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Earth Science Midterm Practice

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of current takes 1000 years to travel around the earth?

a)

electrical current

b)

surface current

c)

deep ocean

d)

coriolis current

2.

The Coriolis Effect impacts both ocean currents and hurricane development.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Which types of streams have downcutting

a)

surface streams

b)

low gradient

c)

deep streams

d)

high gradient

4.

What type of forces can high-gradient streams exert?

a)

large forces

b)

small forces

c)

fast forces

d)

slow forces

5.

The area around a low gradient stream is called a

a)

wetland

b)

marsh

c)

flood plain

d)

wet plain

6.

The velocities of flow in high-gradient streams are low.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The velocities of flow in high-gradient streams are low

a)

True

b)

False

8.

High-gradient streams have a high velocity and a low stream disharge.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What happens when global wind belts meet?

a)

waves form

b)

thunderstorms form

c)

jet stream forms

d)

all of the above

10.

What forms global winds?

a)

water affect

b)

Coriolis movement

c)

air pressure

d)

temperature chance

11.

Name one global wind belt.

a)

cold winds

b)

Trade winds

c)

surface currents

d)

Coriolis winds

12.

Hurricanes spin clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere because of the Coriolis Effect

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Weather occurs in the stratosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What are two major processes of the water cycle?

a)

condensation and traspiration

b)

evaporation and precipitation

c)

infiltration and run-off

d)

melting run-off

15.

The water cycle is a

a)

open system

b)

hydrolysis system

c)

closed system

d)

saturated system

16.

What us another name for the water cycle

a)

watershed

b)

permeability cycle

c)

hydrologic cycle

d)

saturated cycle

17.

Hail and snow form precipitation

a)

true

b)

false

18.

Permeability effects how ground water moves.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

What effects does a landslide have when it hits structures/buildings?

a)

destroys homes

b)

causes sliding of objects

c)

everything moves downslope

d)

all of the above

20.

What happens to any type of structure when they are built on slopes due to mass movement?

a)

they will stay completely stable

b)

they will be damaged and destroyed

c)

nothing will happen

d)

they are not built on slopes in the first place

21.

What type of materials are sediments?

a)

consolidated

b)

erosion

c)

unconsolidated

d)

salt

22.

Gravity acts to pull an object toward the center of the earth.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Slopes cannot be modified to allow for development.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What pattern occurs when a wave forms in the deep ocean?

a)

circular

b)

flatter and elongated

c)

rough and short

d)

none of the above

25.

What happens when a wave enters shallower water?

a)

speeds up

b)

slows down

c)

speed stays the same

d)

stops

26.

Which term means a projection of the coast into the sea?

a)

headland

b)

cove

c)

sea stack

d)

Barrier Island

27.

The swash is a sheet of water that retreats towards the ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

The Chesapeake Bay is an example of a submergent coastline.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

What 2 factors affect wind erosion?

a)

high gradient slope

b)

leeward & windward

c)

the size of the particle the wind has to move

d)

Coriolis Effect

30.

What is a drainage basin called?

a)

Coriolis Effect

b)

Trunk stream

c)

Watershed

d)

Tributary system

31.

A tributary system consists of many small streams,

a)

true

b)

false

32.

What term means "a large body of air with similar temperature and moisture characteristics throughtout.

a)

temperature

b)

air pressure

c)

air mass

d)

cold front

33.

How large of an area can an air mass cover?

a)

10 miles

b)

100 miles

c)

100 km

d)

thousands of kilometers

34.

Wind vanes measure wind speed.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

Air pressure is the force of the atmosphere above a given point.

a)

true

b)

false

36.

Where are high-gradient streams usually located?

a)

high lands

b)

head water

c)

flood plains

d)

valley

37.

High-gradient steams cut horizontally downward very slowly

a)

true

b)

false

38.

What regulates ocean temperatures?

a)

ocean currents

b)

gyres

c)

upwelling

d)

deep-sea currents

39.

Temp and volume are the 2 main factors of thermohaline circulation,

a)

true

b)

false

40.

What direction does the coriolis effect go in the northern hemisphere?

a)

clockwise

b)

north

c)

counter-clock wise

d)

left

41.

THe jet stream flows from west to east in the northern hemisphere?

a)

true

b)

false

42.

