Long Review Topo Maps Tectonic Plates Satellite View Weather

When air is heated, its --

• density increases, forming an area of high pressure
• density increases, forming an area of low pressure
• density decreases, forming an area of high pressure
• density decreases, forming an area of low pressure

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Why does Earth experience unequal heating?

• the atmosphere is not equally distributed around Earth
• Earth is tilted on its axis
• oceans do not equally cover Earth
• Earth's revolution is longer than its rotation

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Which of the following is most likely a cause of hurricanes?

• cooler ocean temperatures
• warmer ocean temperatures
• large ocean waves
• strong ocean currents

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Which of these best explains why the oceans have a greater impact on the weather than areas over the continents?

• ocean waves move more easily than continental rock
• the oceans contain a wider variety of organisms than the continents
• the oceans store and transfer more heat than the continents
• ocean water contains more salt than most continental lake water

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Hurricanes are powerful tropical storms that develop over warm ocean water. Hurricanes draw their energy from the ocean and weaken as they move over land. Which of the following BEST explains how energy is transferred from the ocean to a hurricane?

• evaporating water adds heat to the atmosphere
• rising tides change the level of the ocean surface
• waves cause turbulence in the lower atmosphere
• currents carry warm water along the ocean surface

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What is one condition that is necessary for a hurricane to form?

• warm ocean water
• a strong cold front
• cold ocean water
• a strong warm front

The model shows two continental plates. The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

• transform boundary
• divergent boundary
• subduction boundary
• convergent boundary

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The river represented by the topographic map shown here is flowing in which direction?

• from north to south
• from south to north
• from east to west
• from west to east

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The thick black lines on the map below show the locations of mid-ocean ridges. Which geologic feature is most likely to form at a mid-ocean ridge?

• peninsula
• volcano
• delta
• plateau

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The diagram shows an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate. Based on the diagram, which geologic feature will most likely form as a result of this plate movement?

• a mountain on the edge of the continental plate
• a large, flat floodplain along the edge of the oceanic plate
• a desert on the edge of the continental plate
• a delta along the edge of the oceanic plate

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