Second Semester Exam Review 2016

Based on the graph, which greenhouse gas can you infer the United States creates a lot of?

T or F? Industrial toxic substances emitted into the atmosphere never enter the water supply.

Winds are caused by difference in

Thermohaline circulation drives deep ocean circulation.

The source of the greatest amount of energy at the Earth's surface is

Which type of energy source is harnessed by  natural underground steam and hot water?

With relative dating, the age of the fossil is determined by

Which of the following would have the LEAST effect on the climate of a region?

Which of the following is LEAST likely to affect climate?

Ozone is

Which of the following is a physical means of carbon movement in the carbon cycle?

What natural process REMOVES carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

Runoff of chemicals from agricultural farms is an example of nonpoint source pollution.

When do thunderstorms most commonly occur?  Check ALL that apply.

Deep currents pulled toward the surface near continents bring nutrients to the surface.

Large bodies of water such as lakes and oceans have an important effect on an area's

El Niño is an example of cyclical climate changed caused by

Thunderstorms form within

Dating based on isotopes, or alternate forms of carbon, is called

Within the atmosphere, carbon is mainly found as

In which zone is the ocean temperature most affected by the weather? 

Two conditions are required for cloud formation: cooling of the air and

Specific sources of pollution that can be identified are called

Which of these is typically the first stage in the life cycle of a product?

Check ALL that apply?  Which of these agricultural wastes can cause water pollution?

Check ALL that apply.  How does the salinity of water in an ocean increase?

The current arrangement of the continents as they are today formed as a result of

Wetlands may act as natural

The process by which ground water is absorbed into the zone of saturation is known as

Cell phones and other electronics that are thrown away waste energy and are a loss of valuable

Which of the following would enable a meteorologist to follow the path of an approaching storm?

The burning of fossil fuels produces

The Gulf Stream brings warm water from the equator and becomes which current?

Global winds distribute heat and moisture affecting the

Which of the following affects the density of sea water?

Most of the heating of the troposphere comes from 

The eye of a hurricane

With each step in the carbon cycle, carbon is stored for lengths of time in different

As you descend into the ocean, what happens to water temperature and pressure?

In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean and air currents veer to the right due to

Which of the following redistribute heat between land and water?

Which three mechanisms transfer energy between Earth's surface and the atmosphere?

What are two main factors that influence seawater density?

Which of the following would be an advantage for using solar energy?

Based on the water's density, what will happen to the water when the separation is removed?

The graph shows different sources of greenhouse gases.  Which source is the biggest?

Choose ALL that apply. Water pollution can affect

Carbon is released to the atmosphere via

The geologic time scale is a record of

Geologists see changes in history of Earth's surface conditions from layers of rock because

Earth's atmosphere traps energy from the sun, which

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is 

Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

Why is density an important property of ocean water?

The uneven distribution of solar radiation, plus the pull of gravity on Earth produces

Using relative dating, which of the four layers would be considered the youngest?

A mixture of alcohol and gasoline used as fuel is called

Ocean currents transfer heat from hotter regions of the Earth to cooler regions and modify

How is energy transferred with ocean currents?

Heat moves in the atmosphere the same way it moves through the solid Earth or another medium.

What would happen if the greenhouse effect did not exist at all?

The rotational force of the Earth has a direct influence on

With the onset of El Niño, warm water blocks the upwelling of

How does freezing of water affect its density?

The directional rotation of hurricanes and cyclones is due to