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APES 2019-20 CED Unit 4 Earth Systems and Resources Review
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1
What causes Earth's seasons?
Its rotation
Its precession
Its tilted axis
Its revolution
2
Large bodies of water create more stable temperatures in nearby land areas.
True
False
3
What type of plate boundary is this?
Transform Fault
Convergent
Divergent
4
Which type of soil is best for agriculture?
Clay
Loam
Sand
Silt
5
Which soil horizon contains the greatest amount of organic matter?
R
B
A
C
6
During an earthquake, energy radiates out from the center known as the
epicenter.
focus.
fault.
7
What happens to the pressure as altitude increases?
It increases
It decreases
It stays the same
It decreases, then increases, then decreases, then increases
8
What defines a watershed?
The divides
Arbitrary lines created by humans
Its composition
Its length
9
Which has the greatest impact on soil formation?
Parent Material
Climate
Organisms
Slope
10
Earth is closest to the sun in January.
False
True
11
What causes the Coriolis Effect?
Earth's revolution
Earth's precession
Earth's rotation
Earth's tilted axis
12
Which of these is not associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Earthquakes
Seafloor Spreading
Subduction Zones
Rift Valleys
13
What term is used for this diagram?
Soil Texture Diagram
Soil Layer Diagram
Soil Horizon
Soil Profile
14
Which soil particle has the greatest impact on a soil's water holding capacity?
Loam
Sand
Silt
Clay
15
What is the greatest agent of weathering and erosion?
Water
Wind
Gravity
16
Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
17
El Niño impacts which of the following?
Weather in the Americas
All of these
Pacific fisheries
Weather in Southeast Asia
18
Winds are named by where they originate.
False
True
19
The rain shadow effect is caused by
rivers.
oceans.
valleys.
mountains.
20
In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
21
All watersheds are the same.
True
False
22
Soil particle size affects
permeability.
porosity.
all of these
soil fertility.
23
El Niño and La Niña occur at regular intervals.
True
False
