Unit 1 Test Review

Mostly solid, rocky part of Earth

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

Weather occurs in which layer of the atmosphere?

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

What happens when 2 oceanic plates diverge?

• The more dense plate gets pulled underneath of the less dense plate, forming a subduction zone

• The two plates crunch and fold against each other, forming mountains

• The two plates separate, forming a rift valley with an oceanic ridge

• The two plates strike and slip against each other, causing earthquakes

During the Hadean Eon, the Earth was very cold and full of ice.

• True

• False

What happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

• The more dense plate gets pulled underneath of the less dense plate, forming a subduction zone

• The two plates crunch and fold against each other, forming mountains

• The two plates separate, forming a rift valley with an oceanic ridge

• The two plates strike and slip against each other, causing earthquakes

Record of Earth's history from its origin to the present

• Stratosphere

• Geological Time Scale

• Natural Resource

• Biodiversity

When traveling up in elevation through the thermosphere, temperatures get hotter

• True

• False

The variety of organisms in a given ecosystem

• Sustainability

• Environmental Science

• Natural Resource

• Biodiversity

Which of the following plate boundaries is shown in this picture?

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Seismic Boundary

• Transform Boundary

Which of the following is the THIRD eon of Precambrian Time?

• Paleozoic

• Hadean

• Proterozoic

• Mesozoic