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Earth Science Final Exam Review Part 4
Earth Science Final Exam Review Part 4
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1
Why are decomposers an important part of a food web?
make nutrients available to plants
give off oxygen for animals to breathe
provide camouflage for small animals
use sunlight to make their own food
2
Which property makes Earth unique compared to the other planets in our solar system?
it rotates on its axis
is it a rocky planet
it orbits the sun
it has liquid water
3
All of the following are examples of erosion except
wind in the desert blows sand against a rock
glacier picks up boulders as it moves
an icy winter causes the pavement in a road to crack
flood washes over a riverbank, carrying small soil particles
4
Which layer of Earth is divided into plates?
outer core
inner core
crust
mantle
5
Which soil horizon usually contains humus?
B
C
E
A
6
Which living things in a pond break down dead plants and animals?
rushes
green algae
frogs
bacteria
7
Herbivores and carnivores have in common that they both
are consumers
are scavengers
are omnivores
are producers
8
Where do Earth's oceans bulge in response to the Moon's gravitational pull to make tides?
sides facing and opposite the moon
side opposite the moon
sides at right angles to the moon
side facing the moon
9
Roger poured water over a pile of sand. Some of the sand washed away. This is similar to which?
erosion of the walls of a canyon
eruption of a volcano
forming of dunes or mounds in a desert
uplifting of mountain ranges
10
During a severe drought, which will likely cause the most erosion of a farmland?
water runoff
wind
ice
soil creeping downhill
11
During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?
new moon
1st quarter
waxing gibbous
full moon
12
Which group of organisms would all be found living in a tropical rain forest?
lizards, insects, cacti, kangaroos
evergreens, moose, weasels, mink
vines, palm trees, tree frogs, monkeys
lichens, mosses, caribou, polar bears
13
Earth's axis is tilted at what angle?
23.5 degrees
30 degrees
45 degrees
90 degrees
14
Which piece of information about a rock will bets help with its identification?
minerals in the rock
size
weight
temperature where it was found
15
Which best explains why Earth has tides?
Earth orbits the Sun
Earth rotates on its axis
The Moons has a gravitational pull on Earth
The Sun has a gravitational pull on Earth
16
The environment in which an organism lives in called a
ecozone
climate
niche
habitat
17
Biotic factors are
neither
living and nonliving
nonliving
living
18
What does Earth's rotation cause?
eclipses
night and day
the seasons
a year
19
Which of the following is not a method used to preserve the fertility of topsoil?
clearing a field of all plants occasionally
plant soybeans to increase nitrogen levels
plowing under plant materials left in the field
crop rotation
20
Water evaporates and falls back to Earth as rain or snow. What is the primary energy source?
sun
ocean currents
air pressure
wind
21
The type of seismic wave that arrives first and moves by compressing and expanding the ground:
surface waves
p waves
s waves
mercalli waves