Mid - Year Test Review ITE

What do we call an air mass that is warm and humid?

Which of the following is NOT caused by extreme cold?

Scientist use changes in what to classify the layers of the atmosphere?

Which of the following is the reason why Earth's Inner Core is solid?

Which of the following created the Hawaiian Islands?

Which of the following would NOT make a city safer in an earthquake?

The plates of the Earth's crust are still moving

Which season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing in this picture?

This current that starts at the equator and brings warmth to America and Northern Europe

Which of the following has changed primarily due to human activity over the last 200 years?

Tides are mostly caused by what force?

Which of the following lists Earth's layers in the correct order?

What might you expect to find in the stratosphere?

Which type of water is densest?

Which part of Earth's system is made up of a thin envelope of gases surrounding the planet?

Which best describes a low pressure system?

Why is the equator warmer then the North Pole?

Which would have the most stable temperature from day to night?

This type of cloud forms near the ground when air cools overnight after a humid day

The youngest rocks on Earth's surface can be found where?

What best describes the difference between weather and climate

Why does Massachusetts experience the least amount of sunlight during the winter solstice?

Which part of Earth's system is made up of plants and animals?

Which part of Earth's system is made up of rocks?

Which of the following is not true about the rotation of the Earth?

Why doesn't the equator experience four distinct seasons like we do?

Which of the following occurs as a result of heat being added to a liquid?

What do we call the transfer of heat by direct contact?

Which of the following does NOT cause ocean currents?

In which layer of the atmosphere do we live?

Which part of Earth's system contains all the water on the planet?

Which layer of the atmosphere is the thickest?

In which layer of Earth does convection happen allowing tectonic plates to move?

Which layer of the atmosphere is the thinnest?

Which state of matter does not have a fixed volume?

What do we call the type of heat transfer which occurs in fluids such as air and water?

The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the max the air can hold is called what?

Where does the global conveyor belt start?

What do we call an air mass that is cold and dry?

What type of boundary is shown here?

How do pressure and temperature change inside the Earth as depth increases?

Why is the ozone layer important?

What do we call two air masses colliding?

Which type of rock is formed by heat and pressure deep inside the Earth?

Which of the following caused the break up of Pangaea and relocation of landmasses over time?

Due to the Coriolis Effect, winds in the Northern Hemisphere are turned to the:

The atmosphere is divided into how many layers?

Which best explains why warm air rises over cold air?

Which type of rock is formed from small fragments of other rocks, mud, and silt?

Which type of boundary is pictured here?

The Sun heats the Earth through which type of heat transfer?

Plate tectonics refers to the theory that....

What happens to particles in a substance as temperature increases?

Which state of matter has the highest density?

What causes moisture to appear on the outside of a cold can when it is left out on a warm day?

Which type of rock is formed from the hardening of magma or lava?

What type of boundary is shown here?

What happens to pressure and temperature as altitude increases in the troposphere?

Bands along the Atlantic Ocean's floor reflect the fact that this has reversed direction:

Which of the following was NOT part of Wegner's evidence for continental drift theory?