Earth's Atmosphere and Geosphere Quiz
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What is the name of the probe that measured differences across the sky in the cosmic microwave background?

  • Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE)
  • Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) (correct)
  • Planck satellite
  • Explorer 80
  • What creates light elements such as deuterium, lithium, and helium according to the Big Bang theory?

  • Heated protons and electrons (correct)
  • Boiling 'soup' with electrons, quarks, and other elementary particles
  • Galaxy formation era
  • Quarks forming protons and neutrons
  • What type of galaxy is primarily filled with cold molecular hydrogen gas according to the text?

  • Triangulum
  • Milky Way (correct)
  • Sombrero
  • Andromeda
  • What pulls a gas cloud into a disk according to the Nebular Hypothesis?

    <p>Conservation of angular momentum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which layer of Earth's atmosphere merges with solar wind?

    <p>Exosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect does Earth's magnetic field have on storms of charged particles from the sun?

    <p>Blocks them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of planet is primarily gaseous?

    <p>Gas giant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hypothesis involves a rogue star passing close to the sun?

    <p>Encounter Hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do dust particles provide sites for in the Proto-planet Hypothesis?

    <p>Gas condensation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the highest layer of Earth's atmosphere according to the text?

    <p>Exosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the highest cloud in Earth's atmosphere?

    <p>Mesosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere gets colder with altitude?

    <p>Mesosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere is tasked with holding all the air plants need for photosynthesis and animals need to breathe?

    <p>Troposphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of crust underlies ocean basins and is composed of dense iron, magnesium, silicate, and igneous rocks?

    <p>Oceanic Crust</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the thickest layer of the Earth?

    <p>Mantle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basic unit of life?

    <p>Cell</p> Signup and view all the answers

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    <p>Solar System</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are molecules primarily constituted of?

    <p>Space, Time, Matter, Energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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