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An Earth Science Exam Review Game
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1
What is a good way to control beach erosion?
create a man made sea wall
place sand bags on the dunes to protect from water
All of the above
keep the water from the sand dunes
2
How do you use a soil triangle?
use only the sand and silt %s
use only the clay and sand %s
only use two of the %s given
take the three %'s and triangulate to the intersecting point
3
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
nitrogen
oxygen
carbon
argon
4
What is the climate and geography like in the Rocky Mountains of North America?
high elevations and long summers
low elevations and long summers
low elevations and wet seasons
high elevations with cold winters
5
How do humans impact climates?
polluting with trash dumping
over population
all the above
Burning fossil fuels in vehicles
6
What happens at a divergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary?
mid ocean ridge
ocean trench
mountain is formed
none of the above
7
What does an ecosystem look like with a healthy level of biodiversity?
abiotic factors dominate this biome
has a low level of plants and animals
has many different species of plants and animals
has no symbiotic relationships
8
You live in an area that has cut down trees, what is that area at a risk of now?
hail storms
landslides
heavy rains
a drought
9
How does weathering and erosion affect earth's surface?
Erosion breaks down the rocks and weathering transports them
There is chemical and physical weathering
none of the above
Weathering breaks down the rocks and erosion transports them
10
What happens when a warm air mass takes over a cold air mass?
none of the above
gentle snow
small showers
cloud formation and wide spread rainfall
11
What is a drought?
dry season
wet season
not enough rain over a long period
too much rain in a short amount of time
12
Natural resources come from the Earth, how do humans affect these?
urbanization
agriculture
overpopulation
deforestation
13
Another name for Carbonation is
acid rocks
acid snow
acid hail
acid rain
14
What does the global conveyor belt do?
none of the above
transports heat and nutrients around the ocean
transports cold density currents and warm surface currents
transports boxes on an assembly line
15
How do ocean currents affect climates?
They do not affect climates
none of the above
They take warm or cold water to heat or cool areas
They only bring cold weather
16
What causes ocean currents?
differences in densities, salinity, temperatures, and wind
only densities and salinity
only salinity and temperatures
only surface winds
17
If the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is tilted towards the sun what season is it?
Spring
Winter
Summer
Fall
18
How does the sun provide energy?
through conduction
sun rays carrying light of the electromagnetic spectrum
through convection
through the greenhouse effect
19
What is the suns energy?
solar radiation from the nuclear reaction on the sun
none of the above
light in the electromagnetic spectrum
radiant energy in many forms
20
What happens at a divergent continental-continental plate boundary?
mountain is formed
rift valley
trench is formed
none of the above
21
How does urbanization affect erosional rates in large economic areas?
turning natural areas into cities can cause pollution
all the above
the new pavement being made causes excess runoff
erosional rates increase creating more flash flooding events
22
What happens at a convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary?
subduction zone creates a volcano
ridge is formed
Rift Valley forms
none of the above
23
What happens when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass?
nothing changes
air becomes unstable
none of the above
clouds dissipate
24
What happens at a convergent continental-continental plate boundary?
valley is formed
none of the above
trench is formed
mountain is formed
25
What plate boundary makes a continental rift?
convergent continental plates
divergent continental plates
convergent oceanic plates
divergent oceanic plates
26
What is enriched coal and oil make?
higher energy output
lower energy output
no change at all
none of the above
27
What happens to biodiversty when you lose plant species?
animals begin to die and it affects food chains
both of the above
none of the above
other plants begin to die and it affects food chains
28
How do we deplete aquifers?
over use of water domestically
all the above
over use of water for agriculture
over use of water commercially
29
What happens at a divergent oceanic plate boundary?
a ridge because of fresh magma rising from the crack
none of the above
a rift valley
a volcano rising from the fresh magma
30
What is precession?
the combustion of earth
conduction beneath the earth
the wobble of earth's axis
the circular shape made by the earth's axis
31
What causes runoff?
all of the above
an excess of water from a heavy rain
a fully saturated soil
no vegetation or trees to protect the soil
32
What happens at a convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary?
mountain is formed
ocean trench
mid ocean ridge
none of the above
33
What gas is most abundant in our atmosphere?
calcium
argon
nitrogen
oxygen
34
What is the balancing point of the earth and moon that keeps them in unison?
nutation
barycenter
precession
copucenter
35
What are characteristics of the troposphere?
none of the above
most of the atmospheres mass is here
where weather is located
where pollution is located
36
What types of plates are there?
oceanic
continental
mountain
none
37
What is an aquifer?
where evaporation takes place
in the outer core of Earth
underground storage place of water
above ground storage place of water
38
What is conventional farming?
farming using herbicides
farming using synthetic fertilizers
all the above
farming using pesticides
39
What does chemical weathering do?
cracks open rocks with plants and ice
all of the above
breaks down rocks physically
Breaks down rocks by chemical means changing chemical makeup
40
What causes the strongest tides in the ocean?
When the sun earth and moon are in a straight line
When the moon is farthest from the sun
When the sun earth and moon collide
When the sun earth and moon are spread out
41
How does surface water get to ground water?
infiltrates through the zone of aeration and saturation
condensates through the zone of aeration and saturation
evaporates through the zone of aeration and saturation
transpirates through the zone of aeration and saturation
42
What is another name of the hydrologic cycle?
wind cycle
none of the above
lava cycle
water cycle
43
How can removing trees of the rain forest or coniferous forest affect Earth?
raise levels of argon
raise levels of Co2
raise levels of oxygen
none of the above
44
What could harm or degrade the wetlands of North Carolina?
farmers dumping fertilizers illegally
none of the above
coastal drilling
storm surge from a hurricane
45
What happens with flooding?
too much rain too short of a time and water rises
both of the above
too much rain and ground is saturated so water rises
none of the above
46
what are the air mass types in the USA?
Pc,PT, mT, mP,A
AA, cTT, MtT,A, Cp
cP,cT, mT, mP,A
MA,cT, mT, mP,A
47
What is nutation?
the wobble or shaking of the earth's axis
the change of the earths rotation
the circular shape the earths axis makes
the change of the earth's revolution
48
What is the effect of strip mining?
none of the above
Removing top layer of earth's increasing erosion/weathering
loss of nutrients in plants
drilling for oil makes money
49
What does the Earths tilt do to make the temperatures hotter at the Equator?
it makes the suns rays to hit at the north and south poles
it makes the suns rays hit mainly at the equator
none of the above
creates the coriolis effect
50
Which type of climate would have the most chemical weathering?
cold and dry climate
low elevation climates
high elevation climates
hot and moist climate
