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Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources Review
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1
Latent heat release occurs when
water vapor condenses to liquid
precipitation falls to the earth
liquid water evaporates
frozen water melts
2
Large bodies of water create more stable temperatures in nearby land areas.
False
True
3
What happens to the pressure as altitude increases?
It decreases
It increases
It stays the same
It decreases, then increases, then decreases, then increases
4
Which of these is not associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Earthquakes
Subduction Zones
Rift Valleys
Seafloor Spreading
5
Where does sunlight hit the earth with the most direct rays?
the poles
the equator
It hits equally all over
60° N and S laditude
6
a hot spot is where
air rises
the sun rises
water rises
magma rises
7
Soil particle size affects
porosity.
permeability.
all of these
soil fertility.
8
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
9
In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
10
What causes Earth's seasons?
Its tilted axis
Its revolution
Its precession
Its rotation
11
Which has the greatest impact on soil formation?
Slope
Climate
Organisms
Parent Material
12
What causes the Coriolis Effect?
Earth's rotation
Earth's revolution
Earth's precession
Earth's tilted axis
13
El Niño impacts which of the following?
Weather in Southeast Asia
Weather in the Americas
All of these
Pacific fisheries
14
which of these is a result of upwelling?
more nutrients in the surface water
warmer waters in the surface waters
smaller fish populations
el niño
15
Which soil particle has the greatest water holding capacity?
Sand
Clay
Silt
16
What is the greatest agent of weathering and erosion?
Gravity
Wind
Water
17
What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform Fault
18
El Niño and La Niña occur at regular predictable intervals.
False
True
19
The rain shadow effect is caused by
oceans.
valleys.
mountains.
rivers.
20
What is the direction of air currents at the equator?
air is falling
air is rising
21
Winds are named by where they originate.
True
False
22
Which of these soil horizon contains the greatest amount of organic matter?
R
B
A
C
