Final Exam - Earth Science - 2017

Vertical extent of a wave (labeled 2 in this diagram)

Highest point of a wave (labeled 3 in this diagram)

Electricity generated through the use nuclear energy (fission) inside a nuclear reactor.

Water that is pushed onto a shoreline by a storm.

Diverging

What percent of the earth's water is Salt water?

Which mineral is harder?

Center of an atom, containing the proton and neutron is called

Where crust is recycled

Solid in which all the atoms are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern

The type of plate boundary that creates earthquakes

The substance that physical objects are made of

Horizontal distance between two waves (labeled 1 in this diagram)

Color of a mineral's powder can be determined by it's

Which word means a wave produced by an earthquake?

Powerful chemicals used to break up oil that has been spilled in a body of water.

The oceanic crust is most like granite in composition.

Transforming

Change in the shape of water caused by energy from wind.

What creates mid-ocean ridges?

Which layer of the Earth are we walking around on?

Molten rock that HAS REACHED Earth's surface.

Which word means a dark rock with fine grains?

When trying to identify a mineral, the luster description is used to determine

What were the three pieces of evidence Wagner had for his hypothesis?

Water mixed with waste materials is called

The smallest unit of a chemical element

What ocean feature is labeled B?

The type of plate boundary that creates volcanos and deep ocean trenches

Ocean currents that travel vertically up and down; this water also travels deeper in the ocean.

Where new crust is made

The measure of the amount of dissolved salt in water.

What ocean feature is labeled A?

Remains of long-dead organisms that now serve as an energy source

What was the continent called when all of Earth's plates were next to each other?

The type of plate boundary that creates rift valleys or mid-ocean ridges.

Cold, nutrient-rich water that rises from

Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other are called

Name the surface current closest to Florida.

The THEORY based on Wagner's work about the slow movement of the continents was called

Ocean water that sinks due to higher density is called

What feature is labeled c?

Natural resource that is used up faster than it can be made by nature

Resource that can be replaced in a relatively short period of time or is limitless in supply

Lowest point of a wave (labeled 4 in this diagram)

To learn about Earth's interior, geologist study how seismic waves move through the earth.

Which word means a rock with light color and coarse grains?

Which of the following rocks is found in the continental crust?

Ability of a mineral to resist scratching

Why does trash get stuck in the GPGP?

When trying to identify a mineral, the reaction to a black light is used to determine

What would it mean for the mineral hardness rating, if a fingernail could scratch the mineral?

Pure chemical substance with one type of atom is called this.

Ocean currents that travel vertically up and down; this water also travels deeper in the ocean