Duplicate of Earth Science NCFE Review

What powers the water cycle?

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

What is one advantage of wind energy?

The water table is found at the boundary between ___.

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

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

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

What has the greatest influence on Earth's tides?

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

Over what geologic feature was Hawaii formed?

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

The length of the day is based on ___.

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

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

Where are the wind speeds the fastest within a hurricane?

What happens most often at divergent boundaries?

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

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

On what day is the Earth at Perihelion?

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

Which of the following does not make up soil?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

How does the Sun's energy reach Earth?

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

Which of the following is not considered a greenhouse gas?

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

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

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

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

What are the three main plate boundaries?

Global circular-moving surface currents are called ___.

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

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

Which two processes lead to cloud formation in rising air?

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

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

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

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

What gas makes up most of the atmosphere on Earth?

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

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

Amount of dissolved salt in water is called ___.

What does transpiration mean?

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

What are rock and soil deposited by streams called?

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

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

How does energy from earthquakes travel?

Which soil texture has the smallest particle size?

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

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

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

What is the optimum climate for soil production and efficiency?

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

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

Which of the following is considered a renewable energy source?

A psychrometer is used to determine which weather variables?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is formed at a divergent oceanic-oceanic boundary?

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

Which is not an agent of chemical weathering?

At what point is the Earth farthest from the Sun?

What is true about land, as compared to water?

A ___ front brings fair to good weather.

What is most responsible for the seasons on Earth?

What percent of Earth's water is potable?

How does hydroelectric energy produce power?

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

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

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