Environmental Unit 2

What is the geological structure seen in the picture ?

• New sea floor

• Fault line

• Trenches

• Mountains

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his divergent plate boundary was described by Harry Hess in his theory of ______________ _________________.  

• Sea floor spreading

• Continental Drift

• Pangea

• Plate Techtonics

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These transform boundaries are often called strike slip faults (such as the San Andreas Fault).  What kind of geological phenomenon to they commonly cause?  Hint: measured with the Richter Scale

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Soil

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Soil is actually composed of three components: soil, clay and silt.  Use this soil chart to determine the soil type if it is 20% clay, 40% silt, and 40% sand

• Loam

• City Loam

• Silt Loam

• Sandy Loam

Soil can be tested to determine if it is fertile for growing certain crops.  Which of the following are important factors when determining if a soil is fertile? HINT: CHECK ALL THAT APPLY

• Ph

• Nitrogen

• Photash

• Magnesium

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When one plate is forced beneath another and it melts into the mantle (see diagrams...also called subduction zones), these geological structures are formed.

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Trenches

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The Earth is divided along plate boundaries into 7 Major Lithospheric Plates.  The theory of how these plates move is called Plate Tectonics.  Plate Tectonics can explain all of the following (HINT - CHECK ALL THE BOXES THAT APPLY)

• Earthquake

• Climate Change

• Volcanoes

• Mountains

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It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere when:

• The Lower Half of the Earth is tilted towards the sun

• The Upper Half of the Earth is tilted towards the sun

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  The Earth is closest to the sun

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  Earths orbit goes from being round to being elliptical

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When it is Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is _________________ in the Southern Hemisphere

• Summer

• Winter

• Fall

• Spring

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Which of the following locations is most likely to have a similar climate year round (doesn't really have seasons)?  HINT - The higher the latitude, the closer to the poles.

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  Detroit MI 42 degrees

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  Oranjestad Aruba 12 degrees

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  King Edward Point, Antarctica 85 degrees

• Taco Bell

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