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Earth Science Final Exam - Review Part 1
Earth Science Final Exam - Review Part 1
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1
What is an estuary
Area where a freshwater river meets the ocean
The scientific term for the ocean floor
A freshwater lake or pond
Deep ocean fish that lives in rocks
2
Metamorphism is the result of what two variables?
Transportation & lithification
Pressure & Heat
Weathering & Erosion
3
what is global warming?
The balancing of Earth's biomes to current conditions
rise in average water temperature of Earth's streams and lakes
Increasing temperature of the earth's atmosphere & hydrosphere.
The decreasing of Earth's temperatures at the poles
4
The cooling and hardening of hot magma from inside the Earth forms
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
5
Magma that cools rapidly close to the Earth’s surface, will form _____mineral grains (crystals)
Larger
Smaller
Medium
6
The arrows in a food web show....
the trophic levels
the type of biome
The flow of energy
the populations and abiotic factors
7
Fossils that occur only in rock layers of a particular geologic age are called
Key fossils
Index Fossils
Relative Fossile
Time Fossils
8
The energy emitted from an earthquake which travels through the earth is called:
Shock Waves
Sonic Waves
Tidal Waves
Seismic Waves
9
What is climate change?
A seasonal weather change
A change in global or regional climate patterns
A sudden change in conditions like temperature or rainfall
Increase in the overall temp of the earth's atmosphere
10
A confined aquifer is...
an aquifer is surrounded by impermeable rock
when water passes directly from the ground to the aquifer
when there is an underground cavern caused by an aquifer
when a sinkhole causes an aquifer to break
11
Which is true about the electromagnetic spectrum?
Radio waves are higher frequency than Gamma rays
X ray have longer wavelength than Microwaves
Infrared have longer wavelength than Ultraviolet
Radio waves have a smaller wavelength than X rays
12
At a divergent plate boundary, tectonic plates are:
Moving away from eachother
Sliding past eachother
a. Moving towards each other
Not moving
13
What is Erosion?
When rocks are broken down to sediments
When rocks are melted to magma
When sediments turn to rock through lithification
When sediments are carried away
14
The type of waves that can pass through solids but not liquids or gases are:
Secondary
Surface
Primary
15
Which volcanic hazard is described as a super heated cloud of gas & ash?
Lava Bomb
Pyroclastic Flow
Lava Flow
Lahar
16
The Himalaya mountains & Mt. Everest were created by:
Subduction boundary
Transform Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
17
How is one biome distinguished from another?
By distance from the ocean and equator
By the niches or jobs
By climate (temperature and precipitation)
By the populations of animals
18
The point of origin of an earthquake is called:
Ground Zero
Quake central
Focus
Epicenter
19
What is it called when shaking causes loose soil to take on the properties of a liquid
Quake Sinking
Soil Sinking
Quick Sand
Liquefaction
20
Rocks are classified by:
Their Composition
Where they are found
Process of Formation
Their Density
21
The driving force behind the movement of lithospheric plates is called:
Crustal Vibrations
Seismic waves
Mantle Convection
Magma Viscosity
22
The astronomer who built the first telescope was:
Galileo
Copernicus
Kepler
Newton
23
What is a hurricane?
A high pressure system with extremely high winds and a cold front
A large ocean wave created by underwater earthquakes
A rotating storm with high winds that forms over warm waters
Rotating high winds over an area of land
24
The type of waves which can travel the fastest are:
Primary
Surface
Secondary
25
Identify the PRODUCERS in the food web:
Algae
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
Herbivorous zooplankton
26
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of:
Transform Boundary
Collision Boundary
Subduction Boundary
Divergent Boundary
27
The Ogallala Aquifer....
Protects areas from erosion
Is disappearing due to overuse
Is an example of salt water intrusion
Refills as fast as it is withdrawn
28
What is an aquifer?
the area of land that contributes water to a river system
a description of a material through which water cannot pass
the top surface of the saturated zone
a permeable rock layer that is saturated with water
29
The function of decomposers is best compared to...
producers
scavengers
garbage collectors
recyclers
30
The term that describes lavas resistance to flow is:
Liquefaction
Convection
Subduction
Viscosity
