Preliminary Earth and Environmental Science REVISION

What are the main components of soil?

Which best represents the mantle?

Substance A has a density of 5.25 g/cm³, substance B 11.5 g/cm³ and substance C 1.24 g/cm³.

The accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting matter is

The occurrence of freshwater lungfish in South America and Australia is be explained by:

What type of boundary is this and what is it forming?

Who are the scientist who performed this experiment?

What is being analysed in this experiment?

What is the image showing?

Which is more soluble?

Which boundary produces the most violent volcanoes?

How much fresh water is available for water consumption for terrestrial organisms?

Identify this mineral.

What does biodiversity mean?

What process is responsible for this?

What is the biggest difference between the early atmosphere and today's atmosphere?

Which radioisotope is used to determine the age of organic material?

Density is determined by

As water temperature increases oxygen concentration

What does this graph show?

Which of the following rocks fizzes when you add acid?

Which modern landmass was not part of gondwana?

What does not determine the distribution of water on the planet?

What is this image showing?

Water is a:

When comparing continental and oceanic rock

Which local environmental document did we study?

Palaeomagnetism means

What process is this showing?

True or false: All isotopes are radioactive

When did Gondwana begin to break up?

Which type of radiation is the most penetrating?

Which of the following is a PLANT fossil that provides evidence for Gondwana?

What human activity has had the biggest impact on the Australian Environment?

This is showing

How do you confirm that carbon dioxide is produced in a chemical reaction?

What was the parent rock at Karloo Pool?

Who proposed the 'Continental Drift' Theory?

Which Australian catchment has been significantly affected by land clearing?

which is larger Pangaea or Gondwana

Identify this rock.

Identify this rock.

Which layer of the Earth has the highest density?

Which oxygen isotope is more abundant in colder climates?

Which of the following is an intrusive igneous rock?

True or false: Radiometric dating is the same as radio carbon dating

What is the scientific word for water hating?

Is this foliated or non foliated?

What is this and what generates it?

Why does the Earth have layers?

Assess means

The half life of 200g radioisotope is 6 days. How much will be left after 18 days.

How do these differ?

A rock is broken down by constant heating and cooling. This is an example of:

To describe a chemical reaction occurring without oxygen, we use the term

The ability to make food from chemicals in the environment is called

What were the first cellular organisms on earth?

The guides name on the excursion was:

Where is the oldest rock found?

This is caused by:

What is the current scientifically accepted theory about the formation of the universe?

The solar system formed approximately

Mafic rocks are rich in

What are the four 'spheres' of the earth?

What is the name of this bird species?

What influences vegetation type in an area?

These first formed when

What is the half life of this radioisotope?

Which of the following is an extrusive mafic igneous rock?

Which colour is the youngest rock?