Final Exam Review

The phase of the moon you see depends on...

Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is called

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called

Which type of plate boundary?

Wetlands provide habitats for many living things because of their sheltered waters and

A type of organism that no longer exists on Earth is said to be

Earth’s atmosphere is important to living things because it____.

A stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called a _____.

Which type of plate boundary?

The geologic time scale is a record of

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called

A fossil is _____.

Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

volcanic areas, groundwater heated by magma is a source of

The three major steps of the water cycle are

In which zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather?

Climates are classified according to two major factors:

____ weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change.

Heat from the sun reaches you by

the moon appears to be cut in half during

What is distinctive about Jupiter?

The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another

Earth has seasons because

The layer of our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the 

In a heliocentric system, Earth revolves around

One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about one _____.

Which layer of the atmosphere protects Earth's surface from being hit by most meteoroids?

Salinity is a measure of ____in water.

The hypothesis that Mars may once have had the conditions needed to support life is based on

The Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic are divisions in the geologic time scale called

Earth's rotation makes global winds curve. This is called the

The agent of mechanical weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called

A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called a ______. 

Both reflecting and refracting telescopes are designed to

Decomposers are the soil organisms that ____.

The prevailing westerlies, the major wind belts over the continental United States, generally push air masses from ____.

In the Northern Hemisphere, currents curve to the right because of the _______.

Which event began the space race?

Stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called

The ____is the point beneath Earth’s surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake.

Hurricanes typically form over

The lifetime of a star depends on its

The atmosphere is?

Which type of stress force produces reverse faults?

Earth's rotation takes about

Which type of boundary is pictured?

What does a seismograph record?

The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a

Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called

The process by which wind removes surface materials is called