ELIMINATION ROUND

A main principle of geology is _____, a concept that is useful for interpreting landform diagrams and estimating the order of geologic events.

• A. Predictability

• B. Utilitarianism

• C. Ordered Chaos

• D. Uniformitarianism

When observing a landform diagram, what law states that within an undisturbed sequence of rock layers, the oldest layer would be beneath the newer, or younger layers?

• A. Law of Super placement

• B. Law of superposition

• C. Law of conformity

• D. Law of Isostasy

Which two factors affect how fast the water fills the ground?

• Oxygenation and carbon cycle

• Permeability and porosity

• Permeability and oxygenation

• Porosity and carbon cycle

Which of the following can cause global warming?

• A. Volcanic Eruption

• B. the amount of rainfall 

• C. the rising of warm air into the atmosphere. 

• D. the absorption of heat from the earth’s interior.

When does greenhouse effect happen? 

• A. When the earth surface absorb heat from the atmosphere.

• B. When the earth surface absorb heat from the earth’s interior.

• C. When the upper atmosphere absorb heat from the outer space.

• D. When the lower atmosphere absorb heat from the earth’s surface.

   

What causes La Niña? 

• A. Warming of water in the Atlantic Ocean.

• B. Cooling of water in the Atlantic coast of the US.

• C. Warming of water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America.

• D. Cooling of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.

During an El Niño year, what happens to ocean temperature in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean? 

• A. It is cooler than the average.

• B. It is warmer than the average.

• C. It is varied throughout the ocean.

• D. It remains in the same temperature.

Which of the following gases are responsible for the 75% of the global warming effect?

• A. carbon dioxide, oxygen, fluorine

• B. carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen

• C. carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen

• D. carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide

Which of the following greenhouse gases is the most abundant in the atmosphere?

• A. methane 

• B. water vapor

• C. nitrous oxide

• D. carbon dioxide

Which statement supports the importance of forests for mitigating climate

change?

• A. It provides building materials.

• B. It is an important source of food.

• C. It serves as a sink in the carbon cycle.

• D. It reflects sunlight away from the Earth.