Earth Science NCFE Review

What is the optimum climate for soil production and efficiency?

On the map of Contour Island, what is the contour interval?

What is responsible for continental drift?

Which soil texture has the smallest particle size?

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

What has the greatest influence on Earth's tides?

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

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

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

What is another name for a primary consumer?

Global circular-moving surface currents are called ___.

Which two processes lead to cloud formation in rising air?

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

Which is not an agent of chemical weathering?

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

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

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

Using the provided map, what is the approximate longitude of Timbuktu?

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

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

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

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

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

What are the three main plate boundaries?

What is one advantage of wind energy?

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

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

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

What is true about land, as compared to water?

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

Amount of dissolved salt in water is called ___.

What powers the water cycle?

How does hydroelectric energy produce power?

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

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

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

The length of the day is based on ___.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is formed at a divergent oceanic-oceanic boundary?

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

At what point is the Earth farthest from the Sun?

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

A ___ front brings fair to good weather.

Over what geologic feature was Hawaii formed?

Which model states that the sun is in the center?

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

How does the Sun's energy reach Earth?

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

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

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

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

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

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

The water table is found at the boundary between ___.

During which stage of a thunderstorm does it begin to "die-off"?

Which of the following is considered a renewable energy source?

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

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

Where are the wind speeds the fastest within a hurricane?

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

How does energy from earthquakes travel?

What type of cloud can become a "super cell" producing large thunderstorms?

What level of ecology studies various species in a given area?

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

100 centimeters is equal to how many meters?

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

In an experiment, the variable that is measured is called the ___.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is not considered a greenhouse gas?

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

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

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

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

What is the elevation of the tree on Contour Island?

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

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

A psychrometer is used to determine which weather variables?

What gas makes up most of the atmosphere on Earth?

What is most responsible for the seasons on Earth?

What percent of Earth's water is potable?

Which of the following does not make up soil?

Which of the following processes will decrease salinity?

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

What are rock and soil deposited by streams called?

What does transpiration mean?

On what day is the Earth at Perihelion?

Which of the following is a part of a VALID process for supporting a scientific hypothesis?

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

Differences in elevation are best shown using a ____.

What happens most often at divergent boundaries?