Unit 4 Quiz Review

What is the driving force behind global wind patterns?

• The Coriolis Effect

• Solar Radiation

• The Hadley Cell

• The Polar Cell

Which type of plate boundary results in sea floor spreading?

• Divergent

• Convergnet

• Transform

• Island Arc

Identify the type of rock that is created from sediments of larger weathered rocks.

• metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• obsidian

Which of the following is a likely effect of an El nino on weather patterns in California?

• Increased dry air in California

• Decreased flooding in California

• Increased flooding in California

• Increased drought in California

ability for water and air to flow through soil

• Porosity

• Permeability

• Texture

• Salinity

Largest soil texture

• Sand

• Soil

• Silt

• Clay

Texture with highest porosity

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

• Boulder

40% sand, 40% silt, & 20% clay

• Loam

• Sandy loam

• Silty loam

• Sandy clay

subsoil horizon

• O

• B

• C

• E

Rock made from cooled lava or magma

• Igneous

• metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Hard