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Honors Earth and Space Semester 2 Final Review
To decrease erosion you could.....
How does a cone of depression form?
Honors Earth and Space Semester 2 Final Review
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How does a cone of depression form?
Series of severe thunderstorms
Meander cuts off in river system
Contamination leak in ground water
Over-pumping of ground water
2
To decrease erosion you could.....
Help increase infiltration
Remove vegetation
Increase slope of field
All of the above
3
The following is a picture of....
A mid ocean ridge
An active margin
A transform boundary
A passive margin
4
How could you decrease your carbon footprint?
Eat more local foods
Eat more meat
Get a new car with less mpg
Switch from nuclear to solar power
5
The presence of moraines suggest....
A transform boundary is near
A meteorite impact
Stream/river erosion
Glacial erosion
6
Why did we have less potholes than normal this year?
Increased precipitation led to more frost wedging
Warmer temperatures led to less frost wedging
More chemical weathering due to climate change
Colder temperatures led to less frostweding
7
What feature is shown below?
Foliation
Intrusion
Original horizontality
Fault
8
Which features makes a magma more explosive
Cooler temperature
Higher water vapor content
All of the above
Higher silica content
9
Divergent boundaries produce....
Mid Ocean Ridges
Subduction Zones
The San Andreas Fault
Folded mountains
10
What is the main cause for the "wiggles" in the Keeling curve?
Changes in position of the Earth
Changes in driving patterns
Changes in photosynthesis
Change is seasonal factory use
11
Why do P waves travel faster than S waves?
All of the above
They travel through different mediums
They are transverse waves
They are longitudinal waves
12
How far away is a location from the epicenter if the lag time in P and S waves is about 4 min?
7000km
5000km
3000km
1000km
13
An open system means....
Energy can flow in the system
All of the above
Matter can flow into the system
Energy can flow out of the system
14
A location is 6000km from the epicenter. What is the difference in the P and S waves arrival?
8 minutes
12 minutes
19 minutes
Not enough information
15
Plates moving from an earthquake causing a tsunami would be the interactions of what spheres?
Biosphere and hydrosphere
Geosphere and biosphere
Geosphere and atmosphere
Hydrosphere and geosphere
16
What type of stress leads to folded mountains like the Himalayas?
Compression
Volcanic eruptions
Tension
Shear
17
What percent of Earth's water is stored in glaciers/ice caps?
3%
1%
10%
2%
18
Greenhouse gases trap......
Incoming shortwave radiation
Outgoing longwave radiation
Outgoing shortwave radiation
Incoming longwave radiation
19
What tells you composite volcanoes tend to have a high viscosity magma?
Proximity to hot spots
Gentle eruptions
Gentle slopes
Explosive eruptions
20
How did this rock form?
Due to heat and pressure (metamorphism)
Extrusive igneous rock
Intrusive igneous rock
Accumulation of sediments
21
This is a "nice" rock because it formed from heat and pressure from ......
Granite
Limestone
Sandstone
Shale
22
What is a problem from melting glaciers?
Positive feedback for global warming
Decreased freshwater resources
Increasing sea levels
All of the above
23
Point bars form on the __________ of a meander due to ________ velocities.
Inside, faster
Outside, slower
Outside, faster
Inside, slower
24
Why does a delta form?
Carrying capacity increases as velocity increases
Carrying capacity decreases as velocity decreases
Carrying capacity increases as velocity decreases
Carrying capacity decreases as velocity increases
25
Which of the following would be a carbon sink?
Rainforests
The Ocean
All of the above
Mineral Deposits
26
Where is the youngest crust on Earth found?
On passive margins
Middle of continents
At mid-ocean ridges
On active margins
27
Why is E the youngest layer?
Principle of Cross-Cutting Relationships
Principle of Uniformitarianism
Principle of Original Horizontalilty
Principle of Superposition
28
Large rocks are most likely to be carried in....
Bed Load
Solution
All of the above
Suspension
29
Transform Boundaries produce....
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rift Valleys
Mountain Ranges
30
The Ring of Fire surrounds the ________ Ocean and is due mainly to _______.
Atlantic Ocean, Subduction Zones
Pacific Ocean, Subduction Zones
Atlantic Ocean, Metamorphic Deformation
Pacific Ocean, Metamorphic Deformation
31
What process breaks a rock into smaller pieces but leaves its chemical composition intact?
Oxidation
Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Erosion
32
What would increase the velocity of a river?
Decreasing discharge
Decreasing gradient
Decreasing friction
Increasing meanders
33
What time of year is Oswego most likely to have a water deficit?
August
November
January
April
34
What drives convection currents in the mantle?
Warm fronts
Meteorite impacts
Density differences from heated rock layers
Different rock types in the mantle
35
Magnetic reversals in basaltic rock support...
Metamorphic rock formation
Hot spot formation
Sea floor spreading
Principle of Uniformitarianism
36
What is permeability?
All of the above
Ability of sediment to transport water
Ability of soil to produce crops
Space to hold water in sediment
37
What would be an example of negative feedback?
Lifting more weights as you get stronger
Shorter growing season due to climate change
Humans sweating when warm
Ice melting due to climate change
38
What happens to tsunamis as they approach the shore?
Get smaller
Speed up
Slow down
Get saltier
39
What is the main cause of the upward trend?
Changes in photosynthesis cycles
Changes in tilt of the Earth
Increase in use of fossil fuels
Milankovitch cycles
40
Which is the youngest layer/feature?
E
C
A
D
41
Which of the following is an organic sedimentary rock?
Gneiss
Coal
Granite
Conglomerate
42
Oxidation is a form of _____________ because it changes the atomic makeup of the rock.
Physical weathering
Erosion
Intrusion
Chemical weathering
43
Based on how it is divided, the geologic time scale might be better called....
The biologic time scale
They hydrospheric time scale
They carbon time scale
The astronomic time scale
44
How many seismic stations are required to find the epicenter of an earthquake?
3
1
2
4
45
97% of the water on Earth is stored in....
rivers and lakes
the ocean
the ground
the atmosphere
46
What tells you this rock did NOT form at the bottom of a lake at the end of a river?
Discoloration
Angled sediments and various sediment sizes
Varied sediment sizes
Angled sediments
47
Negative feedback
Is always bad
Is always good
Speeds up change in a system
Slows down change in a system
48
How did this rock form?
Intrusive igneous rock
Heat and pressure inside Earth
Accumulation of sediments
Extrusive igneous rock
49
What is unique about hot spots
They have volcanic activity on plate boundaries
They produce underwater volcanoes
They have volcanic activity in middle of a plate
They produce the most explosive eruptions
50
What features tend to lead to the most explosive eruptions?
Transform boundaries
Mid ocean ridges
Subduction Zones
Folded mountain ranges
51
What happens to the ocean as it acts as a carbon sink?
Becomes more basic
Helps most shelled animals
Changes currents
Becomes more acidic
52
What is a divide?
Smaller river flowing into a larger river
Underground aquifer
Line separating watersheds/drainage basins
Transform fault
53
Convergent Boundaries produce...
Rift Valleys
Folded Mountains
The San Andreas Fault
All of the above
54
Put the layers/events in order from oldest to youngest.
C, B, A, D, E
A, B, C, D, E
E, D, A, B, C
C, B, D, A, E
55
Which of the following would decrease lag time from precipitation and the discharge of a river?
Urbanization
Lighter than normal precipitation
Flat topography
Permeable Soil
56
Which of the following is the reason that the Mississippi River looks "dirty"?
Solution
All of the above
Bed Load
Suspension
57
Plate boundaries are often the site of....
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
All of the above
Faults
