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APES Unit 1: Geosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
APES Unit 1: Geosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
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What are seismic waves?
Waves formed by mechanical machines
Vibrations that form gases
Energy released in vibration
Kinetic and potential energy
2
Process that form igneous rocks include
Melting, cooling and crystallization
Compaction and cementation
Weathering and erosion
Intense heat and pressure
3
Our primary consumptive use of water is for ____________.
Irrigation
Mining
Industry
Residential use
4
From what does the ozone layer protect livings?
UV rays
Too much heat
Meteors
Greenhouse effect
5
What is the layer underneath the rigid outermost part of earth's mantle?
Core
Tectonic plates
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
6
What does the unequal heating of air masses cause?
Ozone layer
Greenhouse effect
Atmospheric circulation
Coriolis effect
7
Most of Earth's fresh water is found in
Glaciers and icebergs
Rivers and streams
Ponds and lakes
Aquifers and springs
8
Aquifer depletion is caused by
All of the above
Crop irrigation
Residential use
Water bottling plants
9
A rock at the edge of a continental plate is pressed and heated. Its minerals change. Its now a
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
10
What causes the external geologic processes of weathering and erosion
Newton's law, wind and converging plates
Converging plates, sun's energy and erosion
Weathering, wind and solubility
Flowing water, gravity and wind
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What problems are associated with desalination?
Its cost effective, but creates erosion issues
We can use it everywhere, but it causes pollution
It harms marine life, costs a lot and creates wastewater
Very few! Wh should be doing this to get more water!
12
Temperature decrease with altitude in the
All of these
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
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Snow is a good reflector of light. How will the graph change if global snow and ice melted?
Radiation by the clouds would increase
Radiation absorbed by the atmosphere would ddecrease
Radiation absorbed by Earth's surface would decrease
Radiation absorbed by the Earth's surface would increase
14
What causes erosion - the movement of sediment from one location to another?
Wind
Ice
Water
All of the above
15
What is an aquifer?
An underground river
An area where all the water drains to the same place
The upper surface of the zone of saturation
Porous underground rock that hold water, storing it
16
Which best describes a storm that forms over warm sections of the ocean
Snow storm
Blizzard
Tornado
Hurricane
17
What is the apparent shift in the paths of winds due to the rotation of Earth called?
Convection currents
Coriolis effect
Westerlies
Trade winds
18
During El Nino events, which of the following occur?
Cold, hard winters in Midwest
Rainfall in California
Drought in Central America
Rainfall in Australia
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What are the three types of rocks?
Hypochondriac, mineralous, and juxtaposed
Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic
Isosceles, metamorphic and hyochondriac
Cocooned, isosceleles and igneous
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Air temperature and pressure____with increasing elevation and____as you approach sea level
Cools and becomes denser; warms and becomes more dense
Increases; decreases
Decrease; increase
Cools and thins; warms and thins
21
Which of these correctly describes the water on Earth
About 97% fresh water and 3% salt water
About 3% fresh water and 97% salt water
About 76% fresh water and 24% salt water
about 24% fresh water and 76% salt water
22
The ozone layer is usually a region within the
Ionosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
23
What is an unusually long period during which rainfall is below average?
Hurricane
Drought
Flood
Dry season
24
What is a change of water temperature in the Pacific Ocean that produces warm current?
El Nino
Hurricane
Drought
La Nina
25
The Himalayas were formed by what plate movement?
Divergent
Transform-fault
Subduction
Convergent
26
The main factor(s) that cause water scarcity is(are)?
Dry climate
Wasteful use of water
Drought
All of the above
27
The eastern Pacific is shown to be...
Normal
Colder than normal
Magnifico
Warmer than normal
28
What is the pattern of movement in the Hadley cell
Warm air rises, cool air sinks
Air moves east to west
Air moves west to east
Cool air rises, warm air sinks
29
What is the process in which cold nutrient-rich water from the deep ocean rises to the surface
Gulf stream
La Nina
El Nino
Upwelling
30
What are tectonic plates usually compared to?
Slow-moving surfboards
Gigantic conveyor belts
Drifting water
Colliding stones
31
Which layer has the highest air pressure?
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere
32
What is the layer of the atmosphere where weather happens?
Troposphere
Exosphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
33
Surface currents are what type of currents?
Cold water
Fast water
Warm water
Slow water
34
Water mining of aquifers can result in...
Sink holes
Saltwater intrusion
Land subsidence
All of the above
35
High temperatures below ground can melt rock. This molten material is called what?
Volcano
Lava
Magma
Molten
36
This plate movement occurs when one plate moves under another plate
Transform-fault
Subduction
Divergence
Collision
37
As water goes through the water cycle again and again, the amount of water on Earth
Stays the same
Decreases
Increases
Goes up and down
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Which of the following is a consequence of El Nino
Increasing in flooding and mudslides in the Americas
Starvation cased by a lack of rain in Asia
Increase in disease transmission
Lack of nutrient upwelling which decreases biodiversity
