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WorksheetsEXAM REVIEW #2
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which current brings warm, tropical water to South Florida , the east coast of North American and Europe?
a)
California Current
b)
Equatorial Current
c)
Gulf Stream Current
d)
Indian Current
2.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
3.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
4.
The Coriolis effect causes ___________.
a)
global winds and surface currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line
b)
continental deflection
c)
the Earth to rotate on its axis
d)
global winds and deep ocean currents to move in a curved path instead of a straight line.
5.
What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?
a)
Unequal heating of the Earth by the sun.
b)
The rotation of the Earth
c)
Moon's gravity
d)
continental deflection
6.
What moves heat in the earth's mantle?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Evaporation
d)
Condensation
7.
During what time of the day are the sun's rays MOST dangerous to living tissues?
a)
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
b)
3:00 - 7:00 pm
c)
8:00 - 10:00 am
d)
5:00 - 9:00 pm
8.
What is the theory that all continents were once joined together in one single large landmass?
a)
Plate Tectonics
b)
Pangaea
c)
Continental Drift
9.
This layer contains the upper mantle and the crust.
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Asthenosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Core
10.
Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates?
a)
outer core
b)
inner core
c)
asthenosphere
d)
lithosphere
11.
Which kind of radiation damages the cells of living organisms on earth?
a)
Radio
b)
Visible
c)
UV
d)
Microwaves
12.
Which absorb the most heat in the atmosphere?
a)
Carbon dioxide and Water
b)
Oxygen and Methane
c)
Zeon and Neon
d)
Nitrogen and Carbon
13.
Day & night are caused by the ______________ of earth on its axis
a)
revolution
b)
orbit
c)
rotation
d)
tilt of the axis
14.
How long is a day on earth?
a)
22 hours
b)
365 days
c)
12 hours
d)
24 hours
15.
In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?
a)
towards
b)
up
c)
down
d)
away
16.
Hypotheses are formed:
a)
After observing or researching, but before conducting an experiment
b)
After observing or researching, and after conducting an experiment
c)
After theories are formed
d)
before experimenting, and are NEVER changed
17.
What is the best explanation for why scientific theories are modified?
a)
Theories more than five years old are out of date.
b)
Scientists want to prove that the work of other scientists is wrong.
c)
New evidence that supports a revision prompts scientists to modify the earlier theories.
d)
So much information is available today that it is harder to focus research and disprove theories.
18.
Which statement best describes science?
a)
a study of natural events and conditions
b)
a list of facts that all scientists agree to be true
c)
a collection of facts about nature and how it works
d)
a complete explanation of everything that happens in the universe
19.
Which of the following never changes no matter where in the universe?
a)
weight
b)
force
c)
mass
d)
pounds
20.
What kind of plate boundary is shown here?
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
strike slip
21.
What is happening at Z?
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
subduction zone
c)
transform boundary
d)
sea floor spreading
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