問題一覧
1
This planet has an axis that spins on its side like a rolling ball
uranus
2
A _____ Circuit is a circuit that has only one path for the electrical current to follow
series
3
Spinning a copper coil between two magnets will create a current in the copper
true
4
The amount of energy that a wave carries past a certain area each second is the ____ of the sound
frequency
5
A telephone receives radio signals with a very low strength. Which of the following are designed to amplify the signals?
transistors
6
The movement of magnets around a wire loop create a current is called
oscillation
7
The stronger than magnet, the larger its magnetic
both force and field
8
An engineer in a moving train blows a train’s horn. The train is moving away from the person standing on the ground, compared to the frequency of the sound that the engineer hears, the person standing on the ground hears a sound with.
a lower frequency
9
From earth, a ____ looks like spots of light arranged in a particular shape against the dark night sky
constellation
10
Momentum and ______ have a direction
velocity
11
Some troubles out of a classroom door and down the hall because of the
diffraction of sound waves
12
Transistors may be used to _____ voltage in a circuit
increase
13
Areas of the sun surface that appear dark because they are cooler than surrounding areas are called
sunspots
14
____ stars are bright, but not hot
red giants
15
When the Earth blocks sunlight from hitting the moon, it is called a ___ eclipse
lunar
16
A material in which electrons cannot move easily from place to place is called a
insulator
17
As you were standing on the sidewalk, a car passes by honking its horn. You noticed the pitch of the horn changes as it passes by. You know the reason is.
the doppler effect
18
In a magnetic field, the field lines that curve away from each other show
repulsion
19
In a radiometric dating, _____ lose their energy (radiation) overtime
isotopes
20
Sound echoes in a large room because of
reflection of sound waves
21
The planet closet to the sun
mercury
22
_____ is the longest part of earth’s history
precambrian time
23
What are fossils called that were created from spaces left and rock when the body decayed?
casts
24
Which type of volcano would be the least explosive?
shield volcano
25
The richer scale measures, which of the following earthquake characteristics?
magnitude
26
Which of the following is most responsible for the formation of a new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate
subduction of one oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary
27
As a jet flies overhead, you notice it has a very high-pitched sound. After it passes by, the pitch gets much lower. Why?
the doppler effect
28
Which principal states that the same earth processes that take place now also took place in the past?
uniformitarianism
29
____ stars are hot, but not bright
white dwarfs
30
Johannes Kepler found that planets travel at ____ speeds
different
31
Hertzprung and Russel created a graph to show the ____ , which contains hot, blue, bright stars in the upper left and cool, red, dim stars on the lower right.
main sequence
32
Increasing an objects, electrical charge increases its
electric field
33
When a wire is not connected to a current source, current may be created through the actions of
moving the wire through magnets
34
The ages of fossils are measured in what denomination?
half-life
35
On the electromagnetic spectrum, as the wavelength gets shorter, the energy level
increases
36
Where the magnetic field lines are close together, the field is
strongest
37
A ______ wave causes particles to move back and forth along the same direction in which the wave travels
longitudinal
38
Which is the shortest division of geological time?
epoch
39
Something is in _____ if it’s changing position
motion
40
A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?
divergent
41
Motion is not always along a straight line
true
42
An ocean floor trench is most closely associated with which of the following
a convergent plate boundary
43
_______ includes the distance between the starting and ending points and the direction
Displacement
44
Objects with more mass way more than objects with less mass
true
45
The moon’s rotation takes
27.3 days
46
Two north or two south poles ____ each other
repel
47
The ______ of an object is the speed of the object and direction of its motion
velocity
48
What planet is the largest planet in the solar system?
jupiter
49
Exposure to gamma waves would be deadly to humans
true
50
Which electromagnetic wave frequencies are between infrared and ultraviolet wave frequencies?
visible light
51
The more energy, a Seismic wave has, the larger its _____ and the more damage they cause
amplitude
52
______ is the distance traveled divided by the time taken to travel the distance
speed
53
Paleontologist have been able to divide earth history based on
the life-forms that lived at that time
54
____ are used to weaken the current
resistors
55
____ is the change in velocity divided by the time it takes for the change to occur
acceleration
56
A transistor circuit is used as an amplifier. When a signal is applied to the input of the transistor, the output signal is
a larger amplitude
57
Which of the following planets is part of the inner, rocky planets?
mars
58
A magnetic force can be exerted even when the objects are not touching
true
59
The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
inertia
60
In the early 1900s, Alfred Wagner suggested the idea of continental drift. Which later theory explains his hypothesis?
theory of plate tectonics
61
Lava that contains more silica, tends to flow more
slowly
62
Materials that are ____ contain electrons that can move easily in the material
conductors
63
What is the evidence of ancient life called?
fossil
64
Providing a pathway to drain excess charge into earth is called
grounding
65
The American rocket that took astronauts to the moon was called the
saturn V
66
It was Apollo ___ that first landed on the moon
11
67
The magnitude of an earthquake depends mostly on the
amplitude of the seismic wave
68
All charged objects exert a ____ on each other
electric force
69
The space race began with the launch of _____ by the Russians
spuntnick
70
Placing transistor in a circuit will increase the resistance in the circuit
false
71
____ volcanoes are usually not the biggest or smallest in size
statovolcano
72
A _____ wave causes particles to move back and forth at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels
transverse
73
The ______ of an object is a measure of how hard it is to stop the object
momentum