Age of Earth

Which is the correct order of geologic time? largest - smallest

The age of marine life.

The Age of Mammals

In which time period are we currently living?

In what time period did Pangaea, the super continent, appear?

Dinosaurs, small mammals, and birds are found in this time period.

The end of an era, and the end of life for groups of organisms, is called?

The Age of Fishes

Age of Soft Bodied Animals

A scientist who studies fossil remains in order to study primitive life forms.

During this period Earth was flowing with lava, the core was unstable, and was the first Era of the Precambrian Eon.

Which era began with the early invertebrates, such as trilobites and brachiopods.

Mountains are created at this type of  boundary.

Which of these explains that Earth's outer layer is broken into large slowly moving pieces? 

How do scientists determine the absolute ages of rocks using radioactive isotopes?

What are the two techniques used to determine the age of Earth and the rocks on its surface?

What principle allows scientists to compare the age of one rock or fossil to another?

What method of dating rock is used to determine the age of Earth?

What type of rock provides evidence of the environment that it once formed in?

What do ice cores give a history of?

Which process is responsible for the formation of the Himalayan mountain range?

What is the primary method used to determine the age of fossils?

What do mud cracks and ripple marks in sedimentary rock provide evidence of?

What do regular layers in ice cores, called bands, show?

If no elevation values are given on a map, which general rule could be used to establish that a river flows into a nearby body of water?

What is the contour interval on this map?

If sea level always equals (0), and the contour interval is 10 feet how tall is this mountain?

Which side of the hill is steepest?

ASSUME: North is top, South is bottom, West is left, & East is right

Match the topographic map to its topographic profile picture.

How many individual peaks are seen on the map? (hill tops)

What are the darker lines on the topographic map called?

If we were in a plane above this map, we can see that Path B --> C is about the same distance as path E --> N. But, which path is the easier walk?

The height above sea level is called . . .

Which rule could be used to determine the direction of river flow on a map?

What direction is Hammer Stream flowing?

Which side of the hill is steepest?

In which direction is Deer River flowing?

Which part of the map has the highest elevation?

What is the gradient between points B and D if the distance between those two points is 2 km?

Match the topographic map to its profile.

How can we tell the northeast corner of the map is relatively flat?

What is the highest possible elevation of Rock Mountain?

What is the gradient if the stream begins at an elevation of 2000 m and ends at 1000 km over a distance of 50 km?

A small elevated landform that rises from the great depths of the ocean

A large submerged volcanic mountain rising from the ocean floor

A submerged volcanic mountain with a flat top

Long narrow, steep-sided depressions found on the ocean floor

A shallow, gently sloping part of the continental crust

A seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

Formed by emerging accumulated deposits at the mounts of many submarine canyons

Sonar is the most accurate way used to map

This sediment consists of shells and skeletons of marine organisms.

Moving crustal plates plunging back into Earth's mantle causes this feature

A characteristic of hydrothermal vents is that

Large reservoirs of petroleum and natural gas can be found here

These plains are the most level places on Earth.

What is the downslope movements of dense, sediment-laden water

Which condition is NOT needed for growth of coral

What factors influence a region's photosynthetic productivity?

I. availability of nutrients

II. amount of solar radiation

III. distance from the shore

What do you call each of the feeding stages in a food chain?

What classification of the marine organism is capable of moving independently of the ocean currents?

I. Plankton

II. Nekton

III. Benthos

Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to __.

What do you call the proportion of dissolved salts to pure water?

MOST sealife lives in the:

If there is an increase in precipitation over an ocean, how is the salinity of the seawater affected?

An excess of_____________ makes water ______________with a pH greater than 7.

As water goes from 4°C toward its freezing point (cooling down), the molecules of water____________energy

As water goes from 4°C toward its freezing point, the molecules of water lose energy, but, rather than

_______________ , they actually start to

_______________

.

In a water molecule, the hydrogen atoms are slightly

In a water molecule,oxygen atom is slightly _________ charged

Water has a high heat capacity. What does this mean?

The ability of water molecules to "stick” together is known as

while the ability of water to "stick" to everything else is known as

Which of the following is the CORRECT list of water's properties?

Read Carefully!

What is a structure built parallel to the shore that shields the coast from breaking waves?

What causes density currents to form in the Mediterranean Sea?

Longshore currents move the sediment as they

Which of the following is NOT a depositional shoreline feature?

Barrier islands form as the direct result of

How does refraction cause wave crests to move when the waves approach the shore?

The rising of the cold water from deep layers of the ocean to replace warmer surface water is

The Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current bring _________________ water north from the tropics and help moderate the climate of Great Britain and northwestern ___________________.

The tops of waves are their __________________, which are separated by low areas called _____________________.

The tidal ______ is the difference in height between successive high and low tides

A(n) _________ is a ridge of sand that connects an island to the mainland or another island

Beach _______ is the addition of large amounts of sand to a beach system to stabilize shoreline sands without building protective structures.

A(n) _______ is a structure built at right angles to the shore to trap sand moving parallel to the shore to maintain beaches

As a wave nears the shore, its characteristics begin to change when the water depth is half of its ______