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Earth Science Mid Term Review Part 2
Test Description: Beginning of Year to Mid Year Part 2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What are the instruments that record vibrations in the ground called?
A
seismachines
B
seismograms
C
the Richter Scale
D
seismographs
2) The idea that an earthquake will occur where it hasn't for awhile is known as what?
A
the gap hypothesis
B
area forecasting
C
a gap analysis
D
the missing zone
3) What effect does wind and water have on mountains?
A
They create new mountains.
B
They build up mountains.
C
They weather and erode mountains.
D
They do not affect mountains.
4) If a volcano has a lot of silica there will be more trapped gasses. Which word will describe this type of volcano?
A
calm
B
violent
C
bubbly
D
average
5) Crater Lake in Oregon is a great example of which of these?
A
caldera
B
lava plateau
C
valley
D
shield volcano
6) What is known as an area of deep cracks at a divergent boundary?
A
magma void
B
hot spot
C
rift zone
D
subduction zone
7) What do we call comparing the age of objects or events to one another?
A
age placement
B
area adjustments
C
relative dating
D
using unconformities
8) If sediment is not depositied for a while, it is called which of these?
A
intrustions
B
sediment loss
C
nondeposition
D
erosion
9) Which of these processes establishes an object's age in years?
A
isometric dating
B
radio wave dating
C
relative dating
D
absolute dating
10) What is another term for an unstable isotope?
A
daughter isotope
B
son isotope
C
sibling isotope
D
parent isotope
11) Which best describes an organism being preserved in amber?
A
minerals come in and fill the pores of an organism, taking the organism's shape
B
sap from a tree traps and surrounds an organism, it hardents and the organism is preserved inside
C
organisms get trapped between rock and are preserved
D
large blocks of ice preserve large organisms and bones
12) If Earth's history were one year long, when did humans arrive?
A
December 1
B
November 30
C
December 31
D
November 1
13) Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?
A
wind
B
uranium
C
natural gas
D
oil
14) What is the first step in coal formation?
A
soft coal forms
B
organic matter is placed under heat and pressure
C
swamp plants decay and form peat
D
hard coal forms
15) Reducing waste and reusing natural resources is called what?
A
preservation
B
reservation
C
observation
D
conservation
16) Electricity produced by moving water is called what?
A
hydroelectricity
B
nuclear energy
C
geothermal energy
D
biomass energy
17) What percentage of Earth is covered with water?
A
70%
B
50%
C
90%
D
10%
18) About how much of Earth's fresh water is frozen and not available for use?
A
two thirds
B
all
C
one quarter
D
one half
19) What do we call a lake created behind a dam to store water?
A
reservoir
B
modified lake
C
kettle lake
D
drainage basin
20) Which layer of the ocean is warmest and least dense?
A
surface layer
B
deep water
C
thermocline
D
mesocline
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