Earth Science Review

What is the change in orientation of our poles, shifting the seasons?

The study of all interacting biotic and abiotic factors on Earth is a part of the ___.

at what point in earth's revolution is it moving the fastest?

A stream that is difficult to see-through is said to have high ____.

What is true about land, as compared to water?

When water seeps into the cracks of rocks, freezes, and expands is called ___.

Which of the following is not considered a greenhouse gas?

At what point is the Earth farthest from the Sun?

This rock is composed of other types of rocks that is subjected to high pressure and heat.

Which of the following is a result of physical/mechanical weathering?

Amount of dissolved salt in water is called ___.

What are rock and soil deposited by streams called?

Cold, dry air is associated with which type of air mass?

What has the greatest influence on Earth's tides?

How does hydroelectric energy produce power?

Runoff containing pesticides and fertilizer from neighborhood lawns is called ___.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor in a biome?

Over what geologic feature was Hawaii formed?

What is most responsible for the seasons on Earth?

A cold air mass overtaking a warm air mass and replacing it is called a ____.

The water table is found at the boundary between ___.

Which type of volcano produces the most violet eruption and pyroclastic material?

Which model states that the sun is in the center?

What is one advantage of wind energy?

Large materials, such as gravel, that are carried along the bottom of a stream are called ___.

What are the two major sources of energy that power the Earth?

A large area characterized by its climate and plants and animals that live there is called a __

Which of the following contains a list of ALL renewable resources?

Which of the following does not make up soil?

The length of the day is based on ___.

What are the three main plate boundaries?

The general surface wind circulation associated with a high pressure center is ___.

What is formed at a divergent oceanic-oceanic boundary?

What percent of Earth's water is potable?

Which soil texture has the smallest particle size?

Which layer of the atmosphere is responsible for most weather and climate on Earth?

The number and variety of organisms in a given area at a specific period of time is called ___.

Which of the following processes will decrease salinity?

What powers the water cycle?

A psychrometer is used to determine which weather variables?

This rock is formed quickly on the surface of the Earth.

What two atmospheric layers will have an increase in air temperature?

What is the point between two celestial objects that they each orbit around?

The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a material is called ___.

An organism's unique survival strategy or role within a particular environment is called its __

Which type of wind system is found between 0 and 30 degrees north latitude?

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

Which two processes lead to cloud formation in rising air?

The exact spot on the surface where an earthquake is the most intense is know as the ___.

What do we call the edges of land next to oceans?

This shoreline feature stretches across a bay, closing it off from the ocean.

Process of positively restoring land after it has been used is called ___.

Zebra mussels were introduced to new ecosystems where they did not originate. This is called __

What is true about saltwater, as compared to fresh water?

What is another name for a primary consumer?

What is used to help map the features of the ocean floor?

Which activity would be part of a logical plan for people to manage energy resources at home?

The interaction of all of Earth's spheres is called a ___.

How does the Sun's energy reach Earth?

What is it called when the Sun and Moon's gravity work together to create super high/low tides?

What is the curving of the path of winds due to the Earth's rotation called?

Where are the wind speeds the fastest within a hurricane?

Which of the following is considered a renewable energy source?

Has organisms with special adaptations to a hot, dry climate.

Non-renewable resources formed from buried remains of plants and animals that live long ago.

What does transpiration mean?

What is responsible for continental drift?

How does energy from earthquakes travel?

What happens most often at divergent boundaries?

Which seismic wave is not able to travel through liquid material within Earth?

Which is not an agent of chemical weathering?

Why is petroleum considered to be a non-renewable resource?

What is the most likely air mass system coming from Canada?

In the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds around the center of a hurricane move ___.

Which of the following consists of the four main agents of erosion?

Global circular-moving surface currents are called ___.

This biome contains trees that lose its leaves, therefore enriching the topsoil.

A ___ front brings fair to good weather.

What do we call water that contains elements of both freshwater and saltwater?

Which part of the hydrologic (water) cycle is working against gravity?

What is the optimum climate for soil production and efficiency?

Which of the following refers to the area of land where all of the water drains?

Which weather change is most likely indicated by rapidly falling air pressure?

The most biologically diverse biome, yet has poor soil is the ___.

Which is the best method of how the atmosphere is warmed?

What gas makes up most of the atmosphere on Earth?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?

Resources that exist in limited amounts or is used faster than it is replaced are called ___.

A disadvantage of using fossil fuels as an energy resource is ___.

On what day is the Earth at Perihelion?