Earth Space Science Final Exam Review

What is the energy source for the water cycle? 

What likely contributed to the extinction that marks the end of the Mesozoic Era? 

Marine organisms are classified according to how they ______. 

Shoreline erosion and coastal flooding are two consequences of ______.

Approximately how much of the Earth's surface is covered by land? 

Where does seafloor spreading occur? 

Which of the following best describes air? 

Which of the following is not one of the main areas of Earth science? 

When does the summer solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere? 

Differences in ocean height can be measured by _____. 

The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide helps to 

What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate?

What term describes when a solid converts directly to a gas? 

Maritime air masses form ______.

The nebular hypothesis states the solar system formed from a rotating cloud of made mostly of

What factor distinguishes wet tropical climates from tropical wet and dry climates? 

Which of the following is a type of nekton? 

The process of converting a liquid to a gas is known as _______. 

The change of state from a gas to a liquid is called _____.

What is the most abundant salt in the sea? 

Which part of the ocean is deepest? 

The hypotheses is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are eliminate, it becomes a

 A rotating column of air is called a(n)

What type of front produces several hours of light to moderate precipitation over a region?

The greatest number of thunderstorms occur in the_____. 

The Hawaiian Islands are associated with what type of volcanism? 

Typhoon is another name for _______. 

Which gas is most important for understanding atmospheric processes? 

What is the function of the atmosphere's ozone layer? 

The movement of water that parallels the shore is called?

Which of the following is impacted by El Nino? 

Nekton include all animals that _____. 

the dating process that places geologic events in proper sequence is referred to as a ____. 

Which of the following is a type of plankton? 

The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called ______. 

Major earthquakes are sometimes preceded by smaller earthquakes called ______. 

Which of the following causes earthquakes?

Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located in a belt known as the _____. 

What type of front forms when the surface position of the front does not move?

The physical, chemical, and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the past.

The largest of the Earth's oceans is the _____.

Why can the removal of vegetation trigger mass movements? 

What term describes organisms that live on or in the ocean floor?

Why did many plants die at the end of the Mesozoic? 

The rust colored tint of the desert landscapes is the result of 

Which type of climate is associated with savannas? 

Rain, sleet, snow and hail are all examples of ______.

Compost helps preserve the health of soil because it ____. 

The Coriolis Effect influences _________.       

Hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere are the Earth's four major what?

The advantage of solar energy include the fact that it is ______. 

The central region of an atom is called the____.

Because of the Coriolis effect, ocean currents in Northern Hemisphere are deflected to the 

What is the ultimate energy source for most wind? 

What phenomenon naturally warms Earth's lower atmosphere and surface?

Which type of climate has no winters? 

Wegener's continental drift hypothesis stated continents once joined together to form

physical forces break rock into smaller pieces without changing the rocks chemical composition

Which instrument is used to measure wind speed? 

How old is Earth? 

Resources that can be replenished over a relatively short time span are ____.

The energy that drives surface ocean currents comes from ____. 

All the energy that drives Earth's rock cycle comes from

Which force is involved in the development of surface currents? 

What is the force behind mass movements? 

Minerals are classified according to their ____.

Which of the following is an example of human impact on climate change?

Minerals are classified by _____.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth? 

What causes surface ocean currents to be deflected?

What are the building blocks of minerals?

What technology do scientists use to measure ocean depth? 

What type of climate is a characteristic of Antarctica?

The accumulation of sediment found along the shore of a lake or ocean is called a _____. 

What causes a hurricane to lose energy when it moves on land?

Organisms that drift with ocean currents are called? 

What is one of the drawbacks to the extensive use of solar energy? 

How does the age of seafloor sediments change with increasing distance from the ocean ridge? 

What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other? 

What type of rocks are most fossils found? 

naturally occurring, inorganic solid, crystalline structure, definite chemical composition

The eye of a hurricane has the 

What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together? 

Which of the following best describes the ocean bottom? 

The center of a tornado is characterized by its ______. 

What type of rocks would there be evidence of past life forms? 

Which greenhouse gas is the most powerful absorber of radiation emitted by the Earth? 

Which of the following is NOT a category of marine organisms? 

Hurricanes are classified according to intensity using the 

What is the force behind mass movements?

Earth receives energy from the sun through what method of heat transfer?