LFC-U2 Test Review-Physical Systems

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What is the cause of rising surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in the western United States, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?

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El Nino

Front

What is this landform? Options: lake, peninsula, hills, mountain

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peninsula

Front

What is this landform? Options: mountain, canyon, coast, cliff

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canyon

Front

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

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Weathering

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isthmus

Front

narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water

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strait

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Polar Bears hunt seals on ice: Options: Biosphere-Hydrosphere, Biosphere-Atmosphere, Hydrosphere-Atmosphere, Hydrosphere-Geosphere

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Biosphere-Hydrosphere

Front

This sphere is composed of all the living things

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Biosphere

Front

Wind is part of what sphere of Earth? (Options: Windosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Airosphere)

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Atmosphere

Front

Which layer of Earth is made up of tectonic plates? Options: outer core, inner core, asthenosphere, lithosphere

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lithosphere