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Earth science unit review
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Includes water cycle, geologic time, and evolution
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What is a change in a species over time?
Adaptation
Natural selection
Evolution
Fossils
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Based on the image, what is the oldest layer?
E
A
C
B
3
Why are convection currents a big deal?
They heat the Earth
They are found in the inner core
They cause evolution
They are responsible for plate movements
4
What is E?
A cut
Erosion
A fault
A rock layer
5
Most dense layer of the Earth
Inner Core
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
6
What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
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Which layers are likely the same age?
none
3 and 4
2 and 4
1 and 5
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What gases primarily make up the atmosphere?
Oxygen and Nitrogen
Oxygen and Water vapor
Helium and hydrogen
Oxygen and Carbon dioxide
9
Coolest layer of the Earth
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
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What is the primary energy source for the water cycle and the Earth?
Precipitation
Gravity
Sun
Ocean
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Where convection currents occur
Crust
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
12
Which of the following would cause runoff?
A plain
A steep hill
A river
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What type of plate boundary is shown below?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
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Is E older or younger than D?
Older
Younger
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What have studies of Earthquake waves helped scientists to learn more about?
Convection currents
The inside of the Earth
Volcanoes
Alfred Wegener
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The slowest but most destructive seismic (earthquake) waves
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S
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What sphere includes all living things on Earth?
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
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Which of the following describes condensation?
liquid to solid
solid to liquid
gas to liquid
liquid to gas
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What is absolute dating?
Gives an exact age of rock layers
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Using a fossil to determine rock layer age
Comparing rock layers
20
Where does transpiration occur?
Animals
Groundwater
Plants/trees
Ocean
21
What causes organisms to go extinct?
Disease
Other organisms
Humans
Environmental changes
22
Convection currents transfer heat through?
direct contact
empty space
liquids and gases rising/falling
23
Which of the following groups of organisms have evolved quicker?
Bacteria
Mushrooms
Humans
Mice
24
Competition is greatest between organisms that are
mean
similar
opposite
different
25
When crustal plates move, which geologic features or events may occur?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
All of these
