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Q1 Test 2 Honors

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The movement of deep, cold, nutrient filled water to the surface of the ocean after the winds move the warmer water away is called _______.

a)

Ocean Current

b)

Upwelling

c)

Deep Currents

d)

Surface Currents

2.

Surface currents are mainly formed by and driven by the ______.

a)
The Coriolis Effect
b)
Cold and Warm Water
c)
Convection
d)

Winds

3.

Ocean water is more dense than fresh water at the same temperature due to differences in _________.

a)
Wind patterns
b)
 Lifeforms
c)
Currents
d)
Salinity
4.

Deep Ocean currents are primarily caused by ________.

a)

temperature and salinity

b)

wind

c)

gravity

d)

precipitation

5.

The warm, strong current off the coast of Florida is the ____________.

a)

Gulf Stream

Current

b)
California Current
c)
North Equatorial Current
d)
Brazil Current
6.

When surface currents meet continents they ___?

a)

Stop moving

b)

Are deflected (change paths)

c)

Continue in the direction they were going

7.

Salt water is ____________ fresh water.

a)

more dense than

b)

less dense than

c)

the same density as

8.
Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?
a)
the uneven heating of the Earth's surface
b)
the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air
c)
hurricanes
9.
The Coriolis Effect is caused by
a)
Earth rotating around the sun
b)
Earth rotating on its axis
c)
The tides
d)
Gravity
10.
Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe.
a)
California Current
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Surface Currents
d)
Gulf Stream
11.

what is the coriolis effect?

a)

change in location of warm and cold surface water every 2-7 years

b)

tendency of objects moving large distances on Earth’s surface to bend to the right in the northern hemisphere & to the left in the southern hemisphere

c)

winds in northern Indian ocean that blow from the southwest in the summer & from the northeast in winter

d)

two layers of horizontal winds moving in opposite directions

12.

Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

a)

Left

b)

Up

c)

Down

d)

Right

13.

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

a)

Left

b)

Up

c)

Down

d)

Right

14.

During a(n) ____ event, trade winds are much stronger than usual.

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

c)

Normal

d)

Partly sunny

15.

Both El Nino and La Nina have this in common

a)

Influence birds that migrate over the ocean

b)

Influence rainy / dry weather world wide

c)

The weather at the polar regions

d)

The directions that ships travel in the oceans

16.

During an El Nino, trade winds are typically...

a)

about average

b)

stronger

c)

weaker

17.

The picture below is of a(n) ____ event.

a)

Non-El Nino (Normal)

b)

El Nino

c)

La Nina

18.

Why do the fisherman of Peru and South America not welcome a strong El Nino?

a)

El Nino poisons the fish

b)

El Nino causes strong winds and currents which move fish westward

c)

El Nino bring cold water to the surface which kills the base of the food chain

d)

El Nino shuts off upwelling and nutrients needed for the marine food chain do not rise to the surface

19.

In El Nino, rain moves east with the warm pool causing rainy/stormy weather in Florida and less hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which of the following is an INCORRECT statement about El Niño and La Niña?

a)

Both occur every 2-7 years

b)

Both occur in the Atlantic Ocean

c)

El Nino is a warming and La Nina is a cooling of the Pacific Ocean

d)

Neither are considered "storms"

21.

Which region would likely experience a drought during El Nino?

a)

South America

b)

Indonesia

22.

 The prefix "bio" comes from a Greek word that means what?

a)

LIFE

b)

WATER

c)

AIR

d)

GROUND

23.

Plants (__________) draw water (___________) and nutrients from the soil (___________) and release water vapor into the atmosphere.

a)

biosphere; hydrosphere; geosphere

b)

hydrosphere; biosphere; geosphere

c)

biosphere; atmosphere; hydrosphere

d)

cryosphere; biosphere; hydrosphere

24.
Which of these is an example of how Earth's hydrosphere interacts with the atmosphere?
a)
the ocean affecting air temperature
b)
a river flowing through a canyon
c)
earthquakes
d)
migration of birds in winter
25.

This sphere includes not only the landforms on Earth’s surface (e.g. mountains, volcanoes, sand dunes), but all the matter in the Earth’s interior as well.

a)
Hydrosphere 
b)

Geosphere 

c)
Atmosphere 
d)

 Biosphere

26.

Plants reduce soil erosion by protecting the land.

a)

Biosphere & Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere & Geosphere

c)

Hydrosphere & Geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere & Atmosphere

27.

Strong winds can change the shape of sand dunes by blowing the sand to other places.

a)

Atmosphere & Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere & Geosphere

c)

Geosphere and Cryosphere

d)

Atmosphere & Geosphere

28.

When animals decompose, which two spheres are interacting?

a)

Biosphere & Atmosphere

b)

Hydrosphere & Atmosphere

c)

Biosphere & Geosphere

d)

Atmosphere & Cryosphere

29.

A bird in the sky is which 2 sphere?

a)

Hydrosphere and cryosphere

b)

Geosphere and Biosphere

c)

Biosphere and atmosphere

d)

Hydrosphere and Biosphere

30.

A glacier melting in the ocean is which 2 spheres?

a)

Atmosphere and biosphere

b)

Geosphere and hydrosphere

c)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

d)

Cryosphere and hydrosphere

31.

A person drinking water is which 2 spheres?

a)

Biosphere and hydrosphere

b)

Atmosphere and geosphere

c)

Cryosphere and atmosphere

d)

Biosphere and geosphere

32.

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Runoff

33.
Precipitation occurs because 
a)
the droplets evaporate in the air
b)
the droplets are too light for the air to hold
c)
the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold
34.
When water turns into a gas
a)
condensation 
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
35.
What is condensation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
36.
What is evaporation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
37.

__________________ is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. It is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Percolation

c)

Infiltration

d)

Plant Uptake

38.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

tree farms

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

39.
What does NOT produce carbon dioxide?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Burning Fossil Fuels
c)
Animal respiration
d)
Plants decaying
40.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
41.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
42.
Respiration is the process by which animals take in _____ and release _____. 
a)
photosynthesis, air
b)
carbon, oxygen
c)
oxygen
d)
oxygen, carbon dioxide
43.
How does carbon get into the soil?
a)
when a human dies
b)
When a plant dies
c)
when an animal dies
d)
all of the above
44.
How does the carbon in grass become part of a lion?
a)
The lion eats the grass
b)
Carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion. 
c)
The carbon ends up in the lion's food chain. 
d)
The lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

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