Download Name

Name: _____________________________________________________
6-1 Science Trimester Review Sheet
The Science Trimester Exam will be given on
Thursday June 11th
The Science Trimester will be on Chapters 15, 16, 17, & 18 in your Earth Science textbook.
Please study these chapters, any tests and quizzes you were given, your notes, homework,
and most importantly the following specific questions!
Chapter 15: Atmosphere
1. What have chlorofluorocarbons done to Earth and its atmosphere?
2. What causes a shooting star?
3. How is troposphere warmed?
4. What is it called when a force is exerted on an area?
5. How does heat flow?
Chapter 16: Weather
1. What is it called when two air masses of different densities collide?
2. What causes wind?
3. Of the four main types of precipitation, which refreezes after melting near the ground?
4. When a front stops advancing, what term is used?
5. What is the measurement of amounts of moisture in the air compared to the amount
needed for saturation at a certain temperature?
Chapter 17: Climate
1. What is climate?
2. What was one effect of El Niño on the southern United States’ climate?
3. What is the name of the gas in car exhaust that helps hear up our atmosphere?
4. When an area on Earth experiences winter, what is happening to that part of the Earth?
5. What is something that helps an organism survive its environment?
Chapter 18:
1. What is a collapsing wave?
2. Which gas enters the ocean by photosynthesis?
3. What measures the amount of salt dissolved in seawater?
4. Which gas, that is found in ocean water, does NOT come from the atmosphere?
5. What is the lowest point of a wave called?