Earth Science?

[Hinata H]

1. Ultraviolet light could be used to search for: muscovite magnetite
willemite cinnabar

2. Most rock-forming metals come from which family? pyroxenes amphiboles
silicates calcites

Part 1-2

Matching: Match the description with the correct mineral name from the choices provided. (Each question is worth 1 point)
3. Minerals of this family tend to form long, needlelike crystals. hematite Kaolinite/Kaolin
garnets olivine
pyroxenes amphiboles
calcite feldspar
magnetite mica

Part 2-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
4. Which is likely to have formed farthest from the shoreline? pebble conglomerate quartz sandstone
silty shale shell limestone

5. What is the rock cycle? the designated path all rock undergoes a tracking system designed to locate individual rocks
a hypothesis about the origin of rocks a classification system of rocks of the Earth's crust based upon their origin

6. _____ are the raw materials used in pottery, brick, tile and china. Silts Marbles
Slates Shales

7. This type of sedimentary rock is permeable: organic sandstone
shale chemical

8. _____ is sometimes known as "volcanic glass." Granite Limestone
Obsidian Marble

9. This type of sedimentary rock is formed from larger, settled particles such as pebbles and gravel: conglomerate rock shale
sandstone chemical

Part 3-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
10. Which energy source is renewed by falling rain? water power wind power
geothermal energy solar energy

11. An energy source that would be difficult to use in an area of nearly constant cloud cover is: water power wind power
geothermal power solar power

12. _____ and _____ are the two most abundant gases in the air we breathe. Oxygen and carbon dioxide Oxygen and nitrogen
Nitrogen and Carbon dioxide none of these choices are correct

13. This problem occurs in desert areas when the evaporated rain water leaves behind a layer of minerals, making crop growth nearly impossible. desertification soil depletion
salinization none of these answers is correct

Part 4-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
14. The _____ divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres. prime meridian equator
latitude longitude

15. The preparation of day-to-day weather maps is one use of _____ generated satellite images. radar equator
computer elevation

16. How many degrees of latitude separate the North and South poles? 45 degrees 90 degrees
180 degrees 360 degrees

17. One who makes maps: cartographer topographer
mapographer surveyor

18. ______ is the distance north and south of the equator; it is noted by ______. Latitude, meridians Latitude, parallels
Longitude, meridians Longitude, parallels

Part 5-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
19. ______ occurs when water enters the cracks of rock and expands upon freezing. Erosion Weathering
Exfoliation Ice Wedging

20. Chemical weathering is likely to occur most rapidly in a climate that is: warm and wet warm and dry
cool and wet cool and dry

21. Which is an example of erosion? Calcite dissolves in carbonic acid Ice wedging forms a pothole in a road
A river carries silt to the ocean A car rusts in a junkyard

22. What property of water makes ice wedging possible? Water expands as it freezes Water freezes at 0°C
Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen Water molecules have covalent bonds

Part 5-2

Vocabulary: Fill in each blank with the word from the word bank that best completes each statement. (Each question is worth 1 point)
23. A mature soil shows three distinct soil horizons known as _____. chemical carbonic
weathering profile
talus

Part 6-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
24. Which two factors about the particles in a rock have the greatest effect on the porosity of the rock? composition and temperature temperature and shape
shape and sorting sorting and composition

25. Which will decrease in an ordinary well during a dry season? distance from the ground surface to the bottom of the well distance from the impermeable layer to the bottom of the well
distance from the bottom of the well to the water level in the well distance from the ground surface to the water level in the well

26. The _____ is the movement of water from one part of the hydrosphere to another and back again. surplus water cycle
water budget permeability

27. The temperature of groundwater is usually the same as the: coldest winter air temperature warmest summer air temperature
yearly temperature at a depth of 20 meters yearly temperature at a depth of 40 meters

Part 6-2

Vocabulary: Use the clues below to identify each term found in the word bank and select it from the choices provided. (Each question is worth 1 point)
28. These are hot springs that erupt periodically with hot water and steam: recharge impermeable
geysers usage
evapotranspiration porosity
deficit hydrosphere
water table aquifer

29. This is the surface of the zone of saturation: recharge impermeable
geysers usage
evapotranspiration porosity
deficit hydrosphere
water table aquifer

