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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAll of the land that drains into a particular body of water is called a(n):watershedbedrockislandaquifer
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe layer of the atmosphere that contains all of the water vapor and weather istropospherethermospheremesospherestratosphere
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich gas makes up the largest component of Earth's atmosphere?oxygennitrogenargoncarbon dioxide
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThis is the side of the mountain that is often drier and warmer.Leeward SideWet Lapse RateWindward SideWild Side
- 5. Multiple ChoiceConvection in the atmosphere is caused by the rotation of the Earth on its axisTrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAt the Equator, air is hit by more solar energy. As it warms and rises, a _____ is formed, which nearby air flows toward.Low pressure zoneHigh pressure zone
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIf the Earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be noGreenhouse effectCoriolis effectGlobal warmingConvection
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is salinity?how warm the water ishow cold the water ishow deep the water ishow salty the water is
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is "upwelling"?when wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depthswater rises from springs at the bottom of lakesit is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian SeaIt is when the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle
- 10. Multiple ChoiceDuring __________ upwelling occurs off the coast of Peru.Normal ConditionsEl Nino
- 11. Multiple ChoiceOne consequence of El Nino is _______ and increased rainfall in South America..floodingstronger Tradewindsstrong winter stormsdrought
- 12. Multiple Choice
In a transform plate boundary, the ...
plates are the same age
convergent plate is older, oceanic plate is younger
convergent plate is younger, divergent plate is older
closer the plates are the younger they are
- 13. Multiple Choice
The surface of the earth, otherwise known as the ______, is broken into seven major pieces and sits atop a liquid layer called the _______
lithosphere, asthenosphere
astenosphere, mantle
crust, litosphere
asthenosphere, lithosphere
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?ConvergentDivergentSubductive ZoneTransform
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThis rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?SedimentaryIgneousMetamorphic
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe layer of soil which the topsoil is found.Horizon AHorizon BHorizon CHorizon D or R
- 17. Multiple Choice
As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?
The would all increase
The would all decrease.
They would stay the same.
Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceMost of Earth's freshwater is ___________under groundas a liquid on the surfacefrozenin Olympic swimming pools
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMost of the freshwater around the world is used for the following purpose.industryresidentialagriculturerecreation
- 20. Multiple ChoiceSea surface temperature changes great than .5oC for greater than 5 months across the centeral ropical Pacific OCean are known asthe arctic effectthe get streama typhoonEl Nino-Southern Oscillation
- 21. Multiple ChoiceEarth’s climate system is powered mainly by energy from:TiltThe sunLatitudeThe rain shadow
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich list is in the correct order of atmospheric layers starting from Earth's surface?troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphereThermosphere, stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, exosphereExosphere, troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermospheremesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, troposphere
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following contributes to the unequal warming of earth?
I. variation in the angle of sunlight that reaches Earth
II. variation in the amount of surface area over which the Sun's rays are distributed
III. variation in the amount of sunlight reflected from cloudsI onlyI and II onlyII and III onlyIII only - 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following has the highest albedo?soilsnowwaterpavement
- 25. Multiple ChoiceTemperature changes in adiabatic heating occurs due towater vapor condensinga pressure increaseabsorption of sunlighta pressure decrease
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following does NOT contribute to atmospheric convection currents?Hadley cellswesterliesgyrespolar cells
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe maximum amount of water vapor air can hold at a given temperature is called thesaturation pointlatent heat capacityabsolute humiditydew point
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThe Coriolis effect is responsible forthe convergence of two ascending Hadley cellsthe location of atmospheric currents caused by the unequal heating of Earththe cooling effect of air as it rises and expandsthe deflection of atmospheric currents
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the correct order of the convection cells starting from the equator?polar, ferrell, hadleyferrell, hadley, polarpolar, hadley, ferrellhadley, ferrell, polar
- 30. Multiple ChoiceHigh productivity and nutrient availability in the ocean occurs in the areas withgyresupwellingwarm watersprevailing wersterlies
- 31. Multiple ChoiceLarge bodies of water affect climate becausewater heats up and cools more slowly than landwater heats up and cools faster than landwater and land cool at the same timewater and land heat at the same rate
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThe sun's rays are least directnear the polesnear the equatorat high altitudesfar from the ocean
- 33. Multiple ChoiceClimates are classified according to two major factors:elevation and precipitationlatitude and temperatureelevation and latitudeprecipitation and temperature
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the term "anthropogenic" mean?something that is NOT caused by human activitya naturally occurring causeoriginating from human activitysomething that everyone should care about
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the largest carbon sink in the world?The AmazonThe OceansThe DesertsThe Forests
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThe land on the ______ side of the mountain range is in the rain shadow.ColdwestwardCloud coveredleeward
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