Earth Science Final Review

What is earth's revolution?

• When earth orbits around the sun

• When earth bounces

• When the sun spins around the earth

• When the earth spins on it's axis

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The wobble in Earth's rotation caused by the gravitational pull of the moon is called

• barycenter

• precession

• nutation

• convection

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Which sentence best describes the Earth system?

• It is a very stable, simple system that does not change much over time.

• It is an isolated system that does not gain or lose energy to other systems.

• It is a dynamic system with parts that interact with each other over short and long periods of time.

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The sun and Earth form a system in space in which different factors interact to drive processes. Which answer correctly matches the driving factor of each process?

• heat drives the motion of Earth's orbit and Gravity drives the formation of clouds

• Gravity drives the motion of Earth's orbit and rotation drives the formation of clouds

• rotation drives the motion of Earth's orbit and heat drives the formation of clouds

• Gravity drives the motion of Earth's orbit and heat drives the formation of clouds

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Why is it important for scientists to study multiple systems on Earth at the same time instead of studying them separately?

• They save time by studying similar parts of more than one system

• They get a better sense of what the boundaries of the systems are

• They avoid errors because processes are similar in different systems

• They can observe how parts of the different systems affect each other.

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Rainwater washing away sediment on a hillside is primarily an interaction between which of Earth’s spheres?

• Biosphere and hydrosphere

• Atmosphere and biosphere

• Geosphere and atmosphere

• Hydrosphere and geosphere

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Earth rotates on an axis. The diagram shows how the tilt of this axis can shift over a cycle of tens of thousands of years based on gravitational pull from the sun. What change will Earth most likely experience as the axis tilt approaches 24.5º?

• Ocean temperatures will decrease, and land temperatures will decrease.

• Winter temperatures will increase, and summer temperatures will decrease.

• Summer temperatures will increase, and winter temperatures will decrease.

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Sedimentary rock can be classified into two major groups: clastic and chemical. From which of these do chemical sedimentary rocks most likely originate?

• Lakes and oceans rich in dissolved elements

• Chemically pure water carrying silt and sand

• Sand blowing and being deposited in a desert environment

A student will use this scale to determine hardness of a mineral unknown to her. She finds that the mineral can scratch topaz but not corundum. Which conclusions can she make about this mineral? Choose all correct answers.

• This mineral is likely a diamond

• The surface of this mineral displays little cleavage

• This mineral has a moderate resistance to breakage

• The bonds between the atoms in this mineral are strong

• This mineral is relatively harder than most other minerals

Select all the correct statements about the conservation of carbon in Earth’s four spheres.

• If the amount of carbon going into the atmosphere is increasing, then the total amount stored in Earth’s other spheres must be decreasing

• If the amount of carbon in the geosphere does not change, then the amount going into the geosphere must equal the amount that goes out of it.

• If the amount of carbon leaving the biosphere equals the amount leaving the hydrosphere, then the amount entering both spheres must be the same.

• If the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and the amount in the hydrosphere both increase one year, then the total amount in the biosphere and the geosphere must decrease.

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