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Quiz 1: 1) A Hypothesis Is
Quiz 1: 1) A Hypothesis Is
Quiz 1: 1) A Hypothesis Is
chapter 1-6
Quiz 1
1) A Hypothesis is:
a) a natural law
a) a fact
b) a potential explanation
d) a baby hypo
a) geocentric
a) heliocentric
b) big bang
c) supernova
a) colder
a) approximately the same temperature
b) hotter
c) cannot be determined on this diagram
Quiz 3
a) car
a) two-story house
b) 15-floor office building
c) Mt. Everest
a) meteorites
a) meteors
b) comets
c) aqua-fina
a) meteor
a) meteorite
b) shooting star
c) comet
Quiz 4
a) the trenches
a) the ridges
b) the continents
c) the equatorial area
a) transform
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) collisional
a) no increase
a) 5 times as much
b) 10 times as much
c) 30 times as much
2) In a normal fault, the block below the fault plane
moves ______ relative to the block above the fault
plane.
a) up
a) down
b) apart
c) horizontal
a) solids only
a) liquids only
b) solids, liquids and gases
c) the biosphere only
a) true b) false
Quiz 6
a) increasing
a) decreasing
b) lowering
c) measuring
below is an example of a test question that could be asked on the Mid Term.
This is taken from your homework and developed into a multiple choice
question. Most of your test questions on the Mid Term and Final will be
multiple choice, taken from your homework assignments (like below) and
from the quizzes.
#5. Which of the following best describes the timeline of the life
cycle of our Sun?
a) The early Sun (protosun) formed about 5 million years ago and 5 million
years from now it will become a red giant and then end its life as a white
and finally a black dwarf star.
b) The early Sun (protosun) formed about 5 billion years ago and 10 billion
years from now it will become a red giant and then end its life as a white
and finally a black dwarf star.
c) The early Sun (protosun) formed about 5 billion years ago and 5 billion
years from now it will become a red giant and then end its life as a white
and finally a black dwarf star.
d) The early Sun (protosun) formed about 5 billion years ago and 5 billion
years from now it will end its life in a supernova explosion.