wobbling about the precessional axis due to moon's gravity

Which is in the correct order from largest to smallest?

ecosystem, community, population, organism

The following are agents of erosion:

water/wind, all four, ice, gravity

center of mass about which objects orbit

The Global Conveyor Belt involves:

deep ocean currents driven by differences in water density

a change in the direction of Earth's axis, no change in tilt

Global carbon sinks include:

photosynthesis by plants and acidification of oceans

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1
Water percolates more quickly through soils that:
are predominantly sand
are predominantly silt
are predominantly clay
have small particles
2
Nutation is:
center of mass about which objects orbit
increase in Earth's speed nearer to the sun
wobbling about the precessional axis due to moon's gravity
a change in direction of Earth's axis, no change in tilt
3
Which is in the correct order from largest to smallest?
organism, community, population, ecosystem
ecosystem, population, community, organism
organism, population, community, ecosystem
ecosystem, community, population, organism
4
Mechanical weathering _______ the rate of chemical weathering by ________ surface area.
increases, increasing
increases, decreasing
decreases, increasing
decreases, decreasing
5
Which is not a destructive plate boundary?
divergent boundary
oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary
oceanic-continental convergent boundary
continental-continental convergent plate boundary
6
A substance with a high specific heat:
heats quickly, cools slowly
heats and cools slowly
heats and cools quickly
heats slowly, cools quickly
7
Weather is found in the:
stratosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
8
P-waves are _________. S-waves are ________.
compressional, electromagnetic
transverse, compressional
transverse, electromagnetic
compressional, transverse
9
The ozone layer is found in the:
mesosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
10
The following are agents of erosion:
water/wind
all four
ice
gravity
11
Barycenter is:
change in direction of Earth's axis, no change in tilt
center of mass about which objects orbit
increase in Earth's speed nearer to the sun
wobbling about precessional axis
12
The Global Conveyor Belt involves:
deep ocean currents driven by differences in water density
surface ocean currents driven by wind
deep ocean currents driven by wind
surface ocean currents driven by water density differences
13
Areas of high pressure will have:
thunderstorms
overcast and rainy weather
fair weather
hurricanes
14
Cyclones are formed:
over areas of low pressure
over areas of low altitude
over areas of high pressure
over areas of high altitude
15
Precession is:
wobbling of planet due to moon's gravity
center of mass about which objects orbit
a change in the direction of Earth's axis, no change in tilt
increase in Earth's speed nearer to the sun
16
Earth's atmosphere is mainly composed of:
nitrogen
methane
oxygen
carbon dioxide
17
Global carbon sinks include:
volcanoes and methane emissions
photosynthesis by plants and acidification of oceans
burning fossil fuels and CFC emissions
cellular respiration and open burning
18
The energy source for the water cycle comes from:
soil
ocean
atmosphere
sun
19
Which of the following slightly affects Earth's seasons?
nutation
barycenter
rotation
precession

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