Maps & Navigation
What is a representation of the features of a physical body, such as Earth?
A. Compass
B. Map
C. Directions
D. A Satellite Image
B. Map
What is the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes?
A. Weathering
B. Erosion
C. Mass Movement
D. Landslide
A. Weathering
What is a loose mixture of rock fragments, organic material, water, and air that can support the growth of vegetation?
A. Soil
B. Bedrock
C. Humus
D. Rock
A. Soil
What is the measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid called?
A. pH
B. Structure
C. Chemical
D. Salinity
D. Salinity
What is the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean called?
A. Watershed
B. Waterfall
C. Water Cycle
D. Precipitation
C. Water Cycle
What is the distance North or South from the equator called?
A. Longitude
B. Latitude
C. Equator
D. Prime Meridian
B. Latitude
Which of the following are the general types of Weathering that can occur? (CHOOSE 2)
A. Abrasion Weathering
B. Chemical Weathering
C. Mechanical Weathering
D. Water Weathering
B. Chemical Weathering
C. Mechanical Weathering
What is the layer of rock that is beneath the soil?
A. Soil
B. Bedrock
C. Humus
D. Rock
B. Bedrock
What is the lowest point on a wave called?
A. Trough
B. Crest
C. Wavelength
D. Frequency
A. Trough
What is the name of the water located within the rocks below the Earth's surface?
A. Water Table
B. Groundwater
C. Artesian Spring
D. Watershed
B. Groundwater
What is the distance East and West from the Prime Meridian called?
A. Longitude
B. Latitude
C. Equator
D. Prime Meridian
A. Longitude
What is the process in which water seeps into cracks of rock, and when temperatures drop, the water freezes and expands, causing the cracks to widen?
A. Abrasion
B. Water
C. Plants
D. Frost Wedging
D. Frost Wedging
What is a soil's ability to hold nutrients to supply those nutrients to a plant?
A. Soil pH
B. Soil Texture
C. Soil Fertility
D. Soil Structure
C. Soil Fertility
Which two categories of currents are types of ocean currents that were discussed in class? (CHOOSE 2)
A. Surface Current
B. Deep Current
C. Wave Current
D. Warm Current
B. Deep Current
What is the ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces or pores called?
A. Porosity
B. Permeability
C. Recharge
D. Fertility
B. Permeability
What are the directions, including North, South, East, and West properly called?
A. Compass Directions
B. Map Directions
C. Outside Directions
D. Cardinal Directions
D. Cardinal Directions
Which of the following isn't a type of Chemical Weathering?
A. Water
B. Air
C. Acid Precipitation
D. Animals
D. Animals
What is the name for the specific series of layers of soil, usually humus-rich soil on top, sediment below that, and bedrock on the bottom?
A. Soil Texture
B. Soil Horizon
C. Soil Fertility
D. Soil pH
B. Soil Horizon
What is the apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation called?
A. Upwelling
B. Underflow
C. Coriolis Effect
D. Swell
C. Coriolis Effect
What type of pollution comes from many sources rather than from a single, specific site?
A. Chemical
B. Thermal
C. Non-Point Source
D. Point-Source
C. Non-Point Source
What type of map shows the surface features of the Earth using Contour lines and intervals?
Topographic Map
What is the process called by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport soil and sediment from one location to another?
Erosion
What is the dark, organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals called?
Humus
What does SONAR stand for?
SOund
Navigation
And
Ranging
What is the name of the oxygen that is dissolved in water?
Dissolved Oxygen