APES Unit 4 Review 2020

Question 1

Subsoil layer that is rich with inorganic minerals, aka zone of accumulation.

Accepted Answer

B horizon

Question 2

What is weather? (Click all that may apply).

Accepted Answer

A set of physical conditions of the lower atmosphere, Includes several factors in a given area over a short period

Question 3

On the Richter scale, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 is how many times greater than 3.0?

Accepted Answer

1,000

Question 4

During an El Nino event, which of the following best describes conditions in the tropical eastern Pacific?

Accepted Answer

High sea surface temperature, high rainfall

Question 5

Which of the following correctly lists, by (%), the present-day composition of the atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen, Oxygen, Argon, CO2, Water vapor, trace gases

Question 6

Which soil particle has the greatest impact on a soil's water holding capacity?

Accepted Answer

Clay

Question 7

What is the focus of an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Place where an earthquake begins, below surface.

Question 8

Which type of soil is best for agriculture?

Accepted Answer

Loam

Question 9

What is weathering?

Accepted Answer

The different processes that break down rocks into soil.

Question 10

What type of boundary forms when plates slide & grind past one another along fractures?

Accepted Answer

A transform fault

Question 11

What is seafloor spreading?

Accepted Answer

Formation of new ocean crust as result of magma upwelling from the mantle.

Question 12

What are Hadley cells? (Choose all that apply).

Accepted Answer

Large scale atmospheric convection cells, Where air rises at equator and sinks at medium latitudes.

Question 13

Fossils are most likely to be found in

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 14

Which of the following best explains the pattern of vegetation in the image below?

Accepted Answer

The rain shadow effect is causing precipitation on the windward side

Question 15

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

Accepted Answer

Troposphere

Question 16

Please list the different concentric zones of the earth, starting from the inner-most layer.

Accepted Answer

Core, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere

Question 17

Which of the following describe La Niña?

Accepted Answer

Usually causes cooler than normal temperatures., Occurs along the tropical west coast of South America., Climate pattern that describes cooling of surface waters

Question 18

Which type of soil allows the most water to infiltrate?

Accepted Answer

sand

Question 19

100 mL of water were poured through the sample. 98 mL were collected. What is the composition of the soil?

Accepted Answer

5% clay, 10% silt, 85% sand

Question 20

What causes Earth's seasons?

Accepted Answer

Its tilted axis

Question 21

What type of plate boundary is this?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

Question 22

Please list the layers of the atmosphere in order (starting from layer nearest to surface).

Accepted Answer

Troposp., Stratosp., Mesosphere, Thermosp., Exosphere

Question 23

Which latitude on the diagram experiences 24 hours of daylight on June 20?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 24

What is the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

The combination of both the solid crust and the upper mantle.

Question 25

Why does climate vary in different parts of the earth?

Accepted Answer

All of the options are correct reasons.

Question 26

Which of these is not associated with divergent plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zones

Question 27

At which location is new crust being created at a divergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 28

What defines a watershed?

Accepted Answer

Topography

Question 29

Characterize the following by plate boundary: Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Himalayas, San Andreas fault

Accepted Answer

Divergent; convergent; transform

Question 30

Large bodies of water create more stable temperatures on nearby land areas.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

The soil layer most similar to the parent material is the:

Accepted Answer

C horizon

Question 32

Which of the following is used to determine soil texture?

Accepted Answer

the relative proportions of different particle sizes

Question 33

What causes the Coriolis Effect?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation

Question 34

Which of the following causes the air to rise high into the atmosphere in the areas labeled A, B, and C on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

Warm, moist air that is less dense than surrounding air

Question 35

What are the proportions of sand, silt, and clay at point U?

Accepted Answer

50% sand, 20% silt, 30% clay

Question 36

Which of the following describe the Ring of Fire?

Accepted Answer

All of preceding options are correct.

Question 37

Organically rich surface material; contains partially decomposed plants,animals,bacteria&fungi.

Accepted Answer

O horizon

Question 38

Where two plates collide and one plate is forced under the other it is called a

Accepted Answer

subduction zone

Question 39

In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone layer located?

Accepted Answer

Stratosphere

Question 40

Where do active volcanoes occur?

Accepted Answer

Where magma reaches the earth's surface through a vent/crack

APES Unit 4 Review 2020

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APES Unit 4 Review 2020

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