AqSicence Final Practice

What percentage of Earth's atmosphere is composed of Nitrogen?

• 21%

• 0.9%

• 78%

• 0.1%

Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to Earth and is where weather occurs?

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

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What is the primary driver of weather systems, wind, and ocean currents?

• Earth's geothermal activity

• The Moon's gravitational pull

• The Sun

• Human industrial emissions

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The Coriolis effect causes moving objects in the Southern Hemisphere to be deflected to the:

• Right

• Left

• East

• West

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Which global wind pattern is found approximately between 0-30° latitude and blows towards the equator?

• Prevailing Westerlies

• Polar Easterlies

• Trade Winds

• Monsoons

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Large, circular loops of wind-driven surface currents that travel clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere are called:

• Eddies

• Tides

• Gyres

• Convection cells

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The net movement of water due to Ekman Transport is typically at what angle to the wind direction in the Southern Hemisphere?

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Which phenomenon ceases upwelling in the Pacific and can lead to increased storms and rainfall on land?

• La Niña

• The Gulf Stream

• El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

• Thermohaline Circulation

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The zone in the ocean where there is a rapid change in temperature over a small depth interval is known as the:

• Epipelagic zone

• Bottom layer

• Thermocline

• Halocline

According to the Big Bang Theory, approximately how old is the Earth?

• 4.5 million years

• 1 billion years

• 4.5 billion years

• 10 billion years