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1
According to the graph
hand temperature does not change
hands get hotter over time
hands get colder over time
water gets hotter over time
2
What does not lead to water pollution?
excess fertilizer use
not lining landfills with clay
building several new homes
porosity of rock
3
Large crystals and coarse grained rocks form from molten rock that cools
slowly underground
quickly at the surface
anywhere instantly
quickly underground
4
Where have humans explored in person?
Mercury
Our Moon
Mars
Earth
5
What kind of boundary is this?
convergent
obtuse
transform
divergent
6
What energy source has a low environmental cost?
coal
solar
natural gas
nuclear
7
What type of tide will occur with this arrangement of the sun, Earth, and moon?
neap
spring
fall
diurnal
8
What kind of landform is shown?
a mountain
a river valley
a depression
a hill
9
Quartz has fracture but when magma cools slowly underground it forms in this crystal shape.
orthorhombic
monoclinic
hexagonal
cubic
10
What occurs most frequently at plate boundaries?
deposition of sediment
hot spots
earthquakes
volcanoes
11
CFC's are bad for the environment because they
pollute the air
destroy ozone
cause the greenhouse effect
create smog
12
Which is the symbol for a warm front?
2
3
4
1
13
The hot road transfers heat to the air above it through
radiation
convection
transpiration
conduction
14
Which is not a source or ore of iron?
hematite
pyrite
magnetite
galena
15
What province has the oldest igneous rocks and no fossils?
blue ridge
valley and ridge
piedmont
coastal plain
16
What kind of plate boundary is shown?
divergent
strike-slip
transform
convergent
17
This is the ore from which strong and lightweight aluminum is extracted profitably.
aluminate
hematite
magnetite
bauxite
18
Brittani found this fossil of an ammonite. It was made of sandstone. What kind is it?
carbon film
original remain
cast
mold
19
Fill in the blank: weathering-> erosion-> ________________ ->compaction
deposition
faulting
dissolution
uplift
20
This principle states that oldest rocks are found on the bottom.
inclusions
cross cutting
uniformitarianism
superposition
21
What hurts the atmosphere the most?
burning natural gas
nuclear power plants
burning wood
using wind turbines
22
Why does temperature increase in the stratosphere?
ozone absorbs heat
water cools other layers
air pressure is greater
air pressure is less
23
What changed Earth's atmosphere into one that has 21% oxygen?
land plants
cyanobacteria
water vapor
volcanoes
24
The lines in this map are connections points of equal
temperature
pressure
humidity
zip codes
25
What side of the image has the steepest slope?
left
top
right
bottom
26
What number rock is igenous?
1
4
5
2
27
What kind of plate boundary is this?
convergent
transform
subductory
divergent
28
Why is it hot in the northern hemisphere in July?
The northern hemisphere is getting direct rays of sunlight
The equator is receiving direct rays of sun
The northern hemisphere is getting indirect sun rays
The Earth is closer to the sun
29
Which of these is not harmful to our oceans?
tidal energy
overharvesting fish
offshore drilling
upwelling currents
30
Magma fills in rifts as the seafloor spreads apart. Where will the youngest rock be found?
closest to the rift
farthest from the rift
all rock will be the same age
only on one side of the rift
31
What province would you be most likely to find marine fossils?
blue ridge
piedmont
coastal plain
valley and ridge
32
What conditions are NOT necessary for clouds to form?
warm moist air
high pressure
condensation nuclei
low pressure
33
The redshift we observe showing that galaxies are moving away from each other helps to prove
plate tectonic theory
big bang theory
dinosaur extinction theory
solar nebular theory
34
What place would have the smallest temperature range and mildest climate?
near the equator
near the north pole
in the center of the continent
near a body of water
35
What earthquake wave comes second and can not travel through the liquid outer core?
Secondary Wave
Surface Wave
Love Wave
Primary wave
36
What percent of the parent isotope would remain after two half lives?
6
25
50
13
37
What tectonic process is being shown?
subduction
ridge push and pull
convergence
sea floor spreading
38
What rock is the oldest?
basalt
Sandstone
conglomerate
gneiss
39
What type of front pushes under warm air creating thunderstorms?
warm
stationary
occluded
cold
40
The light from galaxies is redshifted which proves
the universe if expanding
the Big Bang could not have occurred
the universe is contracting
stars are constantly forming
41
1_______________ Venus, Earth, 4______________, Jupiter, Saturn,Uranus, Neptune
1. Mars 4. Pluto
1.Mars 4. Mercury
1. Mercury 4. Mars
42
Which letter is the zone of aeration?
A
B
43
Which is not a result of tectonic processes?
faulting
erosion
folding
earthquakes
44
What resource mined in Virginia is used to produce the majority of our energy?
oil
natural gas
coal
nuclear
45
Vertically developing cumulonimbus clouds are common when you have
drizzle and wind
wind and sun
clear skies
lightning and thunder
46
The water table is located
at the top of the zone of aeration
beneath the zone of saturation
beneath the bedrock
at the top of the zone of saturation
47
Which is the symbol for a warm front?
4
3
1
2
48
Denise uses a graduated cylinder and triple beam balance to find the ____________of a rock.
displacement
density
cubic volume
weight
49
In the atmosphere, as altitude increases pressure...
increases then decreases
stabilizes
decreases
increases
50
Why did Ms. Z.'s fish look like this when she reeled it up from the ocean floor?
ocean water pressure increased as it surfaced
the fish stuck its tongue out at her
she squeezed the fish too hard
ocean water pressure decreased as it surfaced
51
When minerals fill in or replace the cells of a bone or tree, it is said to be
carbon film
original remain
a mold
petrified
52
What province has karst topography?
valley and ridge
blue ridge
piedmonf
coastal plain
53
What moon phase comes after a new moon?
full
waxing crescent
first quarter
waxing gibbous
54
Colby is at the base of Mt. Everest and Cory is at the top. Who is under the most air pressure
Colby
Cory
55
Why do we experience cool breezes off of the sea during the day?
land heats up more slowly than water
land heats up more quickly than water
water heats up more quickly than land
waves cause sea breezes
56
What is a disadvantage (cost) of nuclear energy?
it produces radioactive waste
expensive to transport
the steam makes it rain too much
all that smoke it produces (I mean look at it!)
57
What type of fossil would be considered "original remains?"
a mosquito trapped in amber
carbon film of a butterfly
a mold of a seashell
dinosaur footprint
58
An earthquake originates at the focus. What letter is teh focus?
C
A
D
B
59
A layer of rock that stores and transports water easily is called a(n)
recharge zone
aquifer
drainage basin
zone of aeration
60
What drives the plates to move?
deep focus earthquakes
mantle convection
nuclear reactions
outer core convection
61
What part of this cycle removes fertile soil?
evapotranspiration
infiltration
runoff
evaporation
