Earth and Environmental Unit 1 Exam Review

Which of the following is NOT one of the main areas of Earth science?

• Meteorology
• Astronomy 
• Astrology 
• Geology 

What is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate?

• Meteorology 
• Hydrology
• Astonomy
• Astrology 

Earth’s four major spheres are the ____.

• hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
• hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere
• hydrosphere, asthenosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere
• hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere, and asthenosphere

Which letter represents the core? 

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which of Earth’s spheres includes the oceans, groundwater, lakes, and glaciers?

• biosphere
• atmosphere
• hydrosphere
• geosphere

What are the three main parts of the geosphere?

• lithosphere, mantle, core
• atmosphere, crust, core
• asthenosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere
• crust, mantle, core 

The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid outer layer of Earth called the ____.

• geosphere
• asthenesphere
• lithosphere
• lower mantle

The distance, measured in degrees, north and south of the equator is referred to as ____.

• longitude
• latitude 
• prime meridian 
• international date line

On the global grid, the prime meridian is at ____.

• 0 degrees longitude 
• 0 degrees latitude 
• 90 degrees longitude
• 90 degrees latitude 

Differences in elevation are best shown using a ____.

• Mercator projection map
• gnomonic projection map
• Robinson projection map
• topographic map