INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE            TEST ONE REVIEW SHEET

 THE TEST REVIEW SHEET IS NOT ALL INCLUSIVE.  THIS IS JUST A GUIDELINE TO HELP YOU STUDY FOR THE EXAM.  WHEN I SAY TO KNOW SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT SIMPLY MEAN TO KNOW A DEFINITION OF IT BUT TO KNOW ALL THE APPLICATIONS OF THAT CONCEPT.

Know the earth spheres and what physical processes belong in each of them

Know earth science, cosmography, meteorology, geography, geology, geomorphology, astronomy  

Know the steps to the scientific method  

Know the the earth origin theories of the nebular hypothesis and big bang  

What were the significant contributions of Aristarchus, Erastoshenes, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, & Sir Isaac Newton  

Know the laws of gravity and inertia and who was credited with their discovery  

What are galaxies, constellations, light years, and stars  

Know about the four areas of the sun and the phenomenon found on the sun surface  

Know the important components of the lunar surface  

Be able to identify the lunar phases  

Know perigee, apogee, perihelion, aphelion, lunar eclipse, & solar eclipse  

Know the Terrestrial & Jovian planets and the characteristics of each  

Know what makes each planet within our solar system unique  

Know the Oort cloud and what resides there as well as the Asteroid belt  

Know the composition of ocean water including the type of sea salts and where sea salts originate  

Know the ocean’s topography  

Know ocean movements & depositional and erosional landforms  

Know the evolution of coral reef landforms  

How does man try to control movement along the beach  

What is an echo sounder

SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS

1. Sir Isaac Newton's first law of motion dealt with:

a. gravity

b. kinetic energy

c. inertia

d. none of these

2. Compared to other stars, our sun is:

a. well above average star

b. average star

c. below average star

d. our sun is not a star

3. The sources for sea salts include all but:

a. chemical weathering of rocks

b. earth's interior by outgassing

c. transpiration of ocean plants

d. all of these are sources

4. This ridge of sand connects the mainland to an island:

a. spit

b. baymouth bar

c. tombolo

d. barrier island

5. A eustatic change in sea level is due to:

a. rising land

b. falling land

c. change in the total amount of water

d. none of these

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