MC1
MC2
VOCAB1
VOCAB2
100
Earth's ____________________ consists of all the planet's living or once-living things and the nonliving parts of the environment with which they interact.
a. atmosphere
b. geosphere
c. biosphere
d. hydrosphere
c. biosphere
100
Which diagram illustrates the process that created the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
a. Diagram A
b. Diagram B
c. Diagram C
a. Diagram A
100
The release of water vapor by plants through their leaves.
Transpiration
100
They are the result of the separation and collision of tectonic plates.
Landforms
200
What type of plate boundary is shown in diagram b?
a. Divergent
b. Convergent
c. Transform
c. Transform
200
Which diagram shows a divergent plate boundary?
a. Diagram A
b. Diagram B
c. Diagram C
a. Diagram A
200
It is a large plate of lithosphere.
Tectonic plate
200
It is the thin layer of relatively cool rock that forms Earth’s outer skin both on dry land and in the ocean.
Crust
300
Aquifers hold ____________________, fresh water found underground.
a. air
b. groundwater
c. rocks
d. soil
b. groundwater
300
As the asthenosphere moves, it drags along large plates of crust called _____________ plates.
a. ground
b. magma
c. tectonic
d. volcanic
c. tectonic
300
Fresh water found underground.
Groundwater
300
The conversion of a substance from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
400
Water which returns from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface as rain or snow is called
a. transpiration.
b. condensation.
c. evaporation.
d. precipitation.
d. precipitation.
400
Which of Earth’s spheres consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet?
a. geosphere
b. atmosphere
c. hydrosphere
d. biosphere
b. atmosphere
400
It is a dense ball of solid metal.
Core
400
Water returning from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface.
Precipitation
500
A change in state from a gas to a liquid.
Condensation
500
Layer of rock and soil that holds water
Aquifer
600
It is the depositing of eroded soil at a new location.
Deposition
600
It is a layer of very hot but mostly solid rock.
Mantle