Which answer best explains why magma can rise in Earth's interior.

Warming magma expands and becomes less dense than surrounding rock.

Differences in air pressure between adjacent volumes of air.

Greehouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor do what in Earth's atmosphere?

Absorb infrared radiation emitted by Earth's surface.

If a mass of magma has longer to cool relative to another mass of magma, how will they differ?

Larger crystals in the slower cooling magma

How does temperature affect relative humidity?

Warming air can hold more moisture, decreasing the relative humidity.

On any given day, how does the intensity of sunlight change with latitude?

It decreases the further the latitude is from the equator.

Prehistoric Cyanobacteria were the first organisms to produce oxygen on Earth. What happened to the oxygen?

It reacted with iron in the oceans to form banded iron formations.

Historical climate data can be obtained from all of the following except.

upper atmospheric sampling of ozone

What causes acid rain?

The release of sulfur oxides from the burning of fossil fuels.

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Earth Science Final Exam Study Guide 23-24

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1
Which is not a type of rock?
vitreous
igneous
sedimentary
metamorphic
2
Which does not contribute to Earth having seasons?
Earth's tilt.
Earth's size.
Earth being a sphere.
Earth's orbit around the sun.
3
Which answer best explains why magma can rise in Earth's interior.
Warming magma expands and becomes less dense than surrounding rock.
Warming magma rises in order to cool.
Magma is fluid and can flow through cracks in rock.
Magma can absorb more energy due to its fluidity.
4
Which is not a reason air rises in the atmosphere?
convection
conduction
frontal wedging
orographic lifting
5
What causes wind?
Air moving.
Differences in air pressure between adjacent volumes of air.
The rotation of the Earth (Coriolis Effect)
Rising air pressure.
6
What is albedo?
A genetic condition where an organism lacks pigment.
The hardness of a substance.
The porosity of a surface.
The reflectivity of a surface.
7
Greehouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor do what in Earth's atmosphere?
Absorb visible radiation emitted by Earth's surface
Radiate infrared radiation to Earth's surface.
Radiate visible radiation to Earth's surface
Absorb infrared radiation emitted by Earth's surface.
8
If a mass of magma has longer to cool relative to another mass of magma, how will they differ?
Smaller texture in the slower cooling magma
Smaller crystals in the slower cooling magma
Larger crystals in the slower cooling magma
Larger texture in the faster cooling magma
9
Which is not a property used to identify minerals?
shape
streak
hardness
Color
10
How does temperature affect relative humidity?
Warming air can hold less moisture, decreasing the relative humidity.
Warming air can hold more moisture, increasing the relative humidity.
Cooling air can hold more moisture, decreasing the relative humidity.
Warming air can hold more moisture, decreasing the relative humidity.
11
Which would not be a possible cause of changes to Earth's climate?
Changes in Earth's atmosphere.
Changes in Earth's orbit.
Changes in solar output.
Changes in solar input.
12
On any given day, how does the intensity of sunlight change with latitude?
It increases the further the latitude is from the equator.
It decreases the further the latitude is from the equator.
Latitude has no effect on sunlight intensity.
It depends on the day.
13
Ice melting,reducing overall reflectivity of Earth, resulting in greater energy absorption, which increases ice melting.
Negative feedback mechanism.
Positive feedback mechanism
Static feedback mechanism.
Linear feedback mechanism.
14
Which is not a way that heat can be transferred?
Convection
Conduction
Conflation
Radiation
15
What is the value for the metric prefix deci (d)?
1000
1/10
1/100
1/1000
16
Which gas is the second-most abundant in Earth's atmosphere
oxygen
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
water vapor
17
Prehistoric Cyanobacteria were the first organisms to produce oxygen on Earth. What happened to the oxygen?
It reacted with iron in the oceans to form banded iron formations.
It was consumed by aerobic organisms such as humans.
It reacted with the rocks.
It accumulated in Earth's atmosphere.
18
Historical climate data can be obtained from all of the following except.
upper atmospheric sampling of ozone
ocean sediments
air trapped in glacial ice
tree rings
19
What causes acid rain?
Too high of a carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere.
The release of sulfur oxides from the burning of fossil fuels.
The release of carbon oxides from the burning of fossil fuels.
The release of nitrogen oxides from the burning of fossil fuels.
20
The temperature at which a volume of air is saturated with water is known as the air's.
water point
maximum water vapor level
dew point
saturation level
21
How does ozone warm the stratosphere?
It doesn't warm the stratosphere, it warms the exosphere.
It absorbs ultraviolet light.
It blankets Earth
It absorbs visible light.
22
What two elements are the most common in Earth's crust?
Silicon and carbon.
Oxygen and silicon.
Carbon and iron.
Oxygen and carbon.

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