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Earth Science Year in Review
Earth Science Year in Review
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1
What are some ways humans impact the earth's systems?
uneven heating, magnetic striping
climate change, pollution
pollution, Milakovich cycles
climate change, earth's tilt
2
How do we know about Earth's past? Choose all that apply
We asked the dinosaurs
fossils
tree rings
Ice core samples from ancient ice
3
Fossil locations, rock type locations, & shape of continents are evidence of
plate tectonics
sea floor spreading
big bang
continental drift
4
The water cycle has reservoirs which include
aquifers & rain
precipitation & evaporation
runoff & groundwater
oceans & atmosphere
5
What does this diagram model?
Nitrogen Cycle
Life Cycle
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
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Cosmic Background Radiation, Redshift, and abundance of Hydrogen are evidence of
Nebular Theory
Evolution
Big Bang
Climate Change
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What makes water unique?
It is wet
It is polar
It is a gas
It is a liquid
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In what type of tectonic plate boundary do the plates move apart?
divergent
Slip strike
convergent
transform
9
Climate change can result in (choose all that apply)
rising sea levels
drought
more frequent & severe storms
ocean acidification
10
What is climate?
What is happing in the atmosphere right now
Short term weather patterns
Atmosphere and oceans
Long term average of weather patterns
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What is currently causing climate change?
Earth is moving farther away from the Sun so there is less gravity.
The rise in sea levels.
Increase in greenhouse gases from buring fossil fuels.
Earth is closer to the Sun.
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Carbon dioxide, methane, Nitrous oxide and CFC's are examples of
greenhouse gases
salts in the ocean
solids in rocks
pollution
13
Weathering and Erosion change Earth's Surface
True
False
14
What are the hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, & atmosphere?
rock, roll, country, salsa
water, life, earth, air
water, earth, life, air
chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, praline
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What process does this picture describe?
ozone layer
plate tectonics
global warming
greenhouse effect
16
Which of the following are natural hazards?
landslides, earthquakes, drought, wildfires
pollution, dictatorships, recessions
spring, summer, fall
Bieber, Cyrus, football players
17
Water has many properties that include (choose all that apply)
universal solvent
It is a neutral pH
being polar
expands when freezes
