Which layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur?
What is the troposphere.
100
All living things can be called
What is organisms.
100
Tectonic plates often shift positions by the force of liquid rock emerging from below the Earth's surface and then cooling to form hard rock. This most often occurs
What is along coastlines.
100
All of the following are types of rocks that make up the lithosphere Except:
a. igneous
b. sedimentary
c. striated
d. metamorphic
What is C.-striated.
200
When combined, all parts of the earth that support life are called the...
What is the Biosphere.
200
Which part of the atmosphere do you live?
What is the troposphere.
200
Which of the following IS NOT a kind of surface water?
a. pond
b. runoff
c. stream
d. aquifer
What is D.-Aquifer
200
Overall cooling of the Earth's climate is associated with what?
What is El Nino.
200
Most fresh water is trapped in what land formation?
What is glaciers and ice caps.
300
Abiotic components of a community include all of the following EXCEPT...
a. weather
b. rock formations
c. soil
d. plants
What is D.-plants.
300
What gas would be least likely in the Earth's atmosphere before life began?
What is oxygen.
300
Some plant seeds live through cold winters but do not sprout until spring. In winter these seeds are...
What is domant.
300
Members of a given species can do what?
What is produce fertile offspring.
300
What is the most important requirement for all living things?
What is water.
400
This is rock that has been transformed by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock.
400
Earth's early atmosphere was greatly changed by what process?
What is photosynthesis.
400
El Nino may cause fish to die because of which of the following....
a. decreased water temp
b. increased water temp
c. strong currents
d. the advance of glaciers
What is B.- increase in water temp.
400
Erosion is caused by which of the following?
a. earthquakes
b. flowing water
c. tectonic plates
d. liquid rock
What is B.-flowing water.
400
Animals need territory to provide them with food, water, and what?
What is shelter.
500
This includes all parts of the biosphere that are made up of water.
What is the hydrosphere.
500
Ultraviolet radiation is blocked from reaching the Earth's surface by what substance found in the atmosphere?
What is ozone.
500
This is where water flows to the surface due to high pressure underground.
What is an artesian well.
500
Water exists on other planets in the solar system. Yet life exists only on Earth because water exists as a.....
What is a liquid.
500
This is the layer of land that forms the surface of the earth...