Praxis Science 5905 Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers GRADED A
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_____________________ is the study of the history of life on Earth. -Correct Answer Paleontology
Earth is believed to be _________________________________. -Correct Answer 4.5 billion years old
protects Earth from harmful solar wind particles; responsible for the Northern Lights (Aurora Borea...
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Correct Answers GRADED A 2024-2025
_____________________ is the study of the history of life on Earth. -Correct Answer
✔Paleontology
Earth is believed to be _________________________________. -Correct Answer ✔4.5
billion years old
protects Earth from harmful solar wind particles; responsible for the Northern Lights
(Aurora Borealis); lies deep within the Earth -Correct Answer ✔Earth's Magnetic Field
charged particles escape from the sun's gravitational pull -Correct Answer ✔Solar Wind
What would be most different about an object on Mars than Earth? -Correct Answer
✔Weight
What are the four inner planets: solid, liquid, or gas? -Correct Answer ✔Solid
What are the four outer planets: solid, liquid, or gas? -Correct Answer ✔Gas
(MVEM(Mars)JSUN)
________________ is the left over remains of a star after it explodes -Correct Answer
✔Super Nova
_________________ is the study of space -Correct Answer ✔Astronomy
____________ is the star at the center of Earth's solar system -Correct Answer ✔Sun
What is the sun made of? -Correct Answer ✔Hydrogen and Helium
How many Earth's could fit into the Sun? -Correct Answer ✔109
Define Nuclear Fusion. -Correct Answer ✔how the sun produces heat and shines; when
lighter elements become heavier
True or False: Earth is much closer to the sun than other planets? -Correct Answer
✔True
______________________ is how heat goes from sun to Earth. -Correct Answer
✔Radiation
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,Praxis Science 5905 Study Guide Exam
Includes asteroids and comets which are small rocky or icy objects that orbit the sun
and are clustered into the _______________ ________________ and found between
the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. -Correct Answer ✔Asteroid Belt
Our solar system is part of a bigger star system called a __________________. -
Correct Answer ✔Galaxy
A _________________ is made up of stars, dust, and gas. -Correct Answer ✔Galaxy
The galaxy that is home to Earth is known as the ___________________________. -
Correct Answer ✔Milky Way
The planet that is closest to Earth's size is _______________. -Correct Answer ✔Venus
A _______________ is mostly made of ice, dust, and gas. -Correct Answer ✔Comet
A________________ is a light flashing in the sky from space. -Correct Answer
✔Meteoroid
What will happen if you drop a ball from space? -Correct Answer ✔It will fall slower and
take longer
How long will it be before we see a star that explodes 15 light years away? -Correct
Answer ✔15 years
The planet that orbits closer to Earth -Correct Answer ✔Venus
The planet that has the shortest days -Correct Answer ✔Jupiter
The terrestrial planet -Correct Answer ✔Mercury
The planet with the most abnormal tilt on the axis -Correct Answer ✔Uranus
What causes Earth's days and times to differ? -Correct Answer ✔The tilt of Earth's axis
What does fossil fuels and volcanic activity do? -Correct Answer ✔It releases carbon
dioxide into Earth's atmosphere
What is the largest planet that is farthest from the sun? -Correct Answer ✔Neptune
What causes the color of Neptune? -Correct Answer ✔Methane
True or False: Neptune has the shortest orbit around the sun? -Correct Answer ✔False
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, Praxis Science 5905 Study Guide Exam
What two planets are known as the gas giants? -Correct Answer ✔Saturn and Jupiter
What other planet is known as an "ice giant" along with Neptune? -Correct Answer
✔Uranus
How many days does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis? -Correct Answer ✔one
How long does it take for Earth to revolve around the sun? -Correct Answer ✔one year
What causes seasons on Earth? -Correct Answer ✔Earth's tilt
How long does it take for the moon to revolve around Earth? -Correct Answer ✔27 days
(one month)
Why does the Earth see different phases of the moon? -Correct Answer ✔Because the
sun lights different parts of the moon
What is Earth's largest quantity of gas? -Correct Answer ✔Nitrogen
What percentage of Earth's atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen? -Correct Answer
✔78%
____________________________ is then the Earth moves between the moon and sun
-Correct Answer ✔Lunar Eclipse
___________________________ is when the moon moves between the Earth and sun
-Correct Answer ✔Solar Eclipse
What is the most common element in the universe? -Correct Answer ✔Carbon
a _______________________ is a massive star with a gravitational field so strong that
even light cannot escape -Correct Answer ✔Black Hole
___________________ occurs when particles from the solar wind are trapped in the
Earth's magnetic field -Correct Answer ✔Aurora
the _________________ is everything we can directly see and study; cracked and split
into tectonic plates -Correct Answer ✔Crust
The edges of tectonic plates that go under the ocean are called
___________________________. -Correct Answer ✔Continental Shelves
What are the two types of continental shelves? -Correct Answer ✔1) Oceanic and 2)
Continental
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