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Unit 0-7 By:Angelina Lambright
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What are some land features that form with gravity?
avalanches
mudflows
all of the above
landslides
2
Jet streams are high speed _____ winds that form high above the surface
Northern
Easterly
Westerly
southern
3
Another word for apex predator
decomposer
secondary consumer
primary consumer
Quaternary consumer
4
What are terrestrial planets composed mainly of?
Hydrogen and helium
Just metals
Hydrogen
Rock and metals
5
What weather do warm fronts bring?
Clear skies
stormy weather
stationary
cold
6
Which one of Kepler's laws states: "A planet moves faster in speed when it is closer to the sun"
Kepler's 2nd law
Kepler's 6th law
Kepler's 3rd law
Kepler's 1st law
7
What are the characteristics of a stationary front?
sunny
just cloudy
prolonged periods of cloudy and warm weather
just warm
8
What percentage is relative humidity when air temperature is cooled to the dew point?
0%
100%
55%
50%
9
Volcanic-island arcs, trenches are formed because of....
continental-convergent
oceanic-continental
oceanic-oceanic
continental-continental
10
What is cloud formation a result of?
Orographic lifting
dew point
Adiabatic temp changes
relative humidity
11
What does CMBR stand for?
Cosmic leftover heat radiation
Cosmic microwave background radiation
Cosmic micro background radiation
None of the above
12
This is like a network of food chains that are linked together
tropic levels
food chain
food web
food pyramid
13
what do closely spaced lines represent?
Steep pressure gradient
weak pressure gradient
high winds
low wind speed
14
Underground and emerges from springs
water cycle
surface water
rainwater
Groundwater
15
Convert the following: 155 mm to m
0.155m
0.0155m
15.5m
1.55m
16
Fossils, ripple marks, and rock layers are all features of...
Sedimentary rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
cementation
17
Meteors burn up because of friction In this layer?
mesosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
thermosphere
18
How do you measure relative humidity?
sling psychrometer
inches in mercury
barometer
millibars
19
What line is the prime meridian located on?
0-90 degrees of the equator
Line of latitude
east and west
Line of Longitude
20
Where are the oldest rocks found?
further from mid-ocean ridges, near continental and subduction zones
near mid-ocean ridges
narrow depressions in the ocean floor
all of the above
21
What does a thermometer measure? And what is its symbol?
Temperature and Fahrenheit
volume and liters
Temperature and celsius
mass and farenheit
22
What is the biggest component of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Argon
trace gases
23
Who is this and what did he come up with? (picture below)
Sir Isaac Newton, laws of motion
Galileo Galilei, development of the scientific method
Johannes Kepler, laws of planetary motion
Alfred Wegner, came up with the hypothesis of continental drift
24
In the Orographic lifting process what side of the mountain is where air is forced to rise?
Windward side
Leeward side
none of the above
saturated
25
Plate movements are caused by:
ocean currents
seas and rivers
Convection currents
flooding
26
How much energy is passed to the next level in a food energy transfer?
10%
70%
90%
5%
27
More direct sunlight (less spread) leads to _____ temperatures and while less direct sunlight leads to___ temperature
Extremely warm,Extremely cold.
Warmer,Colder
no change in
Colder,Warmer
28
Where are nutrients located?
latitude
at the thermocline
above the thermocline
below the thermocline
29
When rock fragments collide off each other it is called....
exfoliation
Frost/ice wedging
organic
Abrasion
30
What do the lines of latitude divide the earth into?
east and west
north and south
Horizontal
prime meridian
31
When the sun and moon are in a straight line what tide is caused?
neap tides
Spring tides
Low tides
high tides
32
In La Nina where is high pressure located?
Australia
Africa
Americas
Asia
33
What percentage of the 3% of water that is fresh, is actually usable for living things?
4%
10%
15%
5%
34
The calculation for a period or distance to a planet using the 3rd law is..
P^2=a^3
P^2+A^3
P^2/A^3
P^2-A^3
35
A disadvantage of renewable resources
there are no disadvantages
It can be expensive
reduced environmental impact
they are finite sources
36
The major agent of chemical weathering is...
gravity
wind
ice
water
37
An advantage of nonrenewable energy is...
cheap
fossil fuel emission
finite
infinite
38
The continuous movement of fresh water is called?
Hydrologic water cycle
condensation
precipitation
evaporation
39
This biodiversity refers to the variety of genes within a species
ecosystem diversity
species diversity
Genetic diversity
biodiversity
40
What refers to the average weather patterns over 30 years or more?
Climate
seasons
rainfall
weather
41
Releases carbon into the air
Carbon sources
carbon cycle
Carbon sinks
gas
42
This wave travels at a right angle to direction of its movement and will not travel through gases and liquids
p waves
surface waves
liquids and gases
s waves
43
Form a hypothesis is the...
3rd step of the scientific method
1st step of the scientific method
last step of the scientific method
4th step of the scientific method
44
Where is the ozone layer located?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
45
Forms when molten rock melts
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Igneous and metamorphic rocks
Metamorphic rock
46
If temperature increases, density ______
warms
Decreases
increases
freezes
47
Which of these are examples of biomes?
animals
Desert
Tundra
Rainforest
48
What is the weather condition associated with low pressure systems?
Cloudy, rainy skies
calm, dry weather
Sunny, clear skies
fair weather
49
Parts per thousand (ppt) expresses...
volcanic activity
waves
erosion from land
salinity
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Example of an invasive species
overfishing
water
soil
Zebra mussel
