APES Unit 4 Test Review

Which of the following days in Earth’s yearly orbit would have the longest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere

What causes the Coriolis Effect?

Which factor leads to the curved line in the graph due to variation in the different layers of the atmosphere?

What causes Earth's seasons?

Large bodies of water create more stable temperatures in nearby land areas.

Which has the greatest impact on soil formation?

Which of these is not associated with divergent plate boundaries?

What is the greatest agent of weathering and erosion?

Winds are named by where they originate.

What term is used for this diagram?

El Niño and La Niña occur at regular intervals.

Which is the best explanation for the deflection of the trade winds in both hemispheres, as seen in the diagram below?

All watersheds are the same.

During an earthquake, energy radiates out from the center known as the

Which soil horizon contains the greatest amount of organic matter?

The rain shadow effect is caused by

What happens to the pressure as altitude increases?

In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?

Soil particle size affects

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

Which type of soil is best for agriculture?

El Niño impacts which of the following?

What defines a watershed?

Earth is closest to the sun in January.

What type of plate boundary is this?

Which soil particle has the greatest impact on a soil's water holding capacity?

During an El Niño event, farmers in the southwestern United Stated often benefit from which of the following?