APES Unit 1 Quizizz

All of the land that drains into a particular body of water is called a(n):

• watershed
• bedrock
• island
• aquifer

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This is the side of the mountain that is often drier and warmer.

• Leeward Side
• Wet Lapse Rate
• Windward Side
• Wild Side

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What is "upwelling"?

• when wind near a shore pushes surface water away, nutrient rich cold water rises from the depths
• water rises from springs at the bottom of lakes
• it is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian Sea
• It is when the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle

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During __________ upwelling occurs off the coast of Peru.

• Normal Conditions
• El Nino

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One consequence of El Nino is _______ and increased rainfall in South America..

• flooding
• stronger Tradewinds
• strong winter storms
• drought

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The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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The layer of soil which the topsoil is found.

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

Sea surface temperature changes great than .5^oC for greater than 5 months across the centeral ropical Pacific OCean are known as

• the arctic effect
• the get stream 
• a typhoon
• El Nino-Southern Oscillation 

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Which of the following contributes to the unequal warming of earth?
I. variation in the angle of sunlight that reaches Earth
II. variation in the amount of surface area over which the Sun's rays are distributed
III. variation in the amount of sunlight reflected from clouds

• I only
• I and II only
• II and III only
• III only

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