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Earth Environmental Science NCFE Review
Test Description: Final Exam
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What type of pressure system is a hurricane associate with?
A
high
B
low
C
meduim
2) What is the major difference between weather and climate?
A
air pressure
B
time
C
air temperature
D
humidity
3) How does a cold front form?
A
Cold air advances, forcing warm air to rise
B
Warm air advances and replaces cold air
C
Warm and cold air masses have no relative advancement
D
Warm and cold air masses mix and meet
4) The breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller particles without a change in composition is called
A
chemical weathering
B
igneous intrusion
C
foliation
D
mechanical weathering
5) Identical rock types, identical fossils, and very similar mountain ranges arefound on different continents that are separated by a wide ocean. Which of these best explains these observations?
A
These continents were joined together at one time in the past.
B
Organisms traveled between these continents on land bridges.
C
Some rock types are very common and are found everywhere.
D
The same forces erode mountains in different locations
6) The folding and faulting found in the rocks of the Appalachian Mountains ofNorth Carolina were created by
A
the Coriolis effect
B
collisions of continental plates
C
wave action of prehistoric ocean
D
prehistoric atmosphere
7) Which statement describes the motion of Earth around the sun?
A
The speed of Earth is constant because the distance remains the same between Earth and the Sun
B
Speed increases the closer Earth is to the sun and decreases the farther it is from the sun.
C
Speed increases the farther Earth is from the sun and decreases the closer it is to the sun
D
The speed of Earth is constant regardless of its distance from the sun
8) How does heat from the sun get to Earth?
A
using primary waves to transfer the heat
B
by convection, using liquids and gases to transfer the heat
C
by radiation, using electromagnetic waves to transfer the heat
D
by conduction, using solids to transfer the heat
9) Why do green plants require solar energy?
A
to decompose the dead or decaying remains of animals
B
to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
C
to produce their own food
D
to absorb nitrogen into their roots
10) How could the removal of trees and other vegetation impact an environment?
A
by increasing transpiration
B
by increasing soil formation
C
by increasing erosion
D
by increasing oxygen production
11) How will the presence of power plants burning fossil fuels most likely affect the water cycle?
A
Runoff containing emissions will cause very large algal blooms in ponds.
B
Sulfur and nitrogen emissions will dissolve in rainwater to form acid rain.
C
Emissions will decrease the amount of precipitation.
D
Emissions will cause the pH of surface waters to increase.
12) Approximately 59% of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates and revolves in the same period. Which most likely causes this phenomenon?
A
the phases of the Moon
B
the gravitational pull of the Sun
C
the composition of the Moon
D
the gravitational pull of Earth
13) In order for sediments to become rock, the sediments are generally
A
liquefied.
B
returned to their origins.
C
mixed with organic material.
D
compacted
14) What is the first step of the process in the formation of sedimentary rocks?
A
cementation
B
deposition
C
compaction
D
erosion
15) Which statement describes an aspect of tectonic plate motion directly caused by density differences among tectonic plates?
A
Oceanic plates move outward from the mid-ocean ridge.
B
Continental plates are thicker and contain older material than oceanic plates
C
When oceanic and continental plates collide, the ocean plate is subducted.
D
The orientation of magnetic particles in oceanic plates changes at regular intervals.
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