What biome is known to sit at O degrees on the Earth?
Tundra
Temperate Rainforests
Deserts
Tropical Rainforest
What happens to plates along a transform boundary when an earthquake occurs?
The plate crack in half
Magma is released in the process
Molten rocks comes from the pressure
The plates slide past each other in opposite directions
The Hawaiian Islands formed
at a hot spot
At a divergent plate boundary
at a convergent plate boundary
at a transform fault boundary
Using a soil pyramid, what type of soil is 70% sand, 10% silt & 20% clay?
Sandy Loam
Sand
Loam
Clay
Which rock forms at high temperatures & pressures?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Basaltic
metamorphic
Why is summer warmer in the Northern Hemisphere?
More daylight
The tilt of Earth's axis
Reduced Albedo
Increased absorption of the sun's rays
This type of circulation drives the mixing of surface water & deep water & is crucial for moving heat & nutrients around the globe.
Cell circulation
Atlantic circulation
Thermohaline circulation
Driving circulation
What type of soil would be best for a man-made lake, where the goal is to have as little leakage of water as possible?
Mostly sand
Equal amounts of sand, silt and clay
Mostly clay
Mostly silt
What does NOT drive ocean currents?
Gravity
Temperature
salinity
Rainfall
What atmospheric Layer does our weather take place
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
What is the correct order of convection cells, starting from the arctic?
Ferrell, Polar, Hadley
Hadley, Ferrell, Polar
Polar, Ferrell, Hadley
Hadley, Polar, Ferrell
What is one thing that gyres do NOT do in the ocean?
Redistribute nutrients in the ocean
Redistribute heat
Rotate clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere
Result from the Coriolis Effect
Which is the correct order of soil horizons starting at the surface?
A,E,C,B,O
O,A,E,B,C
E,A,B,O,C
C,B,A,E,O
High Productivity & nutrient availability in the ocean occurs in areas with
upwelling
El Nino
Rainfall
gyres
How does subduction lead to volcanic activity?
1 plate is pushed beneath & melted. This magma rises up
Tidal waves release the force of a volcano
the rumbling causes a volcano
earthquakes lead to volcanic activity activity
Subduction
Is the result of a hot spot moving near a plate boundary
Is the reason similar fossils appear on both sides of river
Occurs when one plate passes under another
Occurs when oceanic plates diverge & form volcanoes
List three types of soils, by their particle size, from largest to smallest?
Sand, Silt, Clay
Silt, Sand, Clay
Sand, Clay, SIlt
Clay, Silt, Sand
Deep ocean currents circulate ocean water over long time periods. What concerns scientists the most regarding the process?
Over population
More intense disasters
Changes in climate
Ocean currents slowing down
This system causes the easterly trade winds to re-establish with greater intensity causing upwelling of colder ocean water in the eastern Pacific from the depths & replaces the surface water blown westward.
La Playa
La Nina
El Nino
El Mundo
Which of the following has the highest albedo?
Tropical Rain Forest
Water
Snow
Soil
What plays a role in causing a rain shadow?
moving plates
gravity
A mountain Range
Adiabatic cooling
At what atmospheric layer does the Aurora borealis occur?
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
What can happen when two tectonic plates collide along a subduction zone?
Mountains form
The plates diverge
one plate is pushed beneath the other
a tidal wave forms
What are the three main types of soil?
clay, humus and loam
Sand, silt and clay
Sand, clay and humus
loam, silt and sand
Which does NOT contribute to atmospheric convection currents?
Gyres
Hadley Cells
Polar Cells
Westerlies