Earth Science Final Review

Near shore, wave height increases and wave length

• increases
• decreases
• disappers
• slows down

Layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air and water is the

• unsaturated zone.
• saturated zone.
• water table.
• rock bed.

A lake that stores water for human use is called what?

• reservoir
• sink
• lake
• river

Deep currents are caused by differences in the density of ocean water. They move and mix water around the world and carry ___________ from the poles toward the equator.

• warm water

• extra salty water

• cold water

• hot water

What is an aquifer?

• the top of a saturated zone
• any underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow
• the total amount of dissolved salts in a sample of water
• a gentle sloping shallow area that extends outward from the edge of each continent

The condition of Earth's atmosphere in a particular time and place is the

• climate.
• clouds.
• weather.
• area.

What percent of Earth's Surface water is freshwater?

• 15%
• 5%
• 3%
• 2%

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet

• evaportaion
• transpiration
• precipitation
• condensation

An instrument used to measure air pressure is a

• thermometer
• barometer
• psychrometer
• sonar

In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

• the stratosphere
• ther troposhpere
• the thermosphere
• the mesosphere