Earth Science Final Review

Question 1

The prevailing southwesterlies cause most low-pressure systems to travel across the US from the

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southwest toward the northeast

Question 2

An air mass classified as cT forms from which type of source region?

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warm land

Question 3

Which graph shows the relative wavelengths of the different forms of electromagnetic energy?

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2

Question 4

What happens to air pressure (atmospheric, or barometric pressure) as air becomes warmer?

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it decreases

Question 5

Which statement best describes the stratosphere?

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It is warmer at the top than at the bottom.

Question 6

Which combination is inferred at the Earth's stiffer mantle?

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3500°C and 0.4 million atm

Question 7

What is the current barometric pressure where this station model is located?

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1020.1 mb

Question 8

Precipitation often occurs along a frontal surface because the air along a frontal surface

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is rising

Question 9

Which of the following elements does not make up Earth's crust?

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Nitrogen

Question 10

Which rock was subjected to intense heat and pressure but did not solidify from magma?

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gneiss

Question 11

The distance from the epicenter of an earthquake is 5600 km. What is the approx. P-S interval?

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7 minutes and 10 seconds

Question 12

Air Mass #2 originated from

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the Gulf of Mexico

Question 13

If the front at ground level is moving toward city B, which type of weather front is shown?

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warm front

Question 14

When the dry-bulb is 20ºC and the wet-bulb is 11ºC, the relative humidity is approximately

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30%

Question 15

What is the current air temperature in Celsius?

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-1°C

Question 16

Which location has the lowest relative humidity?

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A

Question 17

Most rock gypsum is formed by the

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chemical precipitation of minerals from seawater

Question 18

Compared to land surface temperature changes, water surface temperature changes occur

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more slowly because water has a higher specific heat

Question 19

The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth's ___________.

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lithosphere

Question 20

Obsidian’s glassy texture indicates that it formed

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quickly, on Earth’s surface

Question 21

Which mineral contains the greatest variety of elements?

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feldspar

Question 22

What is the current dewpoint temperature in Fahrenheit?

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28°F

Question 23

This air balloon rises due to

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differences in density, particle collisions within the solid materials

Question 24

A mineral's hardness is determined by the

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mineral's internal arrangement of atoms

Question 25

Which characteristic is most useful in distinguishing pyroxene from amphibole?

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angles of cleavage

Question 26

The planetary wind belts indicate that it rains often at Earth's Equator because air is

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converging and rising

Question 27

Which plates are divided by a widening ocean?

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Indian-Australian Plate and the Antarctic Plate

Question 28

Which mineral is a major component in dry wall?

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selenite gypsum

Question 29

How did layer A form?

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compaction and cementation of sediments

Question 30

Mid-ocean ridges show evidence of plates

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diverging

Question 31

What was the barometric pressure 3 hours ago?

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1022.5 mb

Question 32

Rising convection currents in the asthenosphere would most likely be under location

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C

Question 33

Which processes lead to cloud formation in rising air?

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expanding and cooling

Question 34

Which process can form the granite that is mined for our countertops?

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cooling & solidification of magma

Question 35

What is the most probable age, in millions of years, of the bedrock at location B?

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48

Question 36

Earthquake distance: 4,000km. P-wave arrival: 3:32:30 p.m. When did the earthquake occur?

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3:25:30 p.m.

Question 37

The dry-bulb temperature is 11°C and the wet-bulb temperature is 8°C. What is the dewpoint?

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5°C

Question 38

The temperature in the stratosphere ranges from approximately

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–55ºC to 0ºC

Question 39

Which physical property of halite is demonstrated by this pattern of breakage?

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cleavage

Question 40

Air Mass #1 is classified as

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continental polar

Question 41

Which substance takes the most amount of time to heat up and cool down?

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Biscayne Bay

Question 42

This picture includes two weather instruments, which measure

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wind speed and wind direction

Question 43

A Pwave traveled 4800 km and arrived at a seismic station at 5:10pm What time did the EQ occur?

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5:02 p.m.

Question 44

The largest particle transported by a stream with a velocity of 200 cm/sec

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cobble

Question 45

Air Mass #2 is classified as

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maritime tropical

Question 46

What mineral is white or colorless, has a hardness of 2.5, and splits with cubic cleavage?

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halite

Question 47

Basaltic rock is:

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mafic with a density of 3.0 g/cm3

Question 48

Which two gases in Earth’s atmosphere are believed to be greenhouse gases?

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carbon dioxide and methane

Question 49

Which type of radiation from Earth is the long-wave radiation absorbed by greenhouse gases?

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infrared

Question 50

Which location represents the epicenter of the earthquake?

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C

Question 51

Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains clouds?

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troposphere

Question 52

The Indian-Australian tectonic plate is moving

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toward the Pacific Plate

Question 53

Earthquake S-waves do not travel through the Earth's

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outer core

Question 54

The presence of the same _______ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.

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all of the above

Question 55

Winds around a low pressure system blow

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inwards and counterclockwise

Question 56

A cool breeze is blowing toward the land from the ocean at 11am. This is caused by

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the air temp. being higher over the land than over the ocean

Question 57

Which plate boundary exemplifies subduction (one plate sliding under another)

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Nazca and South American

Question 58

Why are carbon dioxide and water vapor called the greenhouse gases?

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They are good absorbers of infrared radiation

Question 59

Air pressure is usually highest when the air is

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cool and dry

Question 60

After being exposed to the contact metamorphism from the igneous intrusion, E will become

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slate

Question 61

The air pressure at the ocean surface a few miles from the shore is most likely

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1017 mb

Question 62

Which process primarily transfers heat by moving air?

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convection

Question 63

What is the wind speed and percentage of cloud cover for this station model

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20 knots and 100%

Question 64

Which texture best describes an igneous rock that formed deep underground?

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coarse-grained

Earth Science Final Review

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Earth Science Final Review

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