Earth Science Concepts and Facts
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Science
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12th Grade
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Easy
Aaron Vincent
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60 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which planet is the only one named in English?
Mars
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Old English word for "land"?
Terra
Earth
Gaia
Mundo
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To which galaxy does Earth belong?
Andromeda Galaxy
Sombrero Galaxy
Milky Way Galaxy
Whirlpool Galaxy
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the study of the size and shape of the Earth called?
Astronomy
Geology
Geodesy
Cartography
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Before 500 BC, what did people believe about the shape of the Earth?
It was a cube
It was flat
It was a pyramid
It was a perfect sphere
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which scientists helped people understand that the Earth is spherical?
Galileo and Copernicus
Newton and Einstein
Aristotle and Pythagoras
Kepler and Hubble
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Sir Isaac Newton show about the shape of the Earth?
It is a perfect sphere
It is a cube
It is a compressed spheroid
It is a flat disc
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