PRAXIS 5905 SCIENCE EXAM FULL REVISION
NOTES WITH EARTH, LIFE, AND PHYSICAL
SCIENCE CONCEPTS
◉ The planet that orbits closer to Earth
Answer: Venus
◉ The planet that has the shortest days
Answer: Jupiter
◉ The terrestrial planet
Answer: Mercury
◉ The planet with the most abnormal tilt on the axis
Answer: Uranus
◉ What causes Earth's days and times to differ?
Answer: The tilt of Earth's axis
◉ What does fossil fuels and volcanic activity do?
Answer: It releases carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere
,◉ What is the largest planet that is farthest from the sun?
Answer: Neptune
◉ What causes the color of Neptune?
Answer: Methane
◉ True or False: Neptune has the shortest orbit around the sun?
Answer: False
◉ What two planets are known as the gas giants?
Answer: Saturn and Jupiter
◉ What other planet is known as an "ice giant" along with Neptune?
Answer: Uranus
◉ How many days does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis?
Answer: one
◉ How long does it take for Earth to revolve around the sun?
Answer: one year
,◉ What causes seasons on Earth?
Answer: Earth's tilt
◉ How long does it take for the moon to revolve around Earth?
Answer: 27 days (one month)
◉ Why does the Earth see different phases of the moon?
Answer: Because the sun lights different parts of the moon
◉ What is Earth's largest quantity of gas?
Answer: Nitrogen
◉ What percentage of Earth's atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen?
Answer: 78%
◉ ____________________________ is then the Earth moves between the
moon and sun
Answer: Lunar Eclipse
◉ ___________________________ is when the moon moves between the
Earth and sun
Answer: Solar Eclipse
, ◉ What is the most common element in the universe?
Answer: Carbon
◉ a _______________________ is a massive star with a gravitational field
so strong that even light cannot escape
Answer: Black Hole
◉ ___________________ occurs when particles from the solar wind are
trapped in the Earth's magnetic field
Answer: Aurora
◉ the _________________ is everything we can directly see and study;
cracked and split into tectonic plates
Answer: Crust
◉ The edges of tectonic plates that go under the ocean are called
___________________________.
Answer: Continental Shelves
◉ What are the two types of continental shelves?
Answer: 1) Oceanic and 2) Continental
NOTES WITH EARTH, LIFE, AND PHYSICAL
SCIENCE CONCEPTS
◉ The planet that orbits closer to Earth
Answer: Venus
◉ The planet that has the shortest days
Answer: Jupiter
◉ The terrestrial planet
Answer: Mercury
◉ The planet with the most abnormal tilt on the axis
Answer: Uranus
◉ What causes Earth's days and times to differ?
Answer: The tilt of Earth's axis
◉ What does fossil fuels and volcanic activity do?
Answer: It releases carbon dioxide into Earth's atmosphere
,◉ What is the largest planet that is farthest from the sun?
Answer: Neptune
◉ What causes the color of Neptune?
Answer: Methane
◉ True or False: Neptune has the shortest orbit around the sun?
Answer: False
◉ What two planets are known as the gas giants?
Answer: Saturn and Jupiter
◉ What other planet is known as an "ice giant" along with Neptune?
Answer: Uranus
◉ How many days does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis?
Answer: one
◉ How long does it take for Earth to revolve around the sun?
Answer: one year
,◉ What causes seasons on Earth?
Answer: Earth's tilt
◉ How long does it take for the moon to revolve around Earth?
Answer: 27 days (one month)
◉ Why does the Earth see different phases of the moon?
Answer: Because the sun lights different parts of the moon
◉ What is Earth's largest quantity of gas?
Answer: Nitrogen
◉ What percentage of Earth's atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen?
Answer: 78%
◉ ____________________________ is then the Earth moves between the
moon and sun
Answer: Lunar Eclipse
◉ ___________________________ is when the moon moves between the
Earth and sun
Answer: Solar Eclipse
, ◉ What is the most common element in the universe?
Answer: Carbon
◉ a _______________________ is a massive star with a gravitational field
so strong that even light cannot escape
Answer: Black Hole
◉ ___________________ occurs when particles from the solar wind are
trapped in the Earth's magnetic field
Answer: Aurora
◉ the _________________ is everything we can directly see and study;
cracked and split into tectonic plates
Answer: Crust
◉ The edges of tectonic plates that go under the ocean are called
___________________________.
Answer: Continental Shelves
◉ What are the two types of continental shelves?
Answer: 1) Oceanic and 2) Continental
