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Unit 0-7 By:Angelina Lambright
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How much energy is passed to the next level in a food energy transfer?
90%
5%
70%
10%
2
What do the lines of latitude divide the earth into?
prime meridian
Horizontal
north and south
east and west
3
What weather do warm fronts bring?
cold
stormy weather
stationary
Clear skies
4
Fossils, ripple marks, and rock layers are all features of...
Metamorphic rocks
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks
cementation
5
Where are nutrients located?
latitude
above the thermocline
below the thermocline
at the thermocline
6
What are the characteristics of a stationary front?
just warm
sunny
prolonged periods of cloudy and warm weather
just cloudy
7
Forms when molten rock melts
Metamorphic rock
Igneous rock
Sedimentary rock
Igneous and metamorphic rocks
8
What does a thermometer measure? And what is its symbol?
mass and farenheit
Temperature and celsius
volume and liters
Temperature and Fahrenheit
9
Example of an invasive species
overfishing
Zebra mussel
soil
water
10
Parts per thousand (ppt) expresses...
salinity
volcanic activity
erosion from land
waves
11
Plate movements are caused by:
Convection currents
seas and rivers
ocean currents
flooding
12
In La Nina where is high pressure located?
Africa
Australia
Asia
Americas
13
The calculation for a period or distance to a planet using the 3rd law is..
P^2+A^3
P^2-A^3
P^2=a^3
P^2/A^3
14
This is like a network of food chains that are linked together
food pyramid
tropic levels
food chain
food web
15
Who is this and what did he come up with? (picture below)
Galileo Galilei, development of the scientific method
Johannes Kepler, laws of planetary motion
Alfred Wegner, came up with the hypothesis of continental drift
Sir Isaac Newton, laws of motion
16
How do you measure relative humidity?
barometer
inches in mercury
millibars
sling psychrometer
17
Where is the ozone layer located?
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Troposphere
18
Releases carbon into the air
gas
Carbon sources
carbon cycle
Carbon sinks
19
The continuous movement of fresh water is called?
condensation
precipitation
evaporation
Hydrologic water cycle
20
Which one of Kepler's laws states: "A planet moves faster in speed when it is closer to the sun"
Kepler's 1st law
Kepler's 2nd law
Kepler's 6th law
Kepler's 3rd law
21
This biodiversity refers to the variety of genes within a species
ecosystem diversity
species diversity
biodiversity
Genetic diversity
22
What does CMBR stand for?
None of the above
Cosmic leftover heat radiation
Cosmic micro background radiation
Cosmic microwave background radiation
23
Underground and emerges from springs
surface water
water cycle
Groundwater
rainwater
24
When rock fragments collide off each other it is called....
Abrasion
organic
Frost/ice wedging
exfoliation
25
what do closely spaced lines represent?
weak pressure gradient
high winds
low wind speed
Steep pressure gradient
26
What is the weather condition associated with low pressure systems?
fair weather
calm, dry weather
Sunny, clear skies
Cloudy, rainy skies
27
More direct sunlight (less spread) leads to _____ temperatures and while less direct sunlight leads to___ temperature
Warmer,Colder
Colder,Warmer
no change in
Extremely warm,Extremely cold.
28
If temperature increases, density ______
warms
freezes
Decreases
increases
29
Convert the following: 155 mm to m
0.155m
15.5m
1.55m
0.0155m
30
What is cloud formation a result of?
relative humidity
Orographic lifting
dew point
Adiabatic temp changes
31
This wave travels at a right angle to direction of its movement and will not travel through gases and liquids
s waves
p waves
liquids and gases
surface waves
32
Jet streams are high speed _____ winds that form high above the surface
Northern
Easterly
southern
Westerly
33
What line is the prime meridian located on?
east and west
Line of latitude
Line of Longitude
0-90 degrees of the equator
34
The major agent of chemical weathering is...
water
wind
gravity
ice
35
What percentage is relative humidity when air temperature is cooled to the dew point?
50%
0%
55%
100%
36
What are terrestrial planets composed mainly of?
Rock and metals
Just metals
Hydrogen and helium
Hydrogen
37
Another word for apex predator
Quaternary consumer
decomposer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
38
When the sun and moon are in a straight line what tide is caused?
neap tides
Spring tides
high tides
Low tides
39
What percentage of the 3% of water that is fresh, is actually usable for living things?
4%
10%
15%
5%
40
Which of these are examples of biomes?
Desert
animals
Rainforest
Tundra
41
What is the biggest component of the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
trace gases
Oxygen
Argon
42
Meteors burn up because of friction In this layer?
stratosphere
thermosphere
troposphere
mesosphere
43
A disadvantage of renewable resources
there are no disadvantages
they are finite sources
It can be expensive
reduced environmental impact
44
Where are the oldest rocks found?
near mid-ocean ridges
further from mid-ocean ridges, near continental and subduction zones
all of the above
narrow depressions in the ocean floor
45
In the Orographic lifting process what side of the mountain is where air is forced to rise?
Leeward side
none of the above
saturated
Windward side
46
What refers to the average weather patterns over 30 years or more?
rainfall
weather
seasons
Climate
47
An advantage of nonrenewable energy is...
infinite
cheap
fossil fuel emission
finite
48
What are some land features that form with gravity?
landslides
mudflows
avalanches
all of the above
49
Volcanic-island arcs, trenches are formed because of....
oceanic-continental
oceanic-oceanic
continental-continental
continental-convergent
50
Form a hypothesis is the...
last step of the scientific method
3rd step of the scientific method
1st step of the scientific method
4th step of the scientific method
