9 Weeks Exam Review 3/2024

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What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind
• ocean currents
• convection in the mantle
• expansion of the Earth

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What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?

• transform
• subduction
• convergent
• divergent

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What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?

• divergent
• transform
• lateral
• convergent

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Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.

• transform
• divergent
• convergent
• subduction

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Earthquakes can happen along

• All boundaries

• Divergent and transform boundaries

• Convergent and divergent boundaries

• Transform and Convergent boundaries

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This image represents this type of boundary

• Divergent
• Transform
• Convergent
• Subduction

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Name the boundary

• convergent
• transform
• divergent
• subduction

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Scientists can predict exactly when a volcanic eruption will occur. 

• True
• False

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Why is it beneficial to be able to predict when and where natural hazards will occur? 

• Communities can be notified to evacuate 
• So that we can stop them from happening again 
• So that scientists know where to go in order to study them 
• So that we can harness their power for renewable energy

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What causes damage in a hurricane?

• Winds
• Flooding
• Storm Surge
• All of the above

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A forecast is

• an estimate about what happened in the past

• a prediction of past events

• a claim about probability of an event occuring

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According to the data in the image, the city least likely to experience a snow hazard in the future is

• Escanaba, more snowfall

• Traverse City, more snowfall

• Escanaba, less snowfall

• Traverse City, less snowfall

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This is a convergent boundary, what can occur at these locations? Choose all that apply.

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Trenches

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City 1 is far from the plate boundaries while cities 2 and 3 are near the plate boundaries. Which places will experience frequent earthquakes?

• City 1

• City 2

• City 3

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What technologies currently exist to mitigate the effect of hurricanes?

• There is currently no technology 
• Build buildings in circles with surrounding walls 
• Build buildings out of renewable resources 
• Elevate buildings and cities; build flood walls 

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What is the difference between a natural hazard and a natural disaster? 

• They are exactly the same 
• A hazard is what could happen, a disaster is after it has an impact on humans
• I disaster is what could happen, a hazard is after it has an impact on humans 
• Hurricanes and tsunamis are natural disasters, but earthquakes and volcanoes are hazards

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Strange animal behavior, such as toads fleeing an area, could be an indicator that ____________ is about to occur. 

• a volcanic eruption 
• a tsunami
• a hurricane
• an earthquake

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A seismograph can be used to measure and study what? 

• Volcanic eruptions
• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• All of the above

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Flooding, property damage, fatalities, and fires are all effects of what natural hazard? 

• Tsunamis and Earthquakes
• Volcanoes and Tornados
• Hurricanes and Earthquakes
• Tsunamis and Hurricanes

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One region of the world that is very exposed to volcanoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes is...

• the Ring of Fire.
• the North and South Pole.
• the United States.
• Eastern Europe.

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Of the four natural hazards we've studied, which is the hardest to predict?

• Tsunamis
• Volcanoes
• Tropical Cyclones
• Earthquakes

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All of the following are nonrenewable resources EXCEPT

• Coal
• animals
• petroleum (oil)
• natural gas

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Which of the following means of transportation uses a renewable resource for its energy source?

• solar powered car
• coal powered steam train
• natural gas car
• gasoline truck

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A farmer decides that he is going to produce his own energy on the farm by using a type of renewable energy. The renewable energy could come from--

• setting up wind turbines
• having a coal furnace
• using natural gas
• burning oil

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Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources?

• recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum
• limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving
• using rechargeable batteries
• all of the above are good conservation practices

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If the factory in this diagram was NOT practicing good environmental conservation, what effect would be produced?

• air and water pollution
• good fishing for recreation
• plentiful animals in the river
• purified drinking water

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Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

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What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

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The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• To save money
• To recycle dish soap
• To reduce sewage
• To conserve water

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Claim: the consumption of natural resources by humans has a negative impact on the environment. What data would provide evidence for this claim?

• Increased human lifespan and increased ice cap size

• Increased human population and decreased habitats for plants and animals

• Increased consumption of resources by humans and increased biodiversity (variety) in nature

• Increased of fossil fuel burning by humans and decreased use of other resources

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Some factories that burn coal produce smoke with harmful chemicals, such as sulfur. Scrubbers are devices that are attached to the smokestacks to reduce the amount of sulfur put into the atmosphere. To evaluate the effectiveness of these devices, what data would need to be collected?

• The average amount of sulfur in a certain amount of coal

• The amount of coal a factory burns each year and how much sulfur it emits (produces)

• The increase in the use of scrubbers by factories that burn coal

• The amount of sulfur emitted (produced) by a smokestack before and after the scrubber is attached

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Ths graph presents data from a city showing the amount of land used to bury solid waste each year. From 1990 to 1999, the amount of space needed to bury waste increased by 1 to 2 square kilometers per year. In the year 2000, the city started a recycling program to slow the increase of land needed for this burying this solid waste. The city claims that since this recycling program started, the amount of land needed for burying solid waste has decreased.

