WorksheetsESCI 1101 Final Exam
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 29mins
Shale is a/an _______ natural gas resource.
Unconventional
Fracking
Conventional
Environmetally friendly
Rainforests are generally located...
In high and low latitudes
randomly across the world
along the equator
Which of the following are causes of intraplate earthquakes?
Deep injection of wastewater from fracking
Hotspots
Isostatic rebound
Convergent boundaries
A _______ is a well substantiated explaination of some aspect of the natural world.
Theory
Law
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is what type of tectonic boundary?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
The _____ variable is the one being controlled or changed while the _____ variable is the one being tested and measured.
Independent, Dependent
Dependent. Independent
Control, Measured
An observational study that measures natural variation is a/an...
Natural experiment
Scientific experiment
Manipulative experiment
Independent variable
The location and extent of an area where a feature or event exists is the...
Spatial pattern
Spatial interaction
Spatial distribution
Relative location
_______ protects us from ultraviolet radiation.
CFCs
Stratospheric Ozone
Tropospheric Ozone
The Ozone Layer
Oceanic crust is ________ compared to continental crust.
Composed of Granite, less dense, and thicker
Composed of Basalt, less dense and thinner
Composed of Granite, denser and thicker
Composed of Basalt, denser, and thinner
The measurement of the cloudiness of water is...
Bed load
Cut bank
Turbidity
Point bar
The diffusion of light wavelengths due to interaction with gas molecules and particles in the atmosphere
Insolation
Scattering
Karman Line
Aerosols
What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Argon
The Greenhouse effect is when the Earth's surface absorbs ________ from the sun and re-radiates __________ .
thermal energy; visible light
shortwave radiation; longwave radiation
visible light; thermal energy
longwave radiation; shortwave radiation
The _______ is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere.
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
The _______ shields Earth from gamma rays and x-rays and solar wind.
Karman Line
Ionosphere
Ozone Layer
Stratoshpere
What are Earth's major subsystems?
Bioshpere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Asthenosphere
Which of the following conditions promote runoff?
Pre-existing soil moisture
Impermiable surfaces
Thin soils
Steep slopes
Sparse vegetation
During evaporation energy is _______ by the gas molecules.
Stored
Released
An _______ is a community of organisms and the relationships of those organisms to each other and their environment.
Ecosystem
Physical environment
Ecology
Natural hazard
The total amount of living material in an ecosystem is...
Productivity
Biomass
Food chain
Ecological niche
A _______ is a distinct biological community based on the climate.
Ecosystem
Biome
Biosphere
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Stream discharge is determined by...
Stream capacity
Stream velocity and cross-sectional area
Stream load
Stream velocity only
The 2nd law of thermodynamics sates that...
Energy cannot by created or destroyed. It can only change forms
As energy is converted it is degraded.
Water vapor is released to the atmosphere from plants through...
Condensation
Transpiration
Evaporation
Infiltration
What does the I in HIPPCO stand for?
Isostacy
Invasive species
Infection
Insolation
A single, identifiable source of pollution is a/an
Point source
Nonpoint source
_______ are defined as pollutants generated from reactions between other pollutants.
Volatile Organic Compounds
Primary Pollutants
Secondary pollutants
Ground level Ozone
What caused the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico?
Oil spills
Runoff of fertilizers into the Mississippi River
Global warming
Using more resources in a year than their annual renewal, growth, or replacement is called...
Pollution
Environmental overshoot
Sustainability
Natural capitol
Wind and solar energy can be best described as...
Perpetual resources
Non-renewable resources
Renewable resources
An image or visual representation is a/an...
Statistical model
Pictorial model
Conceptual model
Physical model
In a closed system______moves in and out of the system.
Both energy and matter
Only energy
Only matter
Neither energy nor matter
Dynamic Equilibrium is...
Steadily decreasing change within a system
Change in a system within an range of tolerance
Steadily increasing change within a system
Unpredictable changes in a system
In 1950 the atmospheric CO2 concentration was ____ and now it is ____.
100 ppm; 200 ppm
300 ppm; 400ppm
400 ppm; 300 ppm
100 ppm; 500 ppm
Changes in where Earth's axis points is called...
Orbital Eccentricity
Axial Procession
Tilt Obliquity
Milankovitch Cycles
Reaction to a change in a system which counteracts that change is...
Negative feedback
Positive feedback
Albedo is
How much light is reflected by a surface
How much light is absorbed by a surface
A condition that if it is exceeded (or not met) will cause a dramatic, irreversible change in the system is the...
Overshoot
Symbiotic relationship
Threshold
What were some farming strategies that the National Resources Conservation Services encouraged in response to the Dustbowl (1930)?
Terracing
Contour plowing
Wind breaks
Crop rotation
Conservation tillage
Where does the Amazon rainforest get it's nutrients from?
The river deposits nutrients
Soils from the Sahara Desert that are blown over by winds
The soils there are naturally nutrient rich
Rain deposits nutrients
Dendrochronology is...
using tree rings to determine past climate
using pollen to determine past changes and abundances in vegetation.
analyzing the skeletons of deposited zooplankton to determine past temperatures of the ocean surface
The shape of Earth is best described as a/an...
Cube
Sphere
Oval
Oblate spheroid
Parallels are _____, Meridians are _____.
Latitude; Longitude
Longitude; Latitude
One degree of latitude equals...
100 miles
69 miles
23 miles
40 miles
During winter solstice where is the subsolar point?
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
What is solar noon?
When the clock says 12:00
The time of day when the sun angle is at it's highest point for that location.
When the sun is at 90 degrees to the Earth's surface
Which of the following cause the seasons?
Earth's axial tilt (23.5 degrees)
Axial Orientation (parallelism)
Earth's orbit of the sun
A Mercator Projection ______, a Robinson Projection ________, and an Alber's Projection _______.
Keeps shape + distorts size; Distorts both shape and size a little; Keeps size + distorts shape
Keeps size + distorts shape; Distorts both shape and size a little; Keeps shape + distorts size
Distorts both shape and size a little; Keeps shape + distorts size; Keeps size + distorts shape
A Rhumb line...
Shows constant compass directions on a Mercator Projection
Is a latitude line
Shows constant compass directions on a Robinson Projection
Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate = _____ degrees C / Km
Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate = _____ degrees C / Km
Environmental Lapse Rate = _____ degrees C / Km
10; 5; 6.5
10; 6.5; 5
3; 7; 2
5; 6.5; 10
The temperature at which air masses become saturated is...
adiabatic cooling
Dewpoint
Relative humidity
The 100th Meridian...
Divides the arid western and moist eastern U.S.
Passes through Greenwich, England
Which soil is characteristic of North Carolina?
Mollisols
Ultisols
Oxisols
