Earth Science Mid-term Review

Runoff containing pesticides and fertilizer from neighborhood lawns is called ___.

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

Which soil texture has the smallest particle size?

Which of the following refers to the area of land where all of the water drains?

What is the point between two celestial objects that they each orbit around?

How does energy from earthquakes travel?

Large materials, such as gravel, that are carried along the bottom of a stream are called ___.

Which model states that the sun is in the center?

What are rock and soil deposited by streams called?

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

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

What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

What powers the water cycle?

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

At what point is the Earth farthest from the Sun?

What is responsible for continental drift?

Which is not an agent of chemical weathering?

On what day is the Earth at Perihelion?

Which of the following does not make up soil?

What is the change in orientation of our poles, shifting the seasons?

What percent of Earth's water is freshwater?

How does the Sun's energy reach Earth?

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

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

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

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

The age of the Earth is 

What are the three main plate boundaries?

The length of the day is based on ___.

Over what geologic feature was Hawaii formed?

What happens most often at divergent boundaries?

A stream that is difficult to see-through is said to have high ____.

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

What is the optimum climate for soil production and efficiency?

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

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

What is formed at a divergent oceanic-oceanic boundary?

What is the elevation of the tree on Contour Island?

What does transpiration mean?

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

At what point in earth's revolution is it moving the fastest?

Differences in elevation are best shown using a ____.

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

100 centimeters is equal to how many meters?

Which part of the hydrologic cycle is working against gravity?

The water table is found at the boundary between ___.

What is most responsible for the seasons on Earth?

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

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

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