Earth Science Midterm Review - 2022-2023

Which of the following does weather occur in?

Which of the following is an impervious surface?

Which of the following cloud types would you see during a warm front?

Which of the following describes water changing from a gas a to a liquid?

Where do you find the most caves, arches, and stacks (in the U.S.)? why?

At the Earth’s poles, there exists a region of:

Which of these are the most powerful greenhouse gasses? (2 answers)

Which of the following describes abrasion by gravity (mechanical weathering)

As you move up in the atmosphere, the pressure decreases because:

The presence of cumulonimbus clouds suggest:

In higher pressure air masses you will find which of the following:

Where would you find the most sand dunes?

Where would you find the ozone layer?

Which of these is true about the atmosphere ?

Runoff occurs when . . .

Which of these is the problem the Chesapeake Bay faces with sediment in the bay?

Which of these describes conduction?

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

Wind will always:

Which of the following describes the conditions needed to form a cloud?

Which of the following would have the most wind erosion?

During a cold front, which of the following would you expect to see?

In the northern hemisphere, objects that are suspended in the air will

Which of the following would help reduce runoff?

This landscape has been shaped primarily by:

If you are located at the star, what would your weather be like for the next 24 hours?

Surface currents in the ocean are most affected by which of the following?

The diagram shows the Eastern cold front moving:

Which type of rock below would undergo dissolution (chemical weathering)?

Which of these objects is from the biosphere?

Which of these describes a valley formed by the retreat of a glacier?

Which of these describes the smallest, fastest streams in a watershed?

Which of the following would you experience prolonged rains for hours, warming temps after?