Earth Systems Summative Final

A ____ forms where two different temperature air masses meet and you get cooling followed by heavy precipitation event.

Which additional piece of evidence does Plate Tectonics have that Continental Drift did not?

Which property makes water unusual?

What two things directly contribute to an increase in atmospheric CO2?

What effect did the solar wind and heat from the newly formed sun have on the composition of the inner planets?

How is the atmosphere altered by greenhouse effect?

How does the nebular theory describe the formation of the solar system?

What conditions of temperature and density would allow a plate to subduct? Boundaries that are...

How can water that was in a wave in the Pacific Ocean arrive in Utah a week later?

Earth does not get bigger as new crust forms at ridges. What did the discovery of trenches help scientists understand?

What was the original surface of Earth 4.6 billion years ago shortly after forming?

How does the salt content of sea water affect its’ usefulness to people? The salt...

How should an average citizen decide how to vote on issues of air, water, soil or ecosystems?

How do scientists explain the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates?

The main cause of waves and surface currents in the ocean is the unequal heating of the Sun on Earth's surfaces.

Why do astronomers believe the size of the universe is changing?

What must occur to maintain economic feasibility of fishing in the worlds’ oceans?

What are the two sources of Earth’s internal heat energy?

Which of the following is supported by evidence from red-shifted starlight?

Which conditions on Earth are most important for supporting life?

A volcano erupts and spread ash into the sky. Which question could be answered concerning the effects on the atmosphere?

Ice cores contain bubbles of past atmospheres that are layered by age. What question are scientists interested in?

When does a low pressure system form?

A(n) ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the surface over which it develops.

Which solution is the most environmentally friendly and the least impactful as a way to clean a polluted stream?

Shadow zones represent...

In the ocean, the temperature decreases the deeper you go.

How does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere negatively impact life on Earth?

How do winds in a low pressure system that forms in the Northern Hemisphere move when viewed from space?

If a radioactive element decays by two half lives how much of the parent element is left?

Why do most scientists think that natural causes are not the reason for Earth’s current warming temperatures?

How does the size of the solar system compare to the Milky Way galaxy?

The collision of two continental plates results in which land feature?

What occurs as there is a net loss due to ice caps melting?

Which of the following statements is the best reason the big bang is an accepted scientific theory?

What is the biggest reason areas of Earth near the equator have different climate and weather than areas near the poles?

Most of the United States lies between 30°N latitude and 60° N. What direction does most of the weather flow?

How does carbon dioxide in the atmosphere positively affect life on Earth?

Why has the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased?

S-waves are useful in determining the location and size of the ___________ because they do not go through a __________.

How was Alfred Wegener's’ theory of Continental Drift accepted in his time?

Which elements were formed in the big bang?

What is the pattern of movement in the Hadley cells?