Earth & Space Science Final Exam

In which two layers of the atmosphere does temperature decrease as altitude increases?

• Stratosphere and Thermosphere

• Mesosphere and Stratosphere

• Troposphere and Mesosphere

The primary source of energy that drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans is_____________?

• thermal energy from the Sun.

• Earth's magnetic field.

• the force of gravity from the Moon.

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What type of winds does X represent on the model?

• Jetstreams which are winds that move north to south towards the poles.

• the westerlies, which are winds that move from west to east carrying air warmed by the Sun from the equator toward the poles

• the easterlies, which are winds that move from east to west carrying cool air from the poles to the equator

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How are air pressure and altitude related? 

• As altitude increases, air pressure increases and then decreases.

• As altitude increases, air pressure decreases

• As altitude increases, air pressure increases.

____________________is a large body of air that is horizontally uniform in characteristics such as temperature and humidity?

• Coriolis Effect

• Air mass

• Jet streams

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What causes the area around the Pacific Ocean to have an abundance of volcanoes?

• Convergent plates

• Divergent plates

• Transform plates

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What is happening at point Y?

• Plates are being pulled apart by the movement of the magma in the mantle, allowing magma to ooze up, creating new crust.

•  Plates are being shoved together by the movement of the magma in the mantle, creating a mountain range.

•  Plates are being shoved together by the movement of the magma in the mantle, creating a mountain range.

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Which layers compose the lithosphere?

• Layers 3 and 2

• Layers 5 and 4

• Layers 2 and 1

• Layers 4 and 3

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Which best describes the relationship between the three fossils?

• The fossils all formed from an episode of mass extinction.

• The fossils formed from organisms living in the same time period.

• The fossils formed from organisms that lived in the same environment

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What is the name of region B?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Hyrdosphere

• Lithosphere