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WorksheetsSA4 Review Part 2
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This system relates to weather, clouds, or aerosols (particles in the air). It includes an ever‐changing mixture of gas and small particles located above the Earth’s surface.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
2.
Soil belongs to which sphere?
a)
Biosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Atmosphere
3.
Water moves through all the spheres of the earth.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.
How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the stratosphere to the top of the stratosphere?
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Decreases then increases
d)
Stays the same
5.
How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the troposphere to the top of the troposphere?
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Decreases then increases
d)
Stays the same
6.
How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the mesosphere to the top of the mesosphere?
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Decreases then increases
d)
Stays the same
7.
How does the temperature behave as you increase in altitude from the bottom of the thermosphere to the top of the thermosphere?
a)
Increases
b)
Decreases
c)
Decreases then increases
d)
Stays the same
8.
Which statement correctly identifies a pattern in the atmosphere?
a)
As you increase in altitude the pressure continually decreases through all layers of the atmosphere.
b)
As you increase in altitude the temperature and pressure stays the same through all layers of the atmosphere.
c)
As you increase in altitude the temperature continually increases through all layers of the atmosphere.
d)
As you increase in altitude the air pressure continually increases through all layers of the atmosphere.
9.
Evaporation and Transpiration are both processes that release water to the atmosphere as water vapor.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The sun is the main driving force of the hydrologic cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Assuming the earth had an abundance of water, the only way the hydrologic cycle would cease to exist would be...
a)
If there were no thermal energy from the sun.
b)
If more evaporation took place than condensation.
c)
If more condensation took place than evaporation.
d)
If more precipitation took place than evaporation.
12.
In order for water to change from a solid to a liquid thermal energy must be _________.
a)
Released
b)
Gained
c)
Equalized
13.
In order for water to change from a gas to a liquid thermal energy must be _________.
a)
Released
b)
Gained
c)
Equalized
14.
In order for water to change from a liquid to a gas thermal energy must be _________.
a)
Released
b)
Gained
c)
Equalized
15.
In order for water to change from a liquid to a solid thermal energy must be _________.
a)
Released
b)
Gained
c)
Equalized
16.
The process of going from a gas to a liquid.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Freezing
d)
Melting
17.
The process of going from a solid to a liquid.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Freezing
d)
Melting
18.
The process of going from a liquid to a gas.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Freezing
d)
Melting
19.
The process of going from a liquid to a solid.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Freezing
d)
Melting
20.
The process of going from a solid to a gas.
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Sublimation
d)
Melting
21.
The process of going from a gas to a solid
a)
Deposition
b)
Evaporation
c)
Sublimation
d)
Melting
22.
A farmer needs a soil that will not allow much water to infiltrate to the roots. What kind of soil would be best?
a)
High Porosity and high permeability
b)
Low porosity and low permeability
c)
High porosity and low permeability
d)
Low porosity and high permeability
23.
What is true about the image the image?
a)
Water will flow up the V shape inland.
b)
Water will flow down the v shape toward the ocean.
c)
Water will not flow as this land is flat.
d)
Water will flow toward the area of the map with circles and the number 300.
24.
How many hills are depicted in this contour map?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
25.
Hill A is taller than Hill D
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
c)
It could be true, but it could also be false.
d)
It could be false, but it could also be true.
26.
Which human activity would likely cause the greatest amount of contamination in the hydrologic cycle?
a)
One individual mowing their lawn.
b)
Someone taking a walk outside.
c)
Cooking over the stove.
d)
Worldwide human transportation (Bus, car, train, plane, etc.)
27.
What is a type of contamination most closely related to runoff?
a)
Fossil fuel burning.
b)
The storage of underground fuel tanks
c)
Fertilizer being washed into bodies of water.
d)
Deforestation.
28.
What is true about the hydrologic cycle?
a)
Contamination rarely occurs.
b)
The hydrologic cycle has stopped from too much contamination.
c)
The hydrologic cycle can be contaminated at any point in the cycle.
d)
The hydrologic cycle can only be contaminated in the beginning steps.
29.
Which cycle interacts with the Atmosphere?
a)
Hydrologic Cycle
b)
Carbon Cycle
c)
Nitrogen Cycle
d)
All of these cycles.
30.
How are the carbon and nitrogen cycle similar?
a)
They both affect all of the spheres of the earth.
b)
They both impact the amount of water vapor in the mesosphere.
c)
They both utilize bacteria so plants can absorb them.
d)
They both require human influence to operate.
31.
How are the carbon and nitrogen cycle similar?
a)
They both require a human influence to operate.
b)
They both impact the amount of water vapor in the mesosphere.
c)
They both utilize bacteria so plants can absorb them.
d)
Human impact of both comes from the burning of fossil fuels.
32.
How are the nitrogen and carbon cycles different?
a)
Carbon cycle involves the cycling of water through all spheres while nitrogen cycle does not.
b)
Carbon cycle does not require bacteria to be absorbed in plants.
c)
Nitrogen cycle requires photosynthesis to occur.
d)
Nitrogen cycle only involves the biosphere.
33.
Biogeochemical cycles move through all of the spheres of the earth...
a)
True
b)
False
34.
An animal dying, decomposing, and returning nitrogen to the soil be an example of:
a)
Nitrogen exchanged from the lithosphere to hydrosphere
b)
Nitrogen exchanged from the lithosphere to atmosphere
c)
Nitrogen exchanged from the biosphere to the lithosphere.
d)
Nitrogen exchanged from the biosphere to atmosphere.
35.
What is true about the carbon cycle?
a)
The largest reservoir of carbon is the ocean, storing around 65% of the carbon.
b)
Carbon is transpired by plants through photosynthesis.
c)
Carbon loses energy and condenses in the atmosphere.
d)
Carbon is transformed by bacteria for plants.
36.
Using the image as guidance, what is a way carbon could move from the lithosphere to the atmosphere?
a)
From transpiration from plants.
b)
Animals eating plants and other animals, and then dying and decaying.
c)
Burning fossil fuels by cars and factories.
d)
Carbon being stored for millions of years in the lithosphere.
37.
Using the image as guidance, what is a way carbon could move from the atmosphere to the biosphere?
a)
From transpiration from plants.
b)
Animals eating plants and other animals, and then dying and decaying.
c)
Plants absorb CO2 during the process of photosynthesis.
d)
Carbon being stored for millions of years in the lithosphere.
38.
Only human impact can alter the spheres of the earth.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, severe weather, and earth quakes are all examples of natural events that disrupt the spheres.
a)
True
b)
False
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