Regents Earth Science Review

Question 1

Which soil is more common?

Accepted Answer

Transported

Question 2

What type of weathering occurs when rock is broken down and the composition is changed?

Accepted Answer

Chemical

Question 3

When something warms, it becomes _____ because it _______.

Accepted Answer

less dense, expands

Question 4

What occurs in climates that hover near freezing?

Accepted Answer

Frost Action

Question 5

Having fun yet?

Accepted Answer

.

Question 6

Hachured lines indicate what?

Accepted Answer

a hole

Question 7

________ particles are more permiable

Accepted Answer

Larger

Question 8

The breakdown of rocks is...

Accepted Answer

weathering

Question 9

Water that enters the atmosphere from...

Accepted Answer

transporation and evaporation

Question 10

Erosion

Accepted Answer

The movement of all materials

Question 11

What is abrasion?

Accepted Answer

the grinding of two rocks

Question 12

Soil is composited of...

Accepted Answer

rocks and humus

Question 13

Water flows over the surface as...

Accepted Answer

runoff

Question 14

What type of weathering occurs when rock is broken without changing it's composition

Accepted Answer

Physical

Question 15

The densest phase is...

Accepted Answer

solid

Question 16

The amount of pore space between particles is...

Accepted Answer

porosity

Question 17

If water is unable to pass through the ground it is...

Accepted Answer

unpermiable

Question 18

More dense means ______ pressure because the fluid is __________.

Accepted Answer

higher, heavier

Question 19

The altitude of Polaris is equal to the observer's...

Accepted Answer

latitude in the North

Question 20

Lines of equal elevation are called...

Accepted Answer

contour lines

Question 21

Observation

Accepted Answer

something you make with your senses

Question 22

Water _______________ to form clouds.

Accepted Answer

condenses

Question 23

Inference

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conclusion based on observations

Question 24

_____ is a product of weathering.

Accepted Answer

soil

Question 25

The further west you travel, the ______ the time is

Accepted Answer

earlier

Question 26

Streams form ______ shaped valleys.

Accepted Answer

V

Question 27

Smaller particles have a...

Accepted Answer

higher capillarity

Question 28

More dense objects ____ and less dense objects ___

Accepted Answer

sink, float

Question 29

What size particles weather faster?

Accepted Answer

Small

Question 30

________ is the primary agent of erosion on Earth.

Accepted Answer

Running Water

Question 31

What relationship is this?

Accepted Answer

Indirect

Question 32

The difference in value between contour lines is called...

Accepted Answer

contour interval

Question 33

If an object is cut in half,...

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the density will stay the same

Question 34

Driving force of erosion is...

Accepted Answer

Gravitational Force

Question 35

Contour lines point ________ when they cross a river or stream.

Accepted Answer

upstream

Question 36

Size ______ a factor is porosity.

Accepted Answer

is not

Question 37

Smaller particles retain....

Accepted Answer

more water

Question 38

Water seeps into the ground by...

Accepted Answer

infiltration

Question 39

Porosity is larger for particles that are...

Accepted Answer

rounded, well sorted, and loosely packed

Question 40

What relationship is this?

Accepted Answer

Constant

Question 41

Earth rotates at a rate of...

Accepted Answer

15* per hour

Question 42

What relationship is this?

Accepted Answer

Direct

Question 43

What relationship is this?

Accepted Answer

Cyclic

Question 44

When something cool, it becomes ____ dense because it ______.

Accepted Answer

more dense, contracts

Question 45

Water is densest at _____ *C and in ______ form.

Accepted Answer

4, liquid

Question 46

What happens when carbon dioxide dissolves in water?

Accepted Answer

Carbonation

Regents Earth Science Review

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Regents Earth Science Review

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