30. This term refers to the combined process of evaporation and transpiration: recharge impermeable
geysers usage
evapotranspiration porosity
deficit hydrosphere
water table aquifer

Part 7-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
31. Streams of mountain regions and high plateaus are NOT likely to have: V-shaped valleys rapid water flow
rapids and waterfalls oxbow lakes

Part 8-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
32. Which factor has the same effect on temperature as elevation? snowfall vegetation
rock type latitude

33. Rock deposited by water melted from a glacier. drift outwash
esker till rock

34. _____have a _____ shape, while _____ have a _____ shape. River valleys, U, Glacier Valleys, V River valleys, V, Glacier Valleys, U
Glaciers, circular, Rivers, V Rivers, circular, Glaciers, V

35. During an ice age: sea level is higher because of the ice floating in the ocean sea level is lower because so much of the ocean is frozen
sea level is the same because the floating ice compensates for the amount of water frozen none of these are true

36. Rock deposited by a glacier. drift outwash
esker till rock

37. The eastern boundary of the Ice Age in North America was: Kentucky Massachusetts
Virginia none of these

Part 9-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
38. Which is LEAST likely to be forming in North America today? desert pavement sand dunes
loess deposits ventifacts

39. A pebble and boulder surface formed when sand and clay are blown away by wind: ventifact sea cliff
desert pavement atoll

40. Difference between the crest and trough: period wave height
wave length refraction

Part 10-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
41. Terranes are the primary continental growth method in _____. Eastern North America Northern North America
Western North America Southern North America

42. The phenomenon of thin pieces of rock being pushed over great distances is known as _____. sliding Pangea
thin-skinned thrusting none of these

43. What is Pangea? the one large continent that eventually formed Earth's present continents the largest of the continental plates
the original name of the Americas the original name for Eurasia

Part 11-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
44. Which volcano is no longer active? Mount St. Helens Edfell
Crater Lake Kilauea

45. Remains of an extinct volcano: volcanic neck laccolith
batholith hot spot

Part 12-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
46. _____ are also known as "P waves." Compressional waves Shear waves
Transverse waves Surface waves

47. One seismograph station, by itself, can determine the: direction to the epicenter location of the epicenter
distance to the epicenter location of the plate boundary

Part 13-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
48. Which is synonymous with plate boundaries? active continental margin passive continental margin
both of these neither of these

49. The Ural Mountains formed as a result of the collision of Europe with Asia. The Urals are therefore most likely to be: dome mountains fault-block mountains
folded mountains volcanic mountains

50. Raised beaches are associated with: uplifting strike-slip faults
mid-ocean ridges plutonic dome mountains

Part 13-3

Interpreting and Matching: Match the descriptions of crustal activities with the events that accompany such activities. (Each question is worth 1 point)
51. When rock layers are folded: rocks move horizontally past one another antisynclines and synclines are formed
terranes are attached to the edge of a continent a dome mountain is formed
rocks on one side move down with respect to rocks on the other side fault-block mountains are formed

Part 14-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
52. _____ are microscopic plants found in the mixed layer. Zooplankton Phytoplankton
Diatoms none of these

53. Which metal is found in ocean water? gold copper
uranium all of these

54. Two factors used to identify a water mass are: salinity and kind of phytoplankton kind of phytoplankton and oxygen concentration
oxygen concentration and water temperature water temperature and salinity

55. How many major oceans are recognized today? 1 3
5 7

Part 15-1

Multiple Choice: Select the best answer to complete the statement or answer the question. (Each question is worth 1 point)
56. A _____ is marked by its thick sediment accumulation. continental shelf continental slope
continental rise none of these is correct

57. An underwater volcano: guyout atoll
seamount none of these

58. Abyssal hills are found on the seafloor between: mid-ocean ridges and continental rises continental rises and deep-sea trenches
deep-sea trenches and abyssal plains abyssal plains and mid-ocean ridges

59. Satellites can obtain information about the seafloor because: the satellite can "see" through sea water seafloor sediments radiate infrared light
the color of the surface water varies with seafloor depth the sea surface level varies with seafloor depth

60. Sinking volcanic islands and developing coral reefs are related to the formation of: atolls oozes
abyssal hills deep-sea trenches