Chapters 1, 2, 3 and Space
Chapters 4-7
Chapters 8, 9, 10 and 14
Chapters 16, 17, 21 and 18
Chapters 19, 20, Ecology and Environmental
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Name the three types of rocks
Sedimentary Metamorphic Igneous
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To be considered a desert an area must receive less than _ inches of rain a year
10
100
What instrument is used for measuring earthquakes
A Seismograph
100
What are prevailing winds
Winds in an area that come from a certain direction
100
What are trophic levels
Levels of energy passed down by one organism eating another
200
The theory of how our solar system was created
What is nebular theory
200
What are the three soil particles from largest to smallest
Sand, Silt, Clay
200
Name the 3 types on volcanos
Shield, composite cone and cinder cone
200
When is the summer solstice in the southern hemisphere
December 21
200
What are trade winds
Easterly winds that blow just above and below the equator
300
What type of weather would you expect to see from a cold front?
Rainy weather and/or Cold temperatures
300
_% of water on Earth is ocean water
97
300
Which type of waves travels faster P-waves or S-waves
P-Waves
300
What is convection
The transfer of heat through fluids
300
What is a front
Where 2 air masses come together
400
What 2 particles can be found in the nucleus of an atom
Protons and Neutrons
400
What is plastic slip
When the top layer of a glacier squeezes the middle layer out
400
What are the 4 layers of Earth based on chemical composition
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core and Inner Core
400
Name a natural process that can change climate
Possible answers: Volcanic eruptions, Oceanic circulation(El Nino), Solar activity and Earths motion
400
About how much energy is lost between trophic levels
Around 90%
500
87 Hg= _Dm?
87,000
500
Name 2 types of sand dunes
Possible answers: Barchan, Transverse, Barchoniod, Longitudinal, Parabolic or Star
500
What is the abyssal plain
A large flat area on the ocean basin floor
500
What tool measures relative humidity
A hygrometer
500
Describe habitat fragmentation
The breaking up of a habitat into pieces via roads, pipes or other means
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