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Earth Science Final Review
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1
Light from distant galaxies most likely shows a
red shift, indicating that the universe is expanding
blue shift, indicating that the universe is contracting
red shift, indicating that the universe is contracting
blue shift, indicating that the universe is expanding
2
The chunks of bedrock removed by glacial quarrying and transported by the glaciers would make
V-shaped valleys
terminal outwash plains
parallel scratches in the surface bedrock
kettle lake depressions
3
The depositional feature in the Gulf of Mexico is best identified as
outwash plain
sandbar
delta
barrier island
4
A volcanic ash layer between sedimentary rock layers is used by geologists to
correlate widely separated rock formations
locate an earthquake epicenter
determine Earth's absolute age
predict global warming
5
When it is solar noon 75 W longitude, what is the solar time at 120 W longitude?
9 a.m.
3 p.m.
12 noon
12 midnight
6
How old is a bone that has 12.5% of the original amount of radioactive carbon-14 remaining?
22,800 years
5.700 years
17,100 years
11,400 years
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In which region of the electromag. spectrum is most of Earth's outgoing terrestrial radiation?
x rays
infrared
ultraviolet
visible
8
The Foucault pendulum and the Coriolis effect both provide evidence of Earth's
elliptical orbit
rotation
revolution
tilted axis
9
If the air temperature is 20°C and the relative humidity is 58%, what is the dewpoint?
5°C
12°C
15°C
38°C
10
characteristic of the planets in solar system increases as the distance from Sun increases ?
eccentricity of orbit
period of revolution
equatorial diametere
period of rotation
11
Most scientists infer that increasing levels of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere are contributing to
increased absorption of UV rays
depletion of ozone
increased global temperatures
decreased thickness of the troposphere
12
Which weather instrument is most useful in measuring relative humidity?
psychrometer
barometer
anemometer
wind vane
13
Which organisms survived mass extinctions that ended the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Eras
ammonoids
graptolites
gastropods
eurypterids
14
Which ocean current directly warms Western Europe?
Canary Current
South Equatorial Current
Labrador Current
North Atlantic Current
15
Which gas is inferred to have been absent from Earth's atmosphere during the Early Archean Era?
nitrogen
carbon dioxide
oxygen
water vapor
16
According to astronomers, the age of the universe is estimated to be
13.8 billion years
4.6 billion
1.3 billion years
7.9 billion years