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Junior/Senior Environmental Science: The Dynamic Earth Unit Review
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1
The most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere is...
methane
nitrogen
oxygen
carbon dioxide
2
Shearing tension involves what type of plate movement?
sliding past each other
pushing together
pulling apart
3
Which of the following includes all of the water on or near Earth’s surface?
geosphere
hydrosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
4
Tension can be seen in what type of fault?
normal
strike-slip
reverse
5
The ozone falls in what layer of the atmosphere?
stratosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
troposphere
6
Reverse faults involve what type of stress?
shearing
tension
compression
7
The melted rock that forms a volcano is called...
magma
lava
mantle
inner core
8
The part of Earth that contains the air we breathe is called the...
hydrosphere
envirosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
9
The transfer of heat between objects that are touching is called...
convection
conduction
radiation
10
The sun is involved in what type of heat transfer?
convection
conduction
radiation
11
Scientists believe that the continents used to make up one super continent called...
the ultimate land
pangaea
super world
mars
12
Which of the following gases is an important greenhouse gas?
nitrogen
hydrogen
carbon dioxide
oxygen
13
The transfer of heat involving fluids is called...
convection
conduction
radiation
14
What process involves a phase change from solid to gas?
evaporation
sublimation
precipitation
freezing
15
The thin outermost layer of the solid Earth is called the...
crust
asthenosphere
outer core
mantle
16
What is the layer of Earth between the crust and the core?
mantle
current
radiation
fault
17
What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
ionosphere
troposphere
exosphere
ozone layer
18
What are the pieces that compose the lithosphere?
asthenosphere
mantle
volcano
tectonic plates
19
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds is called...
sublimation
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
20
Volcanoes occur at tectonic plate boundaries that are...
sliding past each other
colliding
separating
