Human activity and water
Continental drift
Plate Tectonics
Trophic levels and food chains
Space
100
When you leave harmful chemicals like fertilizers and pesticides where do they ultimately end up.
in the watershed/aquifer down stream of the pollution source
100
What was the the super continent that Alfred Wagner hypothesized existed?
Pangea
100
What land forms are formed at divergent plate boundaries?
Rift Valleys, and Mid ocean Ridges
100
Where does all energy for life come from?
The sun. Also acceptable lower trophic level
100
name 1 of the 2 things that affect the pull due to gravity.
distance and mass
200
A rocklayer under ground that hold water is a(n)...
aquifer
200
What is the oldest fossil here?
Trilobites
200
What are formed at subduction zones?
Oceanic Trenches, and Volcanos
200
What are three of the four trophic levels
Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary consumer, Tertiary Consumer
200
what are the four inner planets?
mercury, venus, earth, and mars
300
Which of the following are beneficial to watersheds?
1 Planting plants near water systems
2 reducing household waste
3 increased factory activity on the watershed
1 and 2
300
What evidence did Alfred Wegner use to make his claims about continental drift?
Fossil Evidence, rock layers, the shapes of the continents and/or the sea floor spreading rock ages(that last one was Henry Hess rather than Alfred Wagner but it is acceptable in this case)
300
What land forms are formed at tranform boundaries?
Faultlines
300
What do the arrows on a food web indicate?
The direction of energy flow
300
list the four outer planets
jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune
400
which of the following will reduce the local fish populations
1.increasing the number of fishing in the area
2.introducing non native species
3.limiting the number of fish that can be caught per year
1 and 2
400
Daily Double (worth twice as many points)
When a single lone island chain forms in the middle of a plate this could be because of a...
Hot Spot
400
What are formed when two continental plates converge?
Fold Mountains
400
How much energy makes it from one trophic level to the next?
10%
400
which planet has the greatest gravity
jupiter
500
list 2 ways that humans can benefit the aquifer levels
answers will vary teacher discretion.
use less water
plant more plants to get more water to seep into the ground
control erosion
use fewer harmful chemicals on soils
reduce construction in water shed areas
500
I could only think of 4 questions for continental drift that fit the format. here's a picture of a dog
no points but enjoy the dog.
500
What powers plate tectonics?
Convection Currents in the mantle
500
What recycles nutrients in a food web?
decomposers
500
which planet has the least gravity
mercury. no pluto doesn't count it's not a planet