AP Environmental Science Earth Systems and Resources

The surface of the earth, otherwise known as the ______, is broken into seven major pieces and sits atop a liquid layer called the _______

• lithosphere, asthenosphere

• astenosphere, mantle

• crust, litosphere

• asthenosphere, lithosphere

The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subductive Zone
• Transform

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This rock was formed by smaller pieces of rock that settled at the bottom of a lake millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic

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The layer of soil which the topsoil is found.

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

Which horizon is made up of partially weathered rocks?

• Horizon A
• Horizon B
• Horizon C
• Horizon D or R

In which horizon is most of the HUMUS?

• Horizon A

• Horizon B

• Horizon C

• Horizon O

As you travel from the crust to the inner core, how would temperature and density of the material change?

• The would all increase

• The would all decrease.

• They would stay the same.

• Temperature would decrease, but pressure and density would increase.

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When did the super continent Pangaea exist?

• 20 million years ago

• 100 million years ago

• 175 million years ago

• 250 million years ago

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The most common gas in the atmosphere (78%).

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Trace gases

Most of Earth's freshwater is ___________

• under ground
• as a liquid on the surface
• frozen
• in Olympic swimming pools

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