Earth & Environmental Science (Honors) All Topics

Question 1

What is the main cause of erosion in a desert climate?

Accepted Answer

Wind

Question 2

Urbanization of areas can lead to the formation of what?

Accepted Answer

Heat Islands

Question 3

What does the Richter Scale measure?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

Question 4

Which one of Kepler's laws states that all planets rotate around the sun in ellipses?

Accepted Answer

Kepler's 1st Law

Question 5

Which activity demonstrates chemical weathering?

Accepted Answer

Dissolving of limestone by carbonic acid

Question 6

What natural disaster is caused by an underwater earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption

Question 7

What's the deadliest part resulting from a volcanic eruption?

Accepted Answer

Pyroclastic Flow

Question 8

Which human activity causes acid rain?

Accepted Answer

Burning fossil fuels, motor vehicle exhaust

Question 9

The reason why the Earth has seasons is because of the tilt of the Earth's axis.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The crust is the thickest layer of the earth.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

How is soil texture classified?

Accepted Answer

Particle size

Question 12

Decomposers are also called what?

Accepted Answer

Detrivores

Question 13

Oxidized iron turns soil red.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The Great Rift Valley in East Africa is an example of what type of fault boundary?

Accepted Answer

Diverging Boundary

Question 15

Which of these are the smallest soil particles?

Accepted Answer

Clay

Question 16

What's the process of cold,nutrient rich water moving to the surface of a body of water called?

Accepted Answer

Upwelling

Question 17

Plants are also known as...

Accepted Answer

Producers, Autotrophs

Question 18

Roots growing from a tree into a rock is an example of what type of weathering?

Accepted Answer

Physical Weathering

Question 19

What layer of the atmosphere does MOST weather occur?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Question 20

Which of these rocks is volcanic?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Questions 20