Ch. 3 Earth's Environmental Systems (3.1-3.3)

The characteristic that is responsible for water's unique properties

• surface tension

• polarity

• capillary action

• ability to dissolve many substances

Because water molecules are polar, they tend to repel one another.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not organic?

• hydrocarbons

• water

• carbohydrates

• proteins

Eathquakes are common at what kind of interface?

• where oceanic crust meets continental crust

• where continental crust meets continental crust

• where oceanic crust meets oceanic crust

All material in the universe that has mass and occupies space is called...

• element

• compound

• space

• matter

97% of Earth's water is

• freshwater

• frozen water

• groundwater

• salt water

Tectonic plates moving apart form what kind of plate boundary?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

Which sphere of Earth is made of all the rock above and below Earth's surface?

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

• atmosphere

The thinnest layer of the geosphere

• crust

• mantle

• core

The central core of every atom is called a(n)...

• proton

• nucleus

• neutron

• atom