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Midterm Review Earth Science
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1
The main cause of ocean currents is
the moon
density differences
wind
tides
2
What is happening at well B?
The water table is being drawn down below Well A.
All of these.
A cone of depression is forming in the water table.
Water is being used faster than it is replenished.
3
Which is #4 ?
Valley & Ridge
Appalachian Plateau
Blue Ridge
Coastal Plain
4
What % of Earth's water is fresh water?
25%
33%
3%
97%
5
Calculate the density.
4 g/ml
3 g/ml
2 g/ml
1 g/ml
6
What clues tell us that all the continents were once joined together?
All of these
Identical Rock types
Identical Fossils
Similar Mountain Ranges
7
Spring tides have
The lowest high tides
The biggest tidal range
The highest low tides
The smallest tidal range
8
Which is not a renewable source of energy?
Natural Gas
Solar
Hydroelectric
Wind
9
What caused the formation of the Appalachian Mountains (including the Blue Ridge)?
the Coriolis Effect
continental plates colliding
subduction
wave action
10
What causes this?
Short Fetch
Moon
Wind
Coriolis Effect
11
What are the map coordinates at point A?
90°N, 30°W
30°N, 90°W
90°N, 30°E
30°N, 90°E
12
Where is the river moving fastest?
3
Can't tell
2
1
13
Mid-ocean ridges are associated with
Subduction with a trench
Convergence and mountain building
Deposition of sediments due to erosion
Divergence and new igneous rock forming
14
Earth is the ___ largest planet in our solar system.
6th
7th
5th
4th
15
Which province of Virginia is underlain by folded and faulted sedimentary rock?
Appalachian Plateau
Valley and Ridge
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
16
Where is the zone of aeration?
A
B
C
D
17
Where is the zone of saturation?
B
C
A
D
18
What is the largest estuary in the United States?
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
San Francisco Bay
19
Neap tides happen during
Full Moons
Third Quarter Moons
Harvest Moons
First Quarter Moons
20
Which watershed in Virginia goes to the Carolina Sounds?
3
1
2
none of them
21
Does adding salt make water more or less dense?
neither!
more!
Halloween!
less!
22
Which planet in our solar system is most similar to Earth?
Pluto
Mercury
Venus
Mars
23
What is represented at D?
Subduction
Collision
All of these
Rifting
24
How many HIGH tides do we have a day?
two
one
four
three
25
Which mountains are oldest?
Appalachian Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Cascade Mountains
Rocky Mountains
26
How is material added to a continental shelf?
evaporation
subduction
eruption
deposition
27
What causes the tides?
Mars
The Moon
Wind
The Coriolis Effect
28
Which is not a fossil fuel?
gas
oil
coal
nuclear
29
Which letter corresponds to the York River?
A
D
B
C
30
Which letter represents a transform plate boundary?
D
B
A
C