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What type of rock forms from cooled magma?
How does coal create electricity?
Earth Science Final Review
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1
How does coal create electricity?
Burns, boil water and spins turbine
Burns a magnet
Burns to create black smoke
2
What type of rock forms from cooled magma?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
3
If you weather rocks they create ___________ which can be __________ to form sedimentary rocks
Sediments, compressed
Sediment, Cooled
Metamorphic, Cooled
Igneous, Compressed
4
The subduction zone is where crust is destroyed, at a _____ the new seafloor is created
Trench
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Hotspot
Mountain
5
What boundary between two air masses causes thunderstorms
Low Pressure
Cold Front
Warm Front
High Pressure
6
What international agreement was signed to stop the release of CFCs?
Montreal Protocol
Vienna Treaty
Concept Protocol
Kyoto Protocol
7
Nuclear fission used in nuclear powerplants is an example of_____
Thermal
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Non pollution
8
As altitude increase, air pressure ___________-
No effect
Increases
Decreases
9
Which crust is denser?
Continental
Oceanic
10
How does the Sun produce energy?
Fission
Fusion
Decompostion
Combustion
11
The dangerous UV rays from the Sun are blocked by the ....?
CFC
Ozone
Greenhouse Gas
Mesophere
12
What is the primary cause of the tides?
Coriolis
Atmosphere
Sun
Moon
13
What layer is the coldest and blocks most of the meteors?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Exosphere
Mesosphere
14
The balance point between two bodies that both planets revolve around is known as?
Kepler's Point
Barycenter
Axis Midpoint
Focus
15
What type of boundary occurs when plates collide?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
16
How do we measure air pressure?
Richter Scale
Anenometer
Thermometer
Barometer
17
What type of weather would I expect from a high pressure system?
Good
Bad
No effect
18
Which of Kepler's Laws says planets take longer to revolve when they are farther away?
4th
1st
3rd
2nd
19
How does an aquifer get refilled?
Evaporation
Infiltration
Condensation
Transpiration
20
Which of the layers below is not a real layer in the atmosphere?
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Reactosphere
21
How long does it take Earth to revolve once around the Sun?
365 days
24 hours
1 month
24 days
22
Lines connecting equal amounts of air pressure are known as ....?
Isobars
Isoterms
Isolines
Topography
23
What is the origin of an earthquake known as?
Epicenter
Fault
Focus
Magnitude
24
The spinning of Earth on its axis is known as...?
Ellipse
Rotation
Revolution
Coriolis
25
What is the most explosive type of volcano?
Sheild
Sedimentary
Cinder Cone
Stratovolcano
26
An underground body of water between gravel, sand and clay...
Porous
Aquifer
Lake
Reservior
27
People flocking into cities is best described as...
Stratozation
Deforestation
Urbanization
Rurality
28
What does CFCs release by humans do to Ozone molecules?
Carbon breaks down ozone
Chlorine Breaks down Ozone
Florine breaks down Ozone
29
Which of the following is an example of a transform boundary?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Himalayan Mountains
Hawaii
San Andreas Fault
30
What forms above a subduction zone?
Trench
Mountains
Fossil Fuels
Valley
31
When I burn fossil fuels, what is the eventually result?
More sunlight
Heat is trapped
Nitrogen gets created
Ozone is destroyed
32
A pipe from a coal plant is polluting a river, what type of pollution is this an example of?
Nonpoint
Salt water intrusion
Point
Sanitation
33
The tilt of Earth's axis is equal to...?
23o
125o
345o
45o
34
Which earthquake wave is the most damaging?
Surface Wave
P Wave
S wave
35
What shape does the revolution of a planet make?
Diamond
Ellipse
Rhombus
Circle
36
What causes acid rain?
H2O
CO2
Ozone
Nitrogen
37
What layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
Stratosphere
Exosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
38
What do we call it when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon are all in alignment?
Low Tide
Spring Tide
Neap Tide
High Tide
39
Water leaving plant leaves and entering the atmosphere?
Evaporation
Transpiration
Condensation
Preciptation
40
When did the Big Bang occur?
4 million years ago
14 billion years ago
6000 years ago
10000 years ago
41
Which of Kepler's laws says planets move faster closer to the Sun?
3rd
4th
1st
2nd
42
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
43
How does the Sun's energy reach us through space?
Convection
Conduction
Radiation
Heat
44
The continents were once connected in a single landmass known as___?
Eurasia
Pangea
NorthSouth Supercontinent
Superamerica
45
An algae bloom is the result of widespread ___________ pollution from fertilizer
Fossil Fuel
Point
Thermal
Non point