Spring 2025 Env Science Exam # 1 Review

A hypothesis can be proven to be correct.

Which of the following are unique properties of water?

Ozone is harmful at all levels in the atmosphere.

The lowest, densest layer of the atmosphere and contains weather. 

The driving force for the hydrologic cycle is the sun.

Winds are initiated by what?

Is made up of three oxygen molecules and is what protects us from the sun's harmful UV radiation, 

The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.

A measure of the ability of a rock or sediment to transmit water or other liquids.

All organisms release water when breaking down food during this process that produces energy

A compound containing Nitrogen(N) found in fertilizer. Over abundance can lead to algae blooms.

Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation, caused by gases in the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide and water

Sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents.

Water is less dense as a solid than the liquid it is formed in.

The layer of the atmosphere just above the troposphere and below the mesosphere. This is where the ozone layer is.

The upper layer of the atmosphere which contains very few molecules

The effect of Earth's rotation and latitudes on wind and other airborne objects, like airplanes.

Carbon Dioxide is the most abundant of the greenhouse gases in the troposphere.

Wegener suggested the continents had all once been one continent named Pangaea.

A large deposit of groundwater that can be extracted and used.

Sun heats liquid water to vapor and it rises to the atmosphere

A testable prediction about a possible solution to a problem is called

Defined as setting aside areas of land that are so far untouched by humans

97% of the total volume of the world's water is estimated to exist in this location.

A subdivision of the mantle situated below the lithosphere. The rock within this zone is easily deformed.

When water returns to the atmosphere via plants.

Refers to attempts to make humans’ relationship with the environment sustainable while still extracting resources

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

During this process in the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide is released into atmosphere from burning.

The point one the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake is called

Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift is based on:

What percentage of water on Earth is fresh?

The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

Which is the opposite of condensation?

A stream that flows into a larger stream or river or into a lake.

Which of the following gases is most abundant in our atmosphere?

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other.

The salt content within a body of water

In the northern hemisphere, Earth appears to rotate counterclockwise.

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away from each other and new crust is forming from magma.