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final review for Earth science
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1
Fog is a cloud that has
a small vertical extent
its base near the ground
particles made up of ice crystals
no ability to produce rain
2
Air that has 100% humidity is said to be
unstable
dry
saturated
stable
3
What is the large depression at the top of some volcanoes called?
caldera
vent
lava plateau
volcanic neck
4
A storm that produces lightning and thunder is a
nor'easter
cumulonimbus cloud
hurricane
thunderstorm
5
What is Earth's motion in its path around the Sun called?
precession
aphelion
rotation
revolution
6
A solar eclipse occurs when
Earth casts a dark shadow on the sun
Earth casts a shadow on the moon
the sun casts a dark shadow on the moon
the moon casts a dark shadow on Earth
7
Which continent is on the left? Used to support continental drift theory.
Africa
China
South America
North America
8
A warm front forms when
the temperature in a warm air mass increases
a warm air mass meets another ai mass of the same temp
cold air moves up over warmer air
warm air glides up over colder air
9
What are remains or traces of prehistoric life called?
fossils
replicas
indicators
fissure
10
Precipitation that forms when small ice pellets fall and grow by collecting supercooled water
sleet
hail
rain
fog
11
Which planet has a tilted axis?
Neptune
Earth
Uranus
Jupiter
12
The chunky particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called
calderas
pyroclastic materials
laccoliths
volcanic stocks
13
What type of cloud is fluffy and looks like cotton balls?
cirrus
cumulonimbus
stratus
cumulus
14
Sir Isaac Newton formulated and tested the law of
universal mass
orbital velocity
universal gravitation
acceleration
15
Who is the scientist that developed the theory of continental drift?
Aristotle
Kepler
Einstein
Wegener
16
What is the process that forms new stars?
nuclear fusion
indexing
nuclear fission
radioactivity
17
What type of lava is thin and runny?
pahoehoe
silicate
aa
18
About how old is Earth?
5.8 million years
4,000 years
4.0 million years
4.56 billion years
19
What is Pangaea?
a supercontinent
a great traveling destination
The Earth
none of the above
20
Which planet is called the "Red Planet"?
Venus
Mars
Mercury
Earth
21
Which model does this show?
heliocentric
geocentric
22
An air mass over the Gulf of Mexico is a(n)
continental polar
maritime tropical
maritime polar
continental tropical
23
Which of the following is NOT a terrestial planet?
Mars
Neptune
Mercury
Venus
24
The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a trench and back into the mantle.
sound mapping
condensation
evaporation
subduction
25
What kind of science have we been studying this year?
Chemical
Life
Earth
Physical
26
A violent windstorm tht forms a rotating column of air called a vortex is a
tornado
hurricane
thunderstorm
nor'easter
27
A divergent boundary at 2 continental crusts can result in a(n)
rift valley
volcanic arc
island arc
mountain range
28
The spinning of Earth on its axis is called
perihelion
revolution
rotation
precession
29
What type of volcano is this? (alternates lava and ash)
cinder cone
shield
composite
pyroclastic
30
What is the average movement of lithospheric plates?
50 cm per year
5 inches per year
5 cm per year
50 inches per year
31
An air mass changes
weather that is hundreds of km away from it
the elevation of underlaying areas
the weather of the area over which it moves
the rotation direction of cyclones
32
What era was the first in Earth's history?
Precambrian
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Paleozoic
33
What theory did Wegener propose?
gravity
continental drift
metamorphosis
plate tectonics
34
Which type of clouds are high, white, and thin?
stratus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
cumulus
35
Hurricanes produce sustained winds of at least
119 km/hr
59 km/hr
200 mph
219 mph