What determines the characteristics of an air mass?

a)

nearby ocean currents

b)

source region

c)

salinity

d)

density of the air

43.

What is air pressure measured by?

a)

thermometer

b)

barometer

c)

anemometer

d)

how thick the plants are

44.

Cold air rises.

a)

true

b)

false

45.

In the water cycle, which one of these steps have to do with plants?

a)

evaporation

b)

ground water

c)

transpiration

d)

permeability

46.

Which one of the following is an example of chemical erosion?

a)

abrasion

b)

alluvial fan

c)

ice wedging

d)

oxidation

47.

Why does ice float?

a)

ice is less dense than water

b)

ice is more dense than water

c)

ice is colder

48.

The drainage divide is the boundary between adjacent drainage basins.

a)

true

b)

false

49.

What tool do you use to measure relative humidity?

a)

thermometer

b)

barometer

c)

sling pschrometer

d)

anemometer

50.

What happens when two different air masses interact?

a)

a storm occurs

b)

coriolis effect

c)

clear skies

d)

a front occurs

51.

Horizontal movement of water is called deep ocean currents.

a)

true

b)

false

52.

Distributary systems carry what kind of sediments?

a)

None of the above

b)

dissolved

c)

undisolved

d)

both b and c

53.

Which type of system feeds into the Distributary systems.

a)

tributary

b)

branch streams

c)

trunk stream

d)

drainage rivers

54.

Which states are in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

a)

MD,DE,VA,WV,NJ

b)

DE,VA,WV,PA,NJ

c)

DE,MD,NY,VA,WV

d)

MD,DE,PA,VA

55.

When a stream loops around and cuts itself off it creates an oxbow lake.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

All drainage basins west of the Mississippi go to the Gulf of Mexico.

a)

True

b)

False

57.

What is the angle of repose

a)

The steepest angle a slope can be formed.

b)

The jaggedness of particles.

c)

The steep side of a mountain.

d)

The angle of rocks.

58.

High gradient streams have deep depths.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Where is is most likely for tornadoes to occur?

a)

The Appalachians

b)

Texas

c)

Death Valley

d)

Florida

60.

What part of a hurricane is it the most dangerous?

a)

Eye

b)

Event horizon

c)

Rain bands

d)

Eye wall

61.

Flooding causes the most deaths in a hurricane.

a)

true

b)

false

62.

What is it called when snow is precipitated from an air mass that has gained moisture by moving over a relatively warm water body?

a)

rain shadow

b)

lake-effect snow

c)

snow- effect

d)

climate change

63.

Which is not a way paleoclimatologist use to infer past climate?

a)

ice cores

b)

fossil pollen

c)

glacial intervals

d)

tree rings

64.

What wind belt moves between 30 degrees- 60 degrees N/S latitude?

a)

Westerlies

b)

Prevailing Easterlies

c)

Trade Winds

d)

Polar Jet Stream

65.

What form of energy drives global winds?

a)

precipitation

b)

gravity

c)

wind

d)

solar energy

66.

Climate change is caused by high levels of green house gasses in the atmosphere.

a)

true

b)

false

67.

As a stationary air mass is heated, its density will generally

a)

decrease

b)

increase

68.

Air pressure is usually highest when the air is

a)

cool and dry

b)

cool and moist

c)

warm and dry

69.

Rapidly falling barometric pressure readings usually indicate

a)

clearing conditions

b)

approaching storm conditions

c)

decreasing humidity

70.

Which rock particles will remain suspended in water for the longest time?

a)

clay

b)

sand

c)

pebbles

71.

A river transports materials by suspension, rolling and

a)

solution

b)

sublimation

c)

evaporation

72.

Compared to rivers, deep ocean circulation is best described as

a)

voluminous, cold and slow

b)

massive, cold and fast

c)

small, salty and fast

73.

Warm air at the equator rises because of it's

a)

decreasing density

b)

fast cooling rate

74.

How do sand dunes move?

a)

downwind by sediment avalanche down the leeward side

b)

upwind by sediment avalanche down the windward slope

75.

Which rock material was most likely transported to its present location by a glacier?

a)

unsorted loose gravel in hills

b)

rounded grains in a sand dune

c)

rounded sand grains in a river delta

76.

Winds move from regions of

a)

high pressure towards regions of low pressure

b)

high temperatures towards regions of low temperatures

c)

high precipitation towards regions of low precipitation

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