Semester Final Exam Review

Question 1

10,000 mg = __________ g

Accepted Answer

10 g

Question 2

Which layers are likely the same age?

Accepted Answer

2 and 4

Question 3

When crustal plates move, which geologic features or events may occur?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 4

What type of plate boundary is shown below?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 5

Based on the image, what is the oldest layer?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 6

The sun is ....

Accepted Answer

an average star

Question 7

Inside the sun...

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen in converted to helium and energy is released

Question 8

The Sun is a main sequence star. Therefore, still fusing hydrogen into helium. So what spectral changes may be observed?

Accepted Answer

The amount of hydrogen should be decreasing.

Question 9

Why are convection currents a big deal?

Accepted Answer

They are responsible for plate movements

Question 10

Ocean currents influence temperature by

Accepted Answer

heating or cooling air

Question 11

The universe is...

Accepted Answer

expanding

Question 12

Winds are not impacted by the Coriolis Effect.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

In an experiment to test a new fertilizer, what would be the control?

Accepted Answer

plant with no fertilizer

Question 14

In the following equation, which of the following description of variables are correct?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 15

What two gases make up most of the sun?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and helium

Question 16

Radioactive decay rates can be used to determine relative age only.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Climate conditions in a small area that differ from the climate of the surrounding area are

Accepted Answer

microclimate

Question 18

In an experiment, what variable is the manipulative variable?

Accepted Answer

independent

Question 19

Which two main forces determine the life cycle of a star?

Accepted Answer

fusion and gravity

Question 20

Radio stations can increase the distances they reach by bouncing their signal off of the

Accepted Answer

ionosphere

Question 21

What is fusion?

Accepted Answer

combining of two or more small atoms

Question 22

Subduction zones form ocean trenches, which occur at convergent plate boundaries.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

A 208 g sample of sodium-24 decays to 13.0 g of sodium-24 within 60.0 hours. What is the half-life of this radioactive i

Accepted Answer

15 hours

Question 24

The process in which the atmosphere traps solar energy at Earth's surface is called the

Accepted Answer

Greenhouse effect

Question 25

Electromagnetic waves from the Sun do not travel through space.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Is E older or younger than D?

Accepted Answer

Younger

Question 27

What theory was developed by Alfred Wegener to explain the pattern depicted in this image?

Accepted Answer

Continental Drift

Question 28

What gases primarily make up the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen and Nitrogen

Question 29

In an experiment, what variable is measured?

Accepted Answer

dependent

Question 30

Red shift of galaxies supports the idea that the universe is expanding, as objects with a red shift are moving away.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Which of the following correctly describes the forces that move tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

convection currents in the asthenosphere

Question 32

What is E?

Accepted Answer

A fault

Question 33

Convection currents transfer heat through?

Accepted Answer

liquids and gases rising/falling

Question 34

What type of plate boundary is shown below?

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 35

If you have 20 grams of isotope X and its half-life is 10 years, how much will remain after 20 years?

Accepted Answer

5 g

Question 36

Where convection currents occur

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere

Question 37

In which structure is the sun located?

Accepted Answer

Milky Way Galaxy

Question 38

What is absolute dating?

Accepted Answer

Gives an exact age of rock layers

Question 39

How does the sun produce energy?

Accepted Answer

fusion

Question 40

520 cm = _____ mm

Accepted Answer

5200 mm

Semester Final Exam Review

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Semester Final Exam Review

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