Earth Science Final Exam Review: Units 1-3

Question 1

The study of all interacting biotic and abiotic factors on Earth is a part of the ___.

Accepted Answer

biosphere

Question 2

Using the provided map, what is the approximate longitude of Timbuktu?

Accepted Answer

3 degrees W

Question 3

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 4

What are the two major sources of energy that power the Earth?

Accepted Answer

sun and earth's core

Question 5

What happens most often at divergent boundaries?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridges

Question 6

What is the elevation of the tree on Contour Island?

Accepted Answer

25 units

Question 7

What are the three main plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

transform, convergent, divergent

Question 8

Which of the following is a part of a VALID process for supporting a scientific hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

conducting an experiment

Question 9

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?

Accepted Answer

organic

Question 10

Which soil texture has the smallest particle size?

Accepted Answer

clay

Question 11

Differences in elevation are best shown using a ____.

Accepted Answer

Topographic Map

Question 12

When water seeps into the cracks of rocks, freezes, and expands is called ___.

Accepted Answer

frost wedging

Question 13

Which is not an agent of chemical weathering?

Accepted Answer

wind

Question 14

What is the optimum climate for soil production and efficiency?

Accepted Answer

hot and wet

Question 15

This rock is formed quickly on the surface of the Earth.

Accepted Answer

extrusive igneous

Question 16

Which of the following consists of the four main agents of erosion?

Accepted Answer

water, wind, ice, gravity

Question 17

The exact spot on the surface where an earthquake is the most intense is know as the ___.

Accepted Answer

epicenter

Question 18

Over what geologic feature was Hawaii formed?

Accepted Answer

hot spot

Question 19

Which seismic wave is not able to travel through liquid material within Earth?

Accepted Answer

s-waves

Question 20

This rock is composed of other types of rocks that is subjected to high pressure and heat.

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 21

On the map of Contour Island, what is the contour interval?

Accepted Answer

25 units

Question 22

The interaction of all of Earth's spheres is called a ___.

Accepted Answer

system

Question 23

How does energy from earthquakes travel?

Accepted Answer

as seismic waves

Question 24

Which type of volcano produces the most violent eruption and pyroclastic material?

Accepted Answer

composite

Question 25

Which of the following does not make up soil?

Accepted Answer

earthworms

Question 26

What is formed at a divergent oceanic-oceanic boundary?

Accepted Answer

new ocean crust

Question 27

100 centimeters is equal to how many meters?

Accepted Answer

1.0 meters

Question 28

What is responsible for continental drift?

Accepted Answer

convection currents

Question 29

In an experiment, the variable that is measured is called the ___.

Accepted Answer

dependent

Question 30

Which of the following is a result of physical/mechanical weathering?

Accepted Answer

sand dunes

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