Earth Science Fall Midterm 2024

Which of the following is gaseous emissions emitted from a volcano?

Which of the following is NOT a natural resource?

Which type of seismic wave is most destructive?

How many seismic stations does it take to locate an epicenter?

The Creation Mandate tells us we can do anything we want to God's creation since we are in control.

What type of stress is exerted on a reverse fault?

Which of the following would NOT happen if the earth was further from the sun?

The fifth step of the scientific method is

Warm fronts cause thunderstorms.

Which of the following does not affect an earthquake's intensity?

Which scale measures the intensity of an earthquake?

Which scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake?

A scientist who studies everything outside earth's atmosphere

A scientist who studies the solid, rocky part of the earth

A scientist who studies the ocean

An anemometer measures

Which of the following is liquid emissions emitted from a volcano?

What do we call hardened magma that forms horizontally?

Which of the following is a narrow, rapidly spinning mass of air that forms over water?

Which layer of the earth makes up 84% of its mass?

Lava kills very few people every year

There can be a hurricane that measures Category 6.

How do gas giants protect Earth?

What happens to the hang wall at a normal fault?

Which of the following is not a type of solid material that erupts from volcanoes?

Which of the following usually results in rapidly forming storms?

Air masses are named based on their temperature and

Which of the following is not a cloud family?

Florida experiences sea breezes because the ocean heats up faster than land during the summer.

For something to be scientific it must be based on ____________________.

Hurricanes are rated based on ________________________.

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Plate tectonics move which layer?

Which layer would S waves not be able to travel through?

The first step the scientific method is

A scientist who studies earth's fresh water, on the surface and underground

Many volcanoes are located in a belt called the "triangle of liquid rock"

Which type of volcano is NOT properly matched with its description?

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of our location in the Milky Way?

Which of the following clouds produce rain?

Which of the following is NOT a way air is lifted in Florida?

Which of the following would not affect an earthquake's intensity?

Which of the following is a narrow, rapidly spinning mass of air extending downward from a cumulonimbus cloud?

On the Richter scale, a two is about 32 times stronger than a one

Which of the following are measured using the Enhanced Fujita-Pearson scale?

Which of the following is NOT a renewable resource?

A scientist who uses technology to solve problems; designs and builds things

Which of the following is solid emissions emitted from a volcano?

Which of the following is NOT a type of stress exerted on the rocks?

Why is the length of Earth's rotation important?

What needs warm water and the Coriolis Effect to form?

A scientist who studies earth's weather and atmosphere

Pyroclastic flow is dangerous because it can move 90 miles per hour

Which of the following has warm, moist air?

Which of the following is a narrow, rapidly spinning mass of air that has not yet touched the ground?

The sixth step of the scientific method is

Which of the following is NOT a biotic resource?

A caldera may be created when the volcano's cone explodes or collapses

As Christian scientists, what is our primary motivation for studying earth science?

What makes more areas of the earth livable?