Which evidence would support this claim?

• Data showing that by the year 2010, more than 40% of the citizens were participating in the recycling program

• Data showing that the land used for burying solid waste in 2010 was less than 22 square kilometers

• Data showing that by the year 2010, there was five times more solid waste being buried than being recycled

• Data showing that the land used to build a recycling facility is greater than the amount of land used to bury solid waste

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Claim: Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions can be reduced by increasing the amount of electricity produced by wind.

Which pair of graphs, showing data for CO₂ emissions and wind production of electricity would support this claim?

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The people or animals living in a particular area.

• population

• species

• community

• consumer

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What type of data would be required to show that the

amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy can be reduced by using

renewable resources?

• the amount of emissions from the burning of fossil fuels

• the amount of scrubbers on a smoke stack

• the amount of emissions from renewable sources

• the amount of renewable resources in a landfill

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The _____________ the human population, the ______________ the amount of resources being used.

• greater, greater

• greater, least

• least, greater

• least, least

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The pie chart shows the distribution of the world’s available water.



Based on the pie chart, which is the largest reservoir of freshwater?

• glaciers

• freshwater lakes

• soil water

• underground water

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Which statement about the effects of natural events and human activities is true?

• The environment is not usually affected by natural events.

• All human activities change the environment in a negative way.

• Natural events always have a positive impact on the environment.

• Human activities and natural events can damage the environment.

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Pollution can enter the hydrosphere in many different ways. Which statement describes a type of point-source pollution?

• Oil being transported on a ship spills into the ocean.

• Grease from cars washes into a stream along the roadway.

• Litter along beaches gets pulled into the ocean by the tide.

• Rainwater carries chemical fertilizer from land into a stream.

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Which effect of mining for resources most directly impacts the biosphere?

• releasing dust into the air

• increasing erosion of soil

• adding sediment to waterways

• degrading habitats for animals

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Which government organization helps regulate superfund sites?

• The Water Department

• The Sanitation Department

• The Environmental Protection Agency

• The Department of Health and Welfare

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The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

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Which human activity contributes the MOST carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?

• Fishing
• Breathing
• Burning Fossil Fuels
• Farming

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Endangered peregrine falcons have been bred in captivity and released in area where they prey on pigeons and rodents. These activities are examples of

• overhunting and direct harvesting

• recycling and technological development

• conservation of resources and habitat destruction

• species preservation and biological control

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Natural resources are distributed ____across the Earth.

• safely
• easily
• unequally
• underground

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The____ is all the water on Earth.

• biosphere
• geosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere

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Sunlight

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

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As the human population increases, so does the consumption of natural resources. What are some ways this impacts natural ecosystems and environments?

• negative impact

• positive impact

• habitat loss

• environmental pollution

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The air we breathe is part of the _____.

• biosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere
• geosphere

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Most water pollution is the result of -

• human activities.

• drought.

• storms.

• volcanic eruptions.

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An organism that cannot adapt to changes in the environment will most likely -

• produce more offspring.

• change its traits to survive.

• die.

• store more food.

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Which statement best explains how deforestation affects organisms?

• It increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, enhancing global warming
• It reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, enhancing global warming
• It reduces the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, enhancing ozone layer destruction
• It increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, enhancing ozone layer destruction

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Which statements describe global warming? 

• Global warming can be decreased through deforestation.
• Global warming results from the buildup of nutrients in runoff
• Global warming is likely increased by humans
• Global warming is enhanced by nonnative species

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Which of the following are effects of environmental change on an entire species?

• individual deaths and impacts on growth and development
• impacts on growth and development and losses of habitats
• species competition and individual deaths
• extinction and change in species competitio

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The image illustrates a human-induced environmental change.

• pollution
• wildlife hazard
• eutrophication
• non-sustainable harvesting

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Which situation is an example of a human-induced environmental change affecting a population?

• Blue jays no longer live in a forest because the trees in the forest were cut down.
• A volcanic eruption killed grasses that were growing within a few miles of the volcano.
• Floods from a storm forced many white-tailed deer to move to a new habitat.
• A fisher caught a few different species of fish that live in an ocean habitat.

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Weathering is the physical or chemical breakdown of

• water
• humus
• rocks
• minerals

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The most destructive type of wave is a

• P-wave

• S-wave

• Surface wave

• transverse wave

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Many earthquakes happen along the borders of...

• Countries
• Tectonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• None of the above.

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Earthquakes happen every day. Most are too small for humans to notice.

• True
• False