Earth 1st Semester Final Review 2019

Which is an example of climate?

Which is a characteristic of a valley carved by a glacier?

Which is a long-term climate change?

Which is the upward motion of ocean water?

Calcite is the dominant mineral in the rock limestone. In which mineral group does it belong?

Which is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Convection currents exist in which layer of Earth?

How many valence electrons does this atom have?

A heat island is an example of which type of climate?

Why was Wegener's hypothesis rejected by scientists of his time?

Which scale describes the estimated wind strength of a tornado?

Which type of tides occur when the Sun, the Moon, and Earth are aligned?

Which type of energy does sonar use?

Frost wedging primarily relies on which process(es)?

The figure shows the arrangement of atoms in a substance. What is this substance?

Which is one of the three most common elements in Earth's crust?

Which process forms salt beds?

Which hurricane hazard is considered the most dangerous?

What was Wegener's hypothesis called?

Which is used to measure ocean depth?

By what process are surface materials removed and transported from one location to another?

Out of which type of storm do tornadoes often form?

Which process does the image illustrate?

Which location on Earth receives the most solar radiation in any given year?

Which latitude receives the least amount of heat per unit area from the Sun?

Which type of convergent boundary does not have a subduction zone?

What is the name of the system by which hurricanes are classified?

In order for minerals to crystallize from magma, what must happen?

Which is not usually included in map legends?

Which could be a result of global climate change?

What are the characteristics of a continental polar air mass over the interior of Canada in the winter?

Which process is occurring in the diagram?

Identify the Earth system that is labeled B.

Generally, what is the age of ocean crust?

Which word fills in the blank label in the rock cycle?

What is hot, highly ionized, electrically conducting matter?

The highest point of the wave is called

Which instrument would you use to gather upper-atmospheric data?

Which place is most likely to experience a heat-island effect?

Which is a coarse-grained clastic rock that contains angular fragments?

Which instrument is used to measure temperature?

Which type of water makes up 97 percent of Earth's water?

Which is not a requirement for matter to be classified as a mineral?

Which property of air determines whether a cloud droplet is liquid water or ice?

Which gas is least abundant in Earth's atmosphere?

What percent of the hydrosphere is made up of freshwater?

Which has the fastest movement?

Which mechanical process is causing the air to rise?

Which is a coarse-grained clastic rock that contains angular fragments?

Between which depths is the thermocline?

Which clastic sediment has the smallest grain size?

What is the name of a layer of sediment or rock that does not allow water to pass through it?

What is the average temperature of deep water below the thermocline?

The lowest point of the wave is called

During flooding, where does the most intense flooding occur?

Which is a way to reduce the risk of mass movements?

Which is an erosion feature formed by a glacier?

Which agent of erosion can usually move only sand-sized or smaller particles?

How do oxbows form?

Identify the Earth system that is labeled A.

Which theory explains how new oceanic crust is formed at ocean ridges, slowly moves away and is destroyed at trenches?

Why is vegetation important to the development of soil on a hillside?

Which happens when water vapor rises into the atmosphere and cools?

Which would make a good wind barrier on a farm?

Which type of rock is characterized by layers and bands of minerals caused by high pressure during metamorphism?

An unknown substance has more OH ions than tears but less than ammonia. What is approx. pH?

What process creates deep-sea trenches?

What types of boundary is shown?

What feature forms along this type of boundary?

What are the lines in the figure called?

A mineral has a mass of 100 g and a volume of 50 cm3. What is its density?

Which is NOT a formation left behind by a receding glacier

Which ocean currents are caused by wind?

Which layer of the atmosphere contains ozone?

What is needed to precisely locate places on Earth?

Which particles can wind move most easily?

Which mineral characteristics is least reliable in identifying a mineral?

Which is not one of Earth's basic wind systems or zones?

What does this image show?

What basic motion does water follow during the passage of a wave?

In which horizon is humus most concentrated?

What was Pangaea?

Which type of tides occur when the Sun, the Moon, and Earth form a right angle?

Which element does this atom represent?

Which land areas are the most susceptible to flooding during severe storms?

Which is a natural underground opening with a connection to Earth's surface?

Which process is negatively impacted by deforestation, leading to increased global warming?

What is the primary cause of wind?

Which best describes the climate on the leeward side of a mountain?

Which describes the average weather for a region?

Which type of front is illustrated?

Which was NOT a type of evidence used to support the hypothesis of continental drift?

Which term describes when water spills over the sides of a stream's banks onto the adjacent land?

What group of minerals is composed mainly of these tetrahedra?

What is the first law of thermodynamics?

What effect does a fast cooling rate have on grain size in igneous rocks?

Which suggested to early cartographers that the continents were once joined?

What happens to a gas when it condenses and forms a liquid?

What can happen when surface area increases?

A scientist is forecasting the weather. What is the scientist's field of specialization?