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What type of pressure system is a hurricane associate with?
a) high
b) meduim
c) low
d)
What is the major difference between weather and climate?
a) air pressure
b) air temperature
c) humidity
d) time
How does a cold front form?
a) Warm air advances and replaces cold air
b) Cold air advances, forcing warm air to rise
c) Warm and cold air masses mix and meet
d) Warm and cold air masses have no relative advancement
The breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller particles without a change in composition is called
a) igneous intrusion
b) chemical weathering
c) mechanical weathering
d) foliation
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) Organisms traveled between these continents on land bridges.
b) The same forces erode mountains in different locations
c) These continents were joined together at one time in the past.
d) Some rock types are very common and are found everywhere.
The folding and faulting found in the rocks of the Appalachian Mountains ofNorth Carolina were created by
a) collisions of continental plates
b) wave action of prehistoric ocean
c) the Coriolis effect
d) prehistoric atmosphere
Which statement describes the motion of Earth around the sun?
a) The speed of Earth is constant regardless of its distance from the sun
b) The speed of Earth is constant because the distance remains the same between Earth and the Sun
c) Speed increases the farther Earth is from the sun and decreases the closer it is to the sun
d) Speed increases the closer Earth is to the sun and decreases the farther it is from the sun.
How does heat from the sun get to Earth?
a) by radiation, using electromagnetic waves to transfer the heat
b) by convection, using liquids and gases to transfer the heat
c) by conduction, using solids to transfer the heat
d) using primary waves to transfer the heat
Why do green plants require solar energy?
a) to produce their own food
b) to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
c) to decompose the dead or decaying remains of animals
d) to absorb nitrogen into their roots
How could the removal of trees and other vegetation impact an environment?
a) by increasing oxygen production
b) by increasing soil formation
c) by increasing transpiration
d) by increasing erosion
How will the presence of power plants burning fossil fuels most likely affect the water cycle?
a) Sulfur and nitrogen emissions will dissolve in rainwater to form acid rain.
b) Runoff containing emissions will cause very large algal blooms in ponds.
c) Emissions will cause the pH of surface waters to increase.
d) Emissions will decrease the amount of precipitation.
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 gravitational pull of the Sun
b) the gravitational pull of Earth
c) the composition of the Moon
d) the phases of the Moon
In order for sediments to become rock, the sediments are generally
a) mixed with organic material.
b) returned to their origins.
c) compacted
d) liquefied.
What is the first step of the process in the formation of sedimentary rocks?
a) erosion
b) deposition
c) compaction
d) cementation
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) When oceanic and continental plates collide, the ocean plate is subducted.
c) Continental plates are thicker and contain older material than oceanic plates
d) The orientation of magnetic particles in oceanic plates changes at regular intervals.
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