Download Earth Science, Level 3

NAME: __________________________
DATE: ________________
PERIOD: ____
EARTH SCIENCE – LEVEL 3 – FINAL REVIEW
SOME ASSIGNMENTS MAY BE COLLECTED, SO BE SURE TO ANSWER ON A
SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.
HEAT TRANSFER (check 5/25)
1.
Define the following terms and describe an example of each.
A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
AIR PRESSURE (check 5/25)
2.
Describe the relationship between air pressure and altitude (height above
or below sea level).
3.
Describe the relationship between air pressure and air molecules.
4.
As the temperature rises, what happens to the air pressure?
ATMOSPHERE (check 5/25)
5.
What gases make up the earth’s atmosphere?
6.
How is ozone made?
7.
What keeps out ultraviolet radiation?
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CORIOLIS EFFECT (check 5/26)
8.
What effect does the coriolis effect have in the northern hemisphere?
9.
What effect does it have in the southern hemisphere?
AIR MASSES (check 5/26)
10. What is an air mass?
11. Describe the following types of air masses:
A. continental (c)
B. maritime (m)
C. Polar (P)
D. Tropical (T)
12. Be able to identify types of air masses as they move across the U.S.:
(mT, cT, mP, cP)
13. What areas of the earth are affected by the following belts of winds:
A. Polar Easterlies
B. Trade Winds
C. Westerlies
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DATE: ________________
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HUMIDITY/DEW POINT (check 5/27)
14. Define saturated.
15. When and how is the dew point reached.
16. Use the table on page 419 to find the relative humidity with the:
A. Dry bulb temp. of 10°C and difference of 5°C
B. Dry bulb temp. of 18°C and difference of 8°C
C. Dry bulb temp. of 8°C and difference of 0°C
WATER IN THE AIR (check 5/27)
17. Define the following terms:
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation
18. What is the major source of water in the atmosphere?
WARM AIR (check 5/27)
19. As warm air rises, it _________________ and __________________.
20. Why does warm air rise?
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TYPES OF PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS (check 5/28)
21. Define the following terms:
A. Rain
B. Sleet
C. Hail
D. Snow
22. Describe the appearance of these clouds and the weather each brings.
A. Stratus
B. Nimbus
C. Cumulus
D. Cirrus
GROUNDWATER/OCEANOGRAPHY (check 5/28)
23. Describe the following wave terms & draw a diagram identifying each:
A. Crest
B. Trough
C. Wave height
D. Wavelength
NAME: __________________________
24.
25.
DATE: ________________
PERIOD: ____
What causes most waves?
Define each the following terms:
A. Salinity
B. Water Table
C. Impermeable
D. Porosity
E. Thermocline
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MINERALS (check 6/1)
26. What are the 5 characteristics of all elements?
27. Describe the acid test. What is used to test for?
28. Describe the following properties of minerals:
A. Luster
B. Streak
C. Hardness
D. Fracture
E. Cleavage
29. Why shouldn’t color be the only test to identify a mineral?
30. Use the Mohs’ Scale on pg. 195 to answer the following:
A. What is the softest mineral? Hardest mineral?
B. Can Feldspar scratch Quartz? Why or why not?
C. Can Apatite scratch Gypsum? Why or why not?
ROCKS (check 6/1)
31. How can rocks be changed as they move through the rock cycle?
32. Rocks are separated into 3 groups based upon what?
33. Describe how each of these rocks are formed:
A. Igneous
B. Metamorphic
C. Sedimentary
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Horizon A
SOIL (check 6/2)
34. Copy and complete the diagram:
35. What is topsoil composed of?
36. What is humus made of?
37. Define leached.
Horizon __
Horizon ___
Topsoil
What happens to mineral
here?
What type of rock is
found here?
NAME: __________________________
DATE: ________________
PERIOD: ____
WEATHERING (check 6/2)
38. Describe and/or provide an example for each type of mechanical
weathering:
A. Ice wedging
B. Abrasion
C. Plant weathering
D. Animal weathering
39. Describe and/or provide an example for each type of chemical
weathering:
A. Water
B. Oxidation
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VOLCANOES (check 6/3)
40. Define the following volcano terms:
A. crater
B. vent
C. volcano
D. active
E. dormant
F. extinct
41. Describe how each type of volcano develops, what it looks like, and what
material(s) it is composed of.
A. Shield cone
B. Cinder cone
C. Composite
EARTHQUAKES (check 6/3)
42. What is an earthquake?
43. Define the following terms:
A. epicenter
B. focus
C. tsunami
D. seismograph
44. Which waves are the fastest?
45. Which waves are the slowest?
46. Which waves cause the most damage?
47. Which waves can travel through solids and liquids?
48. Which waves can travel through solids only?
49. Which earthquake will cause more damage: 3.9 or 7.1 on the Richter
scale?
NAME: __________________________
DATE: ________________
PERIOD: ____
CONTINENTAL DRIFT (check 6/4)
50. Define the following terms:
A. subduction
B. lithosphere
C. asthenosphere
D. mid-ocean ridge
E. sea-floor spreading
F. convection currents
G. Pangaea
H. Theory of continental drift – name 3 evidences
I. Theory of plate tectonics
J. Fault (San Andreas Fault)
51. Explain what happens to the plates at each boundary:
A. Divergent
B. Convergent
C. Transform
52. What grows out of an Oceanic-Continental boundary?
53. What grows out of a Continental-Continental boundary when they collide?
54. What do mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes have in common?
EARTH HISTORY (check 6/4)
55. How old is the earth?
56. During what Era did the dinosaurs roam the earth?
57. During what Era did life evolve on earth?
58. During what Era did invertebrates develop?
59. What Era was known as the Age of Mammals?
60. What did James Hutton’s theory tell us about the history of the earth?
61. What cannot happen to an organism if it is to become a fossil?
62. Give an example of each type of fossil:
A. Amber
B. Trace fossil
C. Unchanged (original)
D. Tar Pits
E. Petrified fossil