Earth and Environmental Science

The study of inland waters

• Oceanography

• Limnology

• Cyrosphere

• Water science

What is the highest point of a mountain?

• Slope

• Foot

• Summit

• Peak

Component of Earth that encompasses all other spheres

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

A landform that connects two main landmasses.

• Tombolo

• Isthmus

• Canyon

• Coastline

The remaining sediments from the melted glacier is called.....

• Moraine

• Permafrost

• Tundra

• Glacial sediments

Which of the following belongs to igneous rocks?

• Basalt

• Shale

• Coal

• Quartzite

When rainwater mixes with the carbon dioxide found in air and ground, a weakly acidic is formed, called

• Sulfuric acid

• Carbonic acid

• Carbonate

• Hydrochloric acid

The movement of earth around its axis

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Ellipsis

• Orbit

Earth is closest to the sun

• Apogee

• Perigee

• Aphelion

• Perihelion

Type of heat flow that involves the transfer of heat from one molecule to another molecule

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Insulation