° S 77° W. Which type of surface ocean current and tectonic plate boundary are located beneath this ship?warm ocean current and a transform boundarywarm ocean current and a convergent boundarycool ocean current and a transform boundarycool ocean current and a convergent boundary
- 9. Multiple ChoiceSeasonal changes on Earth are primarily caused by theparallelism of the Sun’s axis as the Sun revolves around Earthchanges in distance between Earth and the Sunelliptical shape of Earth’s orbit around the Suntilt of Earth’s axis as Earth revolves around the Sun
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich event is cyclic and predictable?a volcano erupting above a subducting tectonic platean earthquake occurring at the San Andreas FaultJupiter’s apparent movement across the night skyan asteroid striking Earth’s surface
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