Earth Science Final Review

Question 1

_____ is the most abundant gas in our atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

nitrogen

Question 2

Crust is neither destroyed nor created along a(n) ________ plate boundary.

Accepted Answer

transform

Question 3

What causes tectonic plates to move?

Accepted Answer

convection in the mantle

Question 4

Wind is measure by a(n)_____in the either of the units______.

Accepted Answer

anemometer;m/hr and kt.

Question 5

Most of the destruction during an earthquake is caused by_____ waves.

Accepted Answer

surface, s

Question 6

The_____volcano is small and steep-sided, and it erupts basaltic lava.

Accepted Answer

cinder cone

Question 7

A ___ measures and records how much the ground moves.

Accepted Answer

seismometer

Question 8

Air pressure is greatest in Earth's _________.

Accepted Answer

troposphere

Question 9

A line that connects points of equal temperature is a(n)____.

Accepted Answer

isotherm

Question 10

What happens at a transform plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

plates slide past each other

Question 11

_______is the measure of the average amount of the motion of molecules.

Accepted Answer

temperature

Question 12

In a divergent plate boundary,

Accepted Answer

two plates separate

Question 13

______ is the transfer of heat by the flow of heated material.

Accepted Answer

convection

Question 14

Prevailing winds in Antarctica are called___________.

Accepted Answer

polar easterlies

Question 15

A reverse fault is often where plates________.

Accepted Answer

come together

Question 16

_____is the amount of water vapor needed for the air to be saturated at a specific temperature.

Accepted Answer

relative humidity

Question 17

The _____ is caused by Earth's rotation.

Accepted Answer

Coriolis Effect

Question 18

Water can form on surfaces at night when the air is clear because _____.

Accepted Answer

the air near the ground cools to its dew point

Question 19

Lines that connect points of equal pressure are called _____.

Accepted Answer

isobar

Question 20

What is the term for any form of water that falls from the clouds?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 21

Which situation does NOT occur at a convergent plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

crust forms

Question 22

Electrically-charged particles are primarily found in the _____.

Accepted Answer

ionosphere

Question 23

Use Dimensional Analysis: 0.04 cm=_______m.

Accepted Answer

.0004

Question 24

____ waves vibrate at right angles to their direction of the waves.

Accepted Answer

secondary

Question 25

A(n)_____ flow is a fast-moving cloud of ash, hot gases, and rock that explodes from a volcano.

Accepted Answer

pyroclastic

Question 26

______ refers to the state of the atmosphere of a specific time and place.

Accepted Answer

weather

Question 27

Steady winds between the equator and the 30o latitude north or south are called_____.

Accepted Answer

trade winds

Question 28

Air moving in a specific direction is called_______.

Accepted Answer

wind

Question 29

What are tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

slabs of crust and upper mantle

Question 30

The amount of water vapor in presently in the air is called______.

Accepted Answer

humidity

Question 31

Use Dimensional Analysis: 89.3km=_____m

Accepted Answer

89,300

Question 32

When the boundary between 2 air masses stalls, the front is called_____.

Accepted Answer

stationary

Question 33

Use Dimensional Analysis: 0.2 mm_____m.

Accepted Answer

.0002

Question 34

True or False: Conduction is thermal energy transfer through contact.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 35

____are vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere.

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 36

Volcanoes form along___boundaries as 1 tectonic plate descends into the mantle and melts a tad.

Accepted Answer

convergent

Question 37

When melted snow and ice mixes with mud and ash, a(n)____can result.

Accepted Answer

mudflow

Question 38

A_____volcano is large and steep-sided, at convergent boundaries, and has explosive eruptions.

Accepted Answer

composite

Question 39

A____volcano has gentle slopes. It's located at divergent boundaries and ocean hot spots.

Accepted Answer

shield

Question 40

A break in the lithosphere where 1 block of rock moves toward,away from,or past another block.

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 41

Hurricanes form over_____.

Accepted Answer

tropical oceans

Question 42

To locate an earthquake's ___, scientists use information from at least 3 seismograph stations.

Accepted Answer

epicenter

Question 43

What is Pangaea?

Accepted Answer

a super-continent made up of the present-day continents

Question 44

The ________ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

troposphere

Question 45

A _______ forecasts the weather using data collected from many sources.

Accepted Answer

meteorologist

Question 46

When air holds all the water vapor it possibly can, we say it's ______.

Accepted Answer

saturated

Question 47

Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in____.

Accepted Answer

subduction zones

Question 48

_____ is the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

Accepted Answer

radiation

Earth Science Final Review

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Earth Science Final Review

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