Midterm Earth Science Review

The source of the sun’s energy is ____.

One kind of evidence that supports Wegener’s hypothesis is that _______

Which of the following human activities has caused an increase in soil erosion?

What position of the moon (M) will create the greatest tidal range?

Seasons are primarily caused by _________.

At a transform fault boundary, ____.

According to the diagram, which season is beginning in the Northern Hemisphere at 4?

The formation of the solar system from a huge cloud of dust and gases is called the ____.

The Hawaiian Islands were formed when the Pacific Plate moved over ____.

 When an earthquake occurs, energy radiates in all directions from its source, which is called the ____.

What movement of Earth is responsible for night and day?

 Which of the following represents the correct order of the processes involved in sedimentary rock formation?

Which of the following is the result of chemical weathering?

 In Figure 3-1, what process or processes would be occurring in the part of the rock cycle labeled E?

New ocean crust is formed at ____.

Which of the following affects the amount of destruction caused by earthquake vibrations?

What instrument records earthquake waves?

An intrusive igneous rock with large crystals suggests that:

What effect do solar flares have when they interact with Earth's atmosphere?

What piece of evidence have scientists used to show the universe is still expanding?

What is the shape of all planet orbits?

Chemical weathering would be ____.

Through which Earth layer are S waves NOT transmitted?

The three groups of rocks are classified by ____.

Where is the energy source found that drives the processes that form igneous and metamorphic rocks?