Worksheets1st Semester Review
Total questions: 155
Worksheet time: 3hrs 32mins
The ozone layer is damaged by
CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
Increase in greenhouse gases
Increased global temperatures
Sulfuric and nitric acids
Which of these sets of three items produce CFCs
cars, factories, and cardboard
spray cans, cardboard, insulation
spray cans, refrigerant, cardboard
aerosol spray cans, refrigerant, plastics
50% of the incoming solar radiation is
absorbed directly or indirectly by Earth's surface
scattered to space by the atmosphere
is reflected from clouds
absorbed directly by the atmosphere
What created the early atmosphere?
space
volcanoes erupting
big bang
nuclear explosion
What were the gases in the early atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide, Oxygen, ammonia and methane
Carbon monoxide, Oxygen, ammonia and methane
Carbon dioxide, Water vapour, sulfuric acid and methane
Carbon dioxide, Water vapour, ammonia and nitrogen
What happens as heated air expands and becomes less dense than the air surrounding it?
The air rises in an updraft.
The air is deflected, causing the Coriolis effect.
The air is rapidly forced down in a downburst.
The air sinks in a downdraft.
A region of Earth's atmosphere that has a high concentration of ozone
mesosphere
thermosphere
atmosphere
stratosphere
When the barometric pressure is dropping, what weather condition will most likely occur?
sunny weather
calm weather
hot weather
stormy weather
Which weather condition will most likely occur when the atmospheric pressure in an area begins falling (becoming less)?
dry
cold
rainy
sunny
What type of volcano is this?
Fissure
Shield
Dome
Stratovolcano/ Composite
Thunderstorms are the result of which type of pressure system?
Low
High
Which leads to low pressure systems?
warm air rising
warm air falling
cold air rising
cold air falling
What is the most powerful part of a hurricane?
Eye
Eye Wall
Storm surge
Edge
Why does a hurricane slow down when it hits land?
The wind stops it
It stops raining
It loses its energy source
The air is different
North America's concern for tsunami's exists ....
along the St. Lawrence 'divide'.
in the Pacific Cascadia region.
in the mid-Atlantic, on the divergent ridge.
in the deepest canyons of Hudson Bay.
Pangaea is best described as...
the place where two tectonic plates meet.
a supercontinent 300 million years ago.
the oldest mountain range in the world.
the microplate of Vancouver Island's west coast.
At places where tectonic plates pull apart, it is considered a ...
divergent rift zone.
convergent subduction zone.
cataclysmic volcanic zone.
folding uplift zone.
The _____________ is the plastic (slowly flowing) layer made of solid rock in the mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Cryosphere
Mesosphere
Water molecules have the greatest kinetic energy WHEN...
They have the greatest temperatures
They have the lowest temperature
They are in a solid state
They are in a gaseous state
What type of front is shown?
Warm Front
Cold Front
Occluded Front
Stationary Front
Where do MARITIME air masses form?
Over water
Over land
Where do CONTINENTAL air masses form?
Over water
Over land
Which type of air mass brings WARM and DRY weather?
Maritime Polar (mP)
Maritime Tropical (mT)
Continental Polar (cP)
Continental Tropical (cT)
Which type of air mass brings WARM and WET weather?
Maritime Polar (mP)
Maritime Tropical (mT)
Continental Polar (cP)
Continental Tropical (cT)
Which air mass would be classified as Maritime Polar (mP)?
purple
green
blue
yellow
red
Which air mass would be classified as Maritime Tropical (mT)?
purple
green
blue
yellow
red
An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 releases how much more energy than an earthquake of magnitude 4.0.
four calling birds.
three times the energy
one hundred times the energy
none of the above.
The blue lines are _______
p waves
s waves
rayleigh waves
love waves
The pink lines are
p waves
s waves
rayleigh waves
love waves
The arrow to the left is pointing at the signal for a ______
p waves
s waves
surface waves
The arrow to the right is pointing at the signal for a ______
p wave
s wave
surface wave
Rank the volcanic stages from LEAST likely to MOST likely to erupt.
active, dormant, extinct
extinct, dormant, active
dormant, extinct, active
dormant, active, extinct
Effusive volcanos generally have
thick slow lava flows
giant pyroclastic explosions
runny lava flows
Gases escape more readily out of
low-silica content (basaltic) magma
high-silica content magma
Which of the following hazards undermine the foundations and supports of buildings, bridges, pipelines, and roads, causing them to sink into the ground, collapse, or dissolve?
eutrophication
ground shaking
liquefaction
pyroclastic density currents
(a) falls refers to volcanic rock and lava materials that are ejected into the air by explosions or carried upward by the eruption column’s hot gases or lava fountains.
What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?
Volcanoes and Trenches
Rift Valleys and Mid Ocean Ridges
Volcanoes and Rift Valleys
Mid Ocean Ridges and Trenches
A divergent boundary in the ocean creates what feature?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Rift Valley
Deep Ocean Trench
Subduction Zone
The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?
Subduction
Seafloor Spreading
Continental Drift
Volcanism
Identify the divergent plate boundary.
The letter B represents
Subduction zone
Trench
Oceanic crust
Island Volcano Arc
The diagram shows a nonvolcanic mountain range. How did the movement of Earth’s plates form this land feature?
Two oceanic plates slid past each other.
Two continental plates collided.
One continental plate slid past an oceanic plate.
One continental plate subducted beneath an oceanic plate.
Use the diagram to answer the question. Identify the geological land features that results as two oceanic plates converge.
formation of a deep sea trench and island volcanoes (island arc)
earthquake activity and appearance of a transform fault
volcanic eruption along both oceanic plate edges
formation of a continental mountain range
In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while Volcano C is 30 km away from Volcano A. D is the farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?
Volcano A is older than C
Volcano B is the oldest
Volcano D is the youngest
Volcano B is younger than C
Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?
convergent
divergent
normal fault
transform fault
How do scientist think that early atmosphere was probably formed?
Gases from volcanoes
Lava from volcanoes
Gases released from bacteria
They are unsure how it is formed
Which gas did organisms in the sea take out of the air?
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Nitrogen
Sulfer
The oxygen that entered Earth's atmosphere was produced by
clouds
plants
cyanobacteria
What is the process where plants use light, energy, carbon dioxide, and water to make food (and releasing oxygen to the air)
Outgassing
Photosynthesis
Stromatolites
Climate change
This evidence of past atmospheric conditions contains tiny bubbles of gas trapped in the past
Glacial ice cores
Fossils
Stromatolites
Banded iron formations
How are the atmosphere's layers determined?
By the type of gas molecules found there
By the presence of different life forms
By the trends in temperature change with altitude
By the amount of radiation passing through the layer
What happens as the rock breaks into two fault blocks?
elastic rebound
plastic rebound
nothing happens
What happens first to rocks upon experiencing tectonic stress?
bends
breaks
nothing happens
