ES105 HCC Final Review

An island arch forms above a subduction boundary

On a rocky coastline a wave-cut cliff refers to

One theory on how lighting forms states that

A tree-shaped drainage pattern is known as

The largest source of air pollution is

The number one greenhouse gas is

The main agent of weathering is

A desert is defined as having less than ___________ inches of precipitation per year.

A submarine mountain that rises 1 km above the sea floor is a(n)

In a stream channel, the fastest flowing water is

A major transporter of heat energy on and in the Earth

Desert varnish is

Stalagmites form on

Storms across the United state move

There is little fluctuation of temperatures at the Equator

The explosion of water from a geyser is caused by

Since 1950 the per person use of water has continued to increase.

Baltimore has a _______ collection system

Why does the moon experience wild temperature differences from the dark to light side?

Tides are linked to

Rocks polished and shaped by wind -blown sand

There are five separate oceans on the Earth

Fast-spreading ridges lead to

Over the southeastern United States (Florida), the air mass that forms is

The part of the aquifer below the water table

The hole in the ozone layer is increasing rapidly in size.

Development along the coastline has led to

A mix of fine clays and biogenic debris

Warming temperatures can cause sea-level to rise by

Sulfur and Nitrous oxides react to form

The layer of the seafloor below the sediments

Wind speeds in tornados are

When air is pushed over a mountain

A stream that carries more sediment than it can hold is called

If there were no oceans basins the water would be about _____ deep everywhere.

Deep ocean currents can take between _________ years to make a vertical loop

All locations on the Earth get the same number of hours of light and dark

In a wave, what is the trough?

The Earth is warmer today than it has ever been

Form at subduction zones

When a stream channel empties into a slow- moving body of water a ______ forms

What is the lowest level of the atmosphere?

Define water table

The great lakes are

The crystal structure of ice causes it to be __________ dense than water

The debris line shown in the glacier

Major climate zones are classified using the

The feature at the outside of a curve on a stream bank is a

To keep your septic working properly you should

When a stream overtops its banks, the first particles to be deposited are

Major cities cause a phenomenon know as

A bedrock outcrop which has a sandblasted shape is called a

An air mass forms when the air

The largest desert on Earth is

Faster the movement of tectonic plates at the mid-ocean ridge lowers the sea-level

The majority of Earth’s fresh water is located

Limited sand and constant wind form ________dunes.

movement at the rift valley results in

The 100th Meridian is

Snow that last form one season to the next becomes

When too much water is pumped from an aquifer

Windblown silt that covers much of the Midwest is called

Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are

Most deserts lie with ________ degrees north and south latitude.

Island arcs form above a

Climate is defined as

The ozone layer is found in the

Surf occurs when

Seasons are caused by the

How thick is the ocean crust?

Glaciers move by

The place where two or more air masses meet

Albedo is

The man who discovered the convection cells in the atmosphere is

When a stream bed overflows, the sediment deposited closest to the river is

The major component of the atmosphere is

Atmospheric pressure is measured with a

Define the Coriolis Effect

Sinkholes are most likely to form in

Surface winds blow from low pressure toward high pressure areas

Wastewater treatment plant processes clean water to

Faster streams can carry larger particles as

Groins are

A stream channel with more sediment than it can hold Is called

The last Banded Iron Formation formed about

A rapid and extensive submarine landslide

The first flush refers to

Carbon Dioxide levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are around

An artesian well forms when

The cutoff portion of a river forms

The flags on the map showing the movement of a front

The largest solar energy collector

The continental divide is the

The photo shows

The effect of waves on a shoreline over time is

Portion of the Earths water contained in the oceans

The top forty feet of a glacier contains

Ancient Romans

deposits on the outside of a glacier

Two types of glaciers are alpine and