TEST BANK
Foundations of Earth Science, 9th
Edition by Frederick K. Lutgens
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 16)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1.Matter and Minerals
2.Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth
3.Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
4.Restless Earth: Earthquakes and Mountain Building
5.Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
6.Landscapes Fashioned by Water
7.Glacial and Arid Landscapes
8.Geologic Time
9.Oceans: The Last Frontier
10.The Restless Ocean
11.Heating the Atmosphere
12.Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
13.The Atmosphere in Motion
14.Weather Patterns and Severe Weather
15.The Nature of the Solar System
16.Beyond Our Solar System
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch16-1)
Foundations of Earth Science, 9e (Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa)
Chapter 16 Beyond Our Solar System
16.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Cosmology is the study of ________.
A) our solar system
B) stars
C) the universe
D) making people more beautiful
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.5 The Universe
Focus/Concepts: 16.5
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
2) A light-year is ________.
A) a long time
B) the distance light travels in one (Earth) year
C) a kind of super-dense star near the end of its life-cycle
D) the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation between ultraviolet and infrared
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.1 Classifying Stars
Focus/Concepts: 16.1
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
3) According to the big bang theory, the first two elements to form in the universe were
________.
A) gluons and quarks
B) hydrogen and iron
C) hydrogen and helium
D) oxygen and carbon
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.5 The Universe
Focus/Concepts: 16.5
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
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, 4) To establish that the universe was very, very large, Edwin Hubble used ________.
A) Cepheid variables
B) degenerate matter
C) cosmological red shifts
D) dark energy
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.5 The Universe
Focus/Concepts: 16.5
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
5) The apparent brightness of a star if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light-
years) is called ________.
A) supernova
B) degenerate matter
C) variable stars
D) absolute magnitude
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.1 Classifying Stars
Focus/Concepts: 16.1
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
6) Our Sun is current in the ________ stage of solar evolution.
A) variable
B) giant
C) main sequence star
D) planetary nebulae
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.2 Stellar Evolution
Focus/Concepts: 16.2
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
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Foundations of Earth Science, 9th
Edition by Frederick K. Lutgens
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 16)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1.Matter and Minerals
2.Rocks: Materials of the Solid Earth
3.Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution Unfolds
4.Restless Earth: Earthquakes and Mountain Building
5.Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
6.Landscapes Fashioned by Water
7.Glacial and Arid Landscapes
8.Geologic Time
9.Oceans: The Last Frontier
10.The Restless Ocean
11.Heating the Atmosphere
12.Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
13.The Atmosphere in Motion
14.Weather Patterns and Severe Weather
15.The Nature of the Solar System
16.Beyond Our Solar System
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch16-1)
Foundations of Earth Science, 9e (Lutgens/Tarbuck/Tasa)
Chapter 16 Beyond Our Solar System
16.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Cosmology is the study of ________.
A) our solar system
B) stars
C) the universe
D) making people more beautiful
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.5 The Universe
Focus/Concepts: 16.5
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
2) A light-year is ________.
A) a long time
B) the distance light travels in one (Earth) year
C) a kind of super-dense star near the end of its life-cycle
D) the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation between ultraviolet and infrared
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.1 Classifying Stars
Focus/Concepts: 16.1
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
3) According to the big bang theory, the first two elements to form in the universe were
________.
A) gluons and quarks
B) hydrogen and iron
C) hydrogen and helium
D) oxygen and carbon
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.5 The Universe
Focus/Concepts: 16.5
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
1
, 4) To establish that the universe was very, very large, Edwin Hubble used ________.
A) Cepheid variables
B) degenerate matter
C) cosmological red shifts
D) dark energy
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.5 The Universe
Focus/Concepts: 16.5
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
5) The apparent brightness of a star if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light-
years) is called ________.
A) supernova
B) degenerate matter
C) variable stars
D) absolute magnitude
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.1 Classifying Stars
Focus/Concepts: 16.1
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
6) Our Sun is current in the ________ stage of solar evolution.
A) variable
B) giant
C) main sequence star
D) planetary nebulae
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Global Sci Out: G2
Section: 16.2 Stellar Evolution
Focus/Concepts: 16.2
ESLI: 2.5 Studying other objects in the solar system helps us learn Earth's history.
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