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Heena Manglani
May 24th, 2007
20 Question Practice Quiz
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(10) Water has the highest density at 4°C in the __________ form (density = __ g/cm3.
(252) The flatness of an orbit is a measure of __________ (highest = __, line) (lowest = __, circle).
(20) The liquid layer of the Earth is known as the __________ layer. It is made up of ________.
(242) When the sun is low, shadows are the __________. When the sun is high shadows are
___________.
5. (41) The two most abundant elements in the crust are _________ & ____________. They for a
____________ shape (Si-O tetrahedron).
6. (247) Orbital velocity is greatest when a satellite is _______ to a star. It is ______ when far away
from a star.
7. (66) The process by which water seeps in cracks, freezes, and expands, is known as ______
_______. For this process to occur, a ____ climate is needed where the temperature alternates
from above and below freezing.
8. (209) The layer of air between soil is known as the ______ ____ ___________. The layer of water
between soil is known as the ______ ____ ___________. The boundary line that separates the
two zones is known as the ________ ________.
9. (71) As organic material (bugs) increases, soil thickness __________. Organics are on the _____
layer of soil.
10. (213) The geographic area where all the rainwater flows into a river then a body of water is
known as the _________________.
11. (83) _________ ______ form as a glacier melts and rivers (meltwater streams) carry small
sediments away from the glacier. The sediments that wash out of the glacier form an
__________ ______ like the south shore of Long Island.
12. (228) The two proofs of rotation are the _______ __________ & the ________ _________. The
_______ rate of rotation increases the Coriolis Effect.
13. (103) __ ______ are the slowest waves and move in a __ motion. __ _____ cannot go through
liquids (_________ core).
14. (193) By burning fossil fuels from cars, factories, and pollution, humans add ____ to the air.
15. (80) Glaciers form __ - _______ valleys, deposit ____________ and unlayered sediments, and
scratch bedrock.
16. (177) Behind a cold front is _____, _____ air; in front of a cold front is _____, ______ air.
17. (121) A mantle plume coming through the middle of a plate, like Hawaii or Iceland is known
as a ____ _____.
18. (182) Hurricanes are very large, strong, ___-_________ systems that can last for days. They get
their age from _____ ocean water, and lose power when they move over _____.
19. (156) Cloud Formation -- _____, moist air rises (less dense), cools and __________ (adiabatic
cooling), when it cools to the ___ ______ temperature, ______________ occurs, if condensation
_________ are present; then a cloud _______ forms, cloud drop size __________ and will fall as
a rain drop.
20. (185) ____________ are short lived (a minute or less), ______ in size. One way to prepare for a
_____________ is by ________________________________________________________.