stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Earth Science Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Earth Science Review
Earth Science Review
20 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
74 plays
#mrheriveaux #earthscience #muchdog #okayboyz
Flashcards
20 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
20
Answers
1
The release of water into the atmosphere by plants is called
precipitation
sublimation
transpiration
evaporation
2
Dinosaurs became extinct at the end of which era?
Mesozoic
Cambrian
Paleozoic
Precambrian
3
Earth's weather happens mostly in the
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
4
A long, deep depression in the ocean floor is called a
batholith
mid ocean ridge
trench
caldera
5
Which type of earthquake wave moves the fastest?
P wave
S wave
transverse wave
surface wave
6
A feature formed by chemical weathering is a
cave
dune
till
loess
7
The location inside Earth where an earthquake begins is called the
focus
fold
hot spot
epicenter
8
As a river flows from a mountain into the ocean, they tend to
become less steep
get narrower
move more quickly
get steeper
9
Which layer is it that meteors burn up
strato
meso
iono
tropo
10
The most abundant gas in air is
CO2
nitrogen
hydrogen
oxygen
11
What kind of damage occurs from UV radation
eye
heart
Liver
Skin
12
Sedimentary rocks that form from the broken fragments of other rocks are called
chemical rocks
organic rocks
intrusive rocks
clastic rocks
13
The greatest supply of fresh water on Earth is found in
glaciers
rivers and lakes
the oceans
the atmosphere
14
The fact that younger rock layers lie above older rock layers is the law of
relative dating
deposition
superposition
deflation
15
Air planes fly in which layer
strato
exo
meso
Tropo
16
What was the earliest ERA in our history
precambrian
cenozoic
cambrian
mesozoic
17
The lithosphere includes the crust and parts of the
mantle
outer core
asthenosphere
mesosphere
18
Which is NOT an example of mechanical weathering
plucking
abrasion
frost wedging
oxidation
19
A subduction zone, where oceanic crust sinks into the mantle, is an example of a of a
diverging boundary
fold
transform boundary
converging boundary
20
The type of mass movement that occurs when soil moves down a slope gradually is a
slumping
landslide
creep
mudflow