Earth and Space Test 6 Review

Which type of current flows upward as a land breeze pushes surface water away from the coast?

Moving towards the edge of the continental shelf what feature promptly drops off into a steep cliff?

What type of volcano is made from alternating layers of ash and lava?

These are large holes left behind when huge chunks of ice lodge in washed-out sediments and melt...

Creationists rightly believe that natural selection is true.

What type of erosion is the very slow moving of soil and rock down a slope due to gravitational pull?

What characteristic of an iceberg causes it to float on water

What is a submersible which consists of a crew compartment suspended from a float?

What device allows oceanographers to measure the temperature of the ocean and different levels?

The two main factors that affect the density of water are...

Which group of minerals make up 90 percent of the Earth's crust?

What is a circular coral-reef island that grows around an underwater volcano?

What are deep cracks or fissures that form on the surface of a glacier?

Which type of sand dune looks like a pyramid with several outreaching arms?

Biblical Theology is the belief that attempts to reconcile both Creation and Evolution.

Which earthquake scale measures the effects on buildings and people?

These are deep valleys in mid-ocean ranges which cause the mountains to appear as twin-mountain ranges...

Which layer of soil contains the most organic substances?

These are regions of the earth's crust where limestone is exposed and abundant...

These are dangerous, fast-moving currents which flow from the shoreline back out to sea through a gap in a sandbar...

Which gemstone is the blue form of corundum?

SONAR, used in the detection of the size, depth, distance, and direction of underwater objects, is short for what?

Which type of variable in an experiment is used to determine the results of the experiment?

What is the ability to duplicate an exact experiment several times and still arrive at the same results?

What is the deepest known point in the sea?

This is the idea that the fittest and strongest organisms are most likely to survive and reproduce...

Which erosion-preventing method turns a smooth slope into stair-like steps?

Which term refers to the way light is reflected from the surface of a mineral?

What type of weathering occurs when rocks break or peel away in layers?

Which oceanic device measures currents at and beneath the surface and transmits its results back to a computer?

I will make an 80 or higher on tomorrow's test so that my class can have a breakfast-for-lunch day.

These are large waves caused by underwater disturbances...

Which Biblical truth is most likely the cause for laying down the Earth's layers of sedimentary rocks?

What type of rock consists of smooth pebbles found in hardened sand or clay?

These are hills that form when an advancing glacier overruns old piles of till

Which states that all the natural laws today have existed throughout the Earth's history?

Which layer of the earth is found in the middle between the crust and the core

What is the material carried by a stream?

Which method is used to assign exact dates to rocks and fossils/

Which regions of the ocean exceed 6000 meters in depth?

This oceanographic tool is a highly maneuverable robot linked to a support ship by cables?

The salt in the ocean is primarily what substance?

Which erosion-preventing method plants alternating rows of erosion-prone and erosion-preventing crops?

On 2/25 we experience a Magnitude 7.5 earthquake. On 2/27 we experience a magnitude 5.2 quake. What happened on 2/27?

Ocean currents move in circular paths known as...

What types of fossils are used by evolutionists to date rock layers?

Which type of oceanographic device will puncture ocean sediments due to its own weight to bring up samples of the soil?

Which idea believes that the key to unlocking earth's geological history helps man know modern geological processes?

What is the main agent of chemical weathering?

Which of the following supposed missing links was later found to be the remains of a modern human?

What is a huge, muddy valley that cuts deep into the ocean floor?

Which type of ocean tide occurs with one high tide and one low tied each day?

Which amorphous igneous rock has a glasslike texture and splits to form sharp edges?

Which type of current is made of seawater mixed with mud or silt which can erode the ocean floor?

What state does Nate exist in currently?

What is the name given to a wave that grows taller as it nears the shore and then topples forward with a white crest?

Why is a delta extremely fertile and good for crops?

What is a fossil that is found in strata seemingly too old or too young for the supposed age of the fossil?

What is the term given to a fossil which extends through multiple layers?

What term refers to the volume of the the portion of the skull that contains the brain?

What is a mass of foaming water that forms when waves wash up onto a beach?

These are natural ridges that form along the rivers edge from deposits of a rivers load...

Which metal is used as a fuel for nuclear reactors?

Which measurement is most commonly used for measuring hydrostatic pressure?

What is the main factor that affects the color of the ocean?

Which type of tide occurs when a full moon appears at night due to the sun, earth, and moon being in line?

Which type of fault occurs when rocks on one side are shoved on top of rocks on the other side?

What is formed when rocks are cooked by heat and pressure, changing their chemical structure?

What is a supposed missing link between amphibians and reptiles?

If we lived near the Arctic circle but along a fault line, what could possibly be our hope for a warmer climate?