Mid-term Practice

What will most likely occur

• rapid change, earthquake

• rapid change, volcanic eruption

• slow change, mountain building

• slow change, sea floor spreading

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A weak spot in the crust where magma comes to the surface

• mantle

• volcano

• earthquake

• fault

How do oceans influence weather and climate?

• absorb energy from Sun, circulate warm and cold currents.

• circulate warm and cold currents, conduct Earth's heat energy.

• reflect energy from the Sun, causes circulation of warm and cold air

  currents.

• Oceans produce storm systems, control temp by transferring heat energy from Earth to the atmosphere.

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Which observation is about climate?

• The average annual precipitation for the region is 70 cm.

• It is supposed to become warmer next week.

• It has been raining every day for 5 days.

• The high temperature last Thursday is the hottest on record.

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One way desertification affects humans is

• decreases quality of drinking water.

• increases the number of lakes and ponds.

• reduces the amount of food crops that can be grown.

• expands amount of land available for grazing animals.

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Florida has no mountains because

• no weather extreme enough to carve out dramatic features.

• coastal processes quickly wear down any mountains that form.

• limestone that Florida is on is too soft to build up into mountains.

• no plate boundaries under Florida that would produce mountain-building forces.

Sam wants to study the rain forest ecosystem. He used plants, reptiles, and insects native to New Jersey, to build a terrarium. One main problem is

• It does not model the interaction of insects and plants.

• It does not model the interaction of reptiles and plants.

• It does not model the interaction of reptiles and insects.

• It does not model the exact conditions of nature in the Amazon.

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As new information is discovered, scientific theories are changed, this a necessary for good science because

• It ensures that the newest ideas are the ones used to develop medicines and important safety equipment.

• Process allows for an increasingly accurate understanding of the world.

• Old theories are dependent on older technology that was not as accurate, so new technology must be used.

• New scientists need to get credit for their ideas or no one will go into science.

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How do weathering and erosion differ?

• Weathering acts quickly. Erosion acts slowly.

• Weathering acts underground. Erosion acts above ground.

• Weathering breaks down materials. Erosion moves materials.

• Weathering is caused by wind. Erosion is caused by water.

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How does weathering, in the rock cycle, contribute to the formation of rocks?

• breaks down rock into smaller pieces that can become sedimentary rock.

• increases the temperature and creates metamorphic rock.

• causes lava to cool and harden into igneous rock.

• deposits sediment and forms sedimentary rock.

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