Unit 5 Test (Environmental Science)

1. If Earth’s axis is tipping away from the sun, that means the Northern Hemisphere is in which season?
   

• Spring

• Winter

• Summer

• Fall

1. If Chile is experiencing a particularly warm year, this could be attributed to

   1. 
      

• 1. tides

• 1. The Jet Stream

• 1. El Nino

• La Nina

1. Which of the following air circulation cells is found from 0 - 30 degrees North latitude?

• 1. Polar cell

• 1. Hadley cell

• 1. Ferrel cell 

• El Nino

1. In the Northern hemisphere, the Coriolis effect causes wind to bend

• 1. In a counterclockwise direction

• 1. towards the Southern hemisphere

• 1. In a clockwise pattern

1. The layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer is the

• 1. troposphere

• 1. thermosphere

• 1. mesosphere

• stratosphere

1. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of El Nino?

• 1. Weaker upwelling on South American coastline

• 1. Unusually weak trade winds or presence of westerlies

• 1. Sea level higher in eastern Pacific than western Pacific

• 1. Flooding in Australia and Indonesia

1. Through which of the following is atmospheric Nitrogen converted to Nitrogen in the soil

• 1. Lightning

• 1. Photosynthesis

• 1. Denitrification

• 1. Animal respiration

1. The phosphorus cycle is unique because it does not include which location?

   1. Soil 

   2. Atmosphere

   3. Plants

Animals

• 1. Soil 

• 1. Atmosphere

• 1. Plants

• Animals

1. Which process takes carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into organic matter?

   1. Respiration

   2. Denitrification

   3. Decomposition

   4. Photosynthesis

• 1. Respiration

• 1. Denitrification

• 1. Decomposition

• 1. Photosynthesis

1. Moving from the earth, upwards, what is the correct order of the layers of the atmosphere?

• 1. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• 1. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere

• 1. Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere

• Stratosphere, Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Exosphere