WED Watersheds, Catastrophic Events and Space Review

What are the effects of Hurricanes on the environment except?

• cause leveling of trees and plants leading to damaging erosion

• can damaged boats, vehicles, tanks, and stray containers often releasing toxic chemicals

• increase in the mosquito population because of standing water

• Increasing temperature causes dehydration and death

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An area has abnormally large amounts of rainfall. All of the following is true except?

• a decrease in erosion

• Contamination seeping through the ground causing

• increase in the insect population

• sediments building up in areas of sitting water

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What happens to the soil when a tornado goes through an area?

• water is retained

• soil erosion

• numbers of minerals in the soil

• worm population increases

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The picture shown is a sand dunes. How are sand dunes created?

• a primitive river carved out the sand dunes

• deposition of sand carried by winds on the coast

• land uplifted by tectonic plates

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What type of erosion happens when a tornado moves through an area?

• soil erosion

• water erosion

• gravity

• ice wedging

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What explains the lack of extremely different land formations in the ecoregion?

• trees breaking down landforms

• trees weathering landforms

• vegetation soaking up water

• High vegetation holding the soil in place

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What is a barrier island?

• island that are connected to the mainland by a low-lying land bridge

• Sand formation deposited off the coast

• eruptions of underwater volcano's

• islands constructed by humans

Which best explains how these islands are formed?

• Through a variety of processes such as volcanic activity, erosion, and deposition of sediment.
• Due to meteor impacts
• By the growth of coral reefs
• as sand from the shore is deposited where water movement slows down

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The diagram does not explain how acid rain-

• can get into the ground water

• is chemically broken down into harmful substances when entering the bodies of water

• forms within the water cycle at different phases

• is formed because factories release sulfuric acid into the air

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What are TWO characteristics that scientist would look for on another plants to determine the viability of life.

• presence of water

• presence of clouds

• presence of plants

• presence of oxygen

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