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Semester 2 Final
Test Description: Semester 2 Final Review
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1) How can humans help problems associated with groundwater?
A
Treating groundwater as a nonrenewable resource
B
Lower the water table by pumping out of a well
C
Throw all wastes on the ground
D
Fill sinkholes with concrete
2) In sedimentary rocks, what can they tell you about the past?
A
They do not tell us anything
B
All of the above
C
They are clues to how and where the rocks formed
D
That older rocks are on top of newer rocks
3) Density is the volume (the space it takes up) of something divided by its mass
A
False
B
True
4) Hardness is ___.
A
The measure of the resistance of a mineral to being scratched
B
The color of a mineral in its powdered form
C
The tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break along flat, even surfaces
D
Describes how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral
5) Streak is ___.
A
Describes how light is reflected from the surface of a mineral
B
The measure of the resistance of a mineral to being scratched
C
The color of a mineral in its powdered form
D
The tendency of a mineral to cleave, or break along flat, even surfaces
6) What characteristics are needed to identify rocks?
A
Color and hardness
B
Composition and texture
C
Streak and cleavage
D
Fracture and density
7) Metamorphic rocks form from completely melting rock into magma and the magma cools
A
True
B
False
8) Sedimentary rocks form by ___.
A
volcanoes erupting
B
heat and pressure alters existing rock
C
melted rock (magma) cools
D
existing rock is weathered, eroded, deposited, and finally cemented and compacted together
9) Igneous rocks form by ___.
A
volcanoes erupting
B
melted rock (magma) cools
C
existing rock is weathered, eroded, deposited, and finally cemented and compacted together
D
heat and pressure alters existing rock
10) Why do we have seasons?
A
Earths position relative to the sun continually changes as it travels along its orbit, but its tilt does not change
B
Earths position relative to the sun continually changes as it travels along its orbit, and its tilt changes along with it
C
Earth does not have seasons
D
The rotation of Earth on its axis
11) Why do oceans have a major effect of global climate?
A
All of the above
B
Oceans holds a large amount of heat which effects the circulation of water
C
Oceans increase the levels of carbon dioxide
D
Oceans cool faster compared to air
12) What is convection?
A
Two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics
B
Energy transferred from one object to another because of the difference in the objects temperature
C
The process of turning from a liquid to a gas
D
Unequal heating and cooling
13) What is the ultimate source of winds, ocean currents, the water cycle, and global climate?
A
The Moon
B
Humans
C
The tilt of Earth
D
The Sun
14) How does Earth’s atmosphere affect climate and energy absorption?
A
Orographic lifting
B
Earths seasonal rotation around the sun
C
Greenhouse effect
D
The amount of precipitation
15) Where are most of the gasses in the atmosphere?
A
Lower atmosphere (troposphere)
B
Upper atmosphere (thermosphere)
C
Middle of the atmosphere (mesosphere)
D
Middle of the atmosphere (stratosphere)
16) What is a front?
A
Ration of the airs actual water vapor content compared with the amount of water vapor air can hold at that temperature and
B
When air flows together and rises
C
The boundary between two adjoining air masses having contrasting characteristics
D
Unequal heating and cooling
17) What happens when pressure changes?
A
Wind
B
Convergence
C
Precipitation
D
Humidity
18) What is the difference between weather and climate?
A
Weather is data that is collected over many years to describe a place or region and climate does not change
B
Weather is never changing and climate is weather data that has been collected over many years to describe a place or regio
C
Weather is data that has been collected over many years to describe a place or region and climate is constantly changing
D
Weather is constantly changing and climate is weather data that has been collected over may years to describe a place or r
19) What is the closest star to Earth?
A
The Sun
B
Sirius
C
Vega
D
North Star
20) What galaxy is Earth in?
A
Milky Way
B
Spiral
C
Sombrero
D
Andromeda
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