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Earth and Environmental Science Review NC
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1
Name the moon phase you see below.
Waning Gibbous
Waxing Cresent
Waxing Gibbous
Waning Cresent
2
What powers the water cycle?
The sun's energy
Ocean Currents
Rain and snow
The core
3
Using the diagram below, what season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?
winter
summer
fall
spring
4
The tunnel that connects a volcanoes magma chamber to the vent is known as a conduit.
True
False
5
Youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically found:
near a mid-ocean ridge
There is no predictable place to find younger rocks
away from a mid-ocean ridge near the shoreline
away from volcanic hotspots
6
What percent of Earth's water is fresh?
29%
97%
3%
71%
7
The scientists that proposed the theory of continental drift is
Harry Hess
Fred Vine
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstein
8
Primary waves can travel through ____.
Solids, liquids, gases
Solids and gases
Solids only
Liquids only
9
The _____ is hard, rocky, brittle and makes tectonic plates.
None of the above
Mantle
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
10
Which of the following is true about the life cycle of Sun-like stars?
None of the above.
They will puff up into a red super-giant
They eventually become black holes.
They have long life times (several billion years)
11
How long ago was Earth formed?
8.9 million years
2 million years
4.6 billion
13.5 billion years
12
The correct order that a seismograph receives seismic waves is which of the following?
Secondary, surface, primary
Primary, surface, secondary
Primary, secondary, surface
Surface, primary, secondary
13
The rise and fall of Earth's tides is caused principally by:
Temperature variations around the world
Solar flares
The gravitational interaction of the Sun and the Moon
None of the above
14
This unit describes the distance between the Earth and Sun.
Light year
Astronomical Unit
meters
miles
15
All of the following are pre-cursors to a tsunami, except ______
wide scale animal retreating
transform PB activity
a sudden receding of the water level
a large EQ
16
What pressure system is associated with cloudy and rainy weather?
High
Low
17
Our Sun and other stars generate energy through what process?
radioactive decay
nuclear fission
nuclear fusion
alpha decay
18
What causes most surface ocean currents?
global winds
gravitational pull of the Moon
none of the above
the Coriolis Effect
19
How does the Sun's energy reach Earth?
Conduction
Rotation
Radiation
Convection
20
What is the process by which clouds form?
Precipitation
Transpiration
Evaporation
Condensation
21
The process by which plants release excess water, adding it to the water cycle is called
evaporation
precipitation
transpiration
condensation
22
If a star is 350 light years away from Earth, when was the light we see tonight emitted?
2365
1665
tonight
23
Which type of eclipse does this diagram illustrate?
Total solar eclipse
None of the above
Partial solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
24
Water sticking to itself is called _____.
Surface tension
Cohesion
High specific heat
Adhesion
25
It is the because of the Coriolis Effect that gyres in the Northern Hemisphere spin
Counter Clockwise
Clockwise
26
Water freezes from the top down because ice is...
Less dense as a solid
Has a high specific heat
A solid
More dense as a solid
27
What type of plate boundary is depicted in the illustration?
Diverent
Transform
Convergent
28
A rotating cloud of gas and dust in the universe is also known as a:
prius
nebula
pulsar
protostar
29
What is represented by the letter B?
Trough
Crest
Wave Height
Wavelength
30
This rock is formed quickly on the surface of the Earth.
Intrusive Igneous
Sedimentary
Extrusive Igneous
Metamorphic
31
The San Andreas fault is the result of what type of plate boundary?
divergent
convergent
none of the above
transform
32
What is a potential result of the activity of transform plate boundaries?
faulting
seismic activity
tectonic plates sliding past one another
all of the above
33
The theory that describes the development of our Moon is called:
Big Bang Theory
Nebular Theory
Impact Theory
Capture Theory
34
Which are features of divergent plate boundaries? Check all that apply.
mid-ocean ridges
volcanoes
land-based mopuntains
seismic activity
35
The super continent _________ that formed around 200-250 million years ago.
Pandora
Gondawanaland
Pangaea
Pantheon
36
The Circum-Pacific Belt, where about 75% of all volcanoes occur, is also known as ____.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Ring of Fire
San Andrea Fault
Pangaea
37
Acids have a pH of...
7
Less than 7
More than 7
38
Increased fossil fuel production/burning would have no impact on climate change.
True
False
39
When two plates collide and one is forced under another, this feature is called a:
fault
rift
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
40
A volcano is not currently erupting, but did 20 years ago. It is said to be
Active
Dormant
Extinct
41
Which of the following could be something people could do to slow down/stop climate change?
use public transportation
use your AC only when needed
stop using aerosols
none of the above
42
The layer of the atmosphere were meteors burn up is the ____.
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
43
Which is not an agent of chemical weathering?
Oxygen
Water
Wind
Carbon Dioxide
44
Molten material under the ground is known as lava, but on the surface it is known as magma.
True
False
45
What causes day and night on Earth?
Rotation of Earth on its axis.
Revolution of Earth around the sun.
Revolution of the Moon around the Earth.
Rotation of the Moon.
46
Plate tectonics is caused by _____ within the mantle.
Radiation
Convection currents
Tsunami Currents
Conduction currents
47
These are the largest volcanoes:
Shield
Composite
Cinder cone
48
When material within the Earth is heated, it _____ because it becomes ______.
rises; less dense
sinks; more dense
rises;more dense
sinks; less dense
49
Which of the following are agents of weathering and erosion?
chemicals and air
temperature and salinity
heat and pressure
wind and water
50
What land-form is formed by the convergence of two continental plates?
Volcanoes
Rift valley
Earthquakes
Large mountain range
51
During which moon phases are high tides highest and low tides lowest? (spring tides)
1st and 3rd Quarter
New and full
Waxing and waning gibbous
Waxing and waning cresents
52
The theory that the Earth is broken up into slabs of crust that move over time is known as
Pangaea
Seafloor Spreading
Plate Teconics
Continental Drift
53
Volcanic action is associated with all typed of plate boundaries EXCEPT
Divergent
Oceanic-oceanic convergence
Oceanic-continental convergence
Transform
54
Tectonic plates move around on the semi-solid surface known as the ____.
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Biosphere
55
This occurs when water seeps into the cracks and fractures of rocks, freezes, and expands.
oxidation
hydrolysis
thermal expansion
frost/ice wedging
56
The point, on the surface above where an earthquake begins is the ______.
Focus
Bulleyes
Epoch
Epicenter
57
Hawaii formed because of a ________.
Hot Spot
Transform PB
Convergent PB
Divergent PB
58
Which of the following provides support to the Big Bang Theory?
All of the above
Cosmic Background Radiation
Mixture of elements
The universe is expanding
59
Fusion for most stars involves ____ fusing into ____; with a lose of matter, ____ is produced.
helium, hydrogen, precipication
helium, hydrogen, energy
hydrogen, helium, energy
60
When a mixture contains particles that are not dissolved in water, but temporarily held up
Solute
Solvent
Suspension
Solution
61
What is the main reason that we experience seasons here on Earth?
The sun produces more energy in the summer
The Earth is tilted on its axis
Global warming
The earth is closer to the sun in the summer.
