ES105 HCC Final Review

Island arcs form above a

A mix of fine clays and biogenic debris

Sinkholes are most likely to form in

All locations on the Earth get the same number of hours of light and dark

The great lakes are

A bedrock outcrop which has a sandblasted shape is called a

The feature at the outside of a curve on a stream bank is a

The number one greenhouse gas is

Why does the moon experience wild temperature differences from the dark to light side?

Since 1950 the per person use of water has continued to increase.

Major climate zones are classified using the

The main agent of weathering is

Limited sand and constant wind form ________dunes.

Windblown silt that covers much of the Midwest is called

Fast-spreading ridges lead to

deposits on the outside of a glacier

One theory on how lighting forms states that

The man who discovered the convection cells in the atmosphere is

An air mass forms when the air

The cutoff portion of a river forms

When a stream bed overflows, the sediment deposited closest to the river is

A stream that carries more sediment than it can hold is called

When a stream channel empties into a slow- moving body of water a ______ forms

When too much water is pumped from an aquifer

The Earth is warmer today than it has ever been

The ozone layer is found in the

Major cities cause a phenomenon know as

The photo shows

The largest desert on Earth is

The hole in the ozone layer is increasing rapidly in size.

Atmospheric pressure is measured with a

The crystal structure of ice causes it to be __________ dense than water

Seasons are caused by the

A submarine mountain that rises 1 km above the sea floor is a(n)

Define water table

The major component of the atmosphere is

Faster streams can carry larger particles as

There is little fluctuation of temperatures at the Equator

Desert varnish is

The flags on the map showing the movement of a front

A major transporter of heat energy on and in the Earth

What is the lowest level of the atmosphere?

A desert is defined as having less than ___________ inches of precipitation per year.

The layer of the seafloor below the sediments

Rocks polished and shaped by wind -blown sand

There are five separate oceans on the Earth

Snow that last form one season to the next becomes

Carbon Dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are around

Wind speeds in tornados are

The continental divide is the

Surface winds blow from low pressure toward high pressure areas

The place where two or more air masses meet

Over the southeastern United States (Florida), the air mass that forms is

Warming temperatures can cause sea-level to rise by

Stalagmites form on

To keep your septic working properly you should

The majority of Earth’s fresh water is located

How thick is the ocean crust?

Deep ocean currents can take between _________ years to make a vertical loop

The largest source of air pollution is

An island arch forms above a subduction boundary

The first flush refers to

An artesian well forms when

Sulfur and Nitrous oxides react to form

Groins are

A stream channel with more sediment than it can hold Is called

When air is pushed over a mountain

Surf occurs when

Development along the coastline has led to

When a stream overtops its banks, the first particles to be deposited are

Glaciers move by

A tree-shaped drainage pattern is known as

On a rocky coastline a wave-cut cliff refers to

The explosion of water from a geyser is caused by

The largest solar energy collector

Storms across the United state move

Albedo is

Define the Coriolis Effect

movement at the rift valley results in

The top forty feet of a glacier contains

Portion of the Earths water contained in the oceans

The last Banded Iron Formation formed about

Form at subduction zones

Wastewater treatment plant processes clean water to

Most deserts lie with ________ degrees north and south latitude.

Baltimore has a _______ collection system

Climate is defined as

In a wave, what is the trough?

The 100th Meridian is

Two types of glaciers are alpine and

Tides are linked to

A rapid and extensive submarine landslide

The debris line shown in the glacier

Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are

The part of the aquifer below the water table

The effect of waves on a shoreline over time is

Faster the movement of tectonic plates at the mid-ocean ridge lowers the sea-level

If there were no oceans basins the water would be about _____ deep everywhere.

In a stream channel, the fastest flowing water is

Ancient Romans