Uint 4 APES quizzez review

what is the first level of the earth

• inner core

• outer core

• mantle

• crust

Which gas makes up the largest component of Earth's atmosphere?

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• argon

• carbon dioxide

If the Earth did not rotate on its axis, there would be no

• greenhouse effect

• coriolis effect

• global warning

• convection

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 the Coriolis effect makes currents go around in a circle

• it is when cold water sinks in the Norwegian Sea

In a transform plate boundary, the ...

• convergent plate is older, oceanic plate is younger

• convergent plate is younger, divergent plate is older

• plates are the same age

• closer the plates are the younger they are

As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

• 
  The would all decrease.

• They would stay the same.

• 
  The would all increase

Most of the freshwater around the world is used for the following purpose.

• residential

• recreation

• agriculture

• industry

Earth’s climate system is powered mainly by energy from:

• latitude

• the sun

• tilt

• the rain shadow

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

• All choices are correct

High productivity and nutrient availability in the ocean occurs in the areas with

• gyers

• 
  warm waters

• 
  prevailing wersterlies

• upwelling