Earth Science Semester 2 Review part 2

Latent heat is released by which process?

The coriolis effect would cause an object traveling south from the north pole to move how?

Is geothermal energy renewable?

The instrument that measures air pressure is what?

Auroras occur is which layer of the atmosphere?

types of plate boundaries include what?

Which waves from an earthquake arrive first to the seismograph?

The shadow zone is

When CO2 and water vapor form a layer in the atmosphere what happens?

A small body of salt water surrounded by land

What is another name for the water cycle?

Phytoplankton is found where?

The age of the mammals is which one?

One advantage of sustainable agriculture is

Fronts with rain for several days, cover a large area, have a gradual boundary, may be violent.

The outer section of a continent under water is called what?

Movement of matter due to density differences is known as what?

The cause of a Tsunami is...

The place in the ocean where temperature drops rapidly with depth

What causes deep ocean currents?

The climate zone from 0 degrees latitude to around 30 degrees is called what?

2 consecutive wave crests pass a point in what?

The deepest parts of the ocean and the earth are what?

static electricity from water drops and ice and latent heat of condensation in clouds causes

Weather map symbols of H and L indicate what?

What type of magma is light, explosive and high in silica?

An underwater earthquake can cause what?

A sonar wave is used to measure what?

Hurricanes have winds over ____km/hour

Deeper rock layers are ____than more superficial ones.

Anti cyclones are areas of ____ pressure air, clockwise circulation and ___weather.

Tsunamis are caused by large tidal changes

One of the deepest places on earth is ?

A vent in the ground through which melted rock erupts is

The average salinity of the ocean water is what?

Cold fronts usually have what characteristics?

Kinetic energy of moving air is the force for what?

Fossils are most oftern found in what type of rock?

A line with only half circles on it represents a _____ front