ESS 4th 9 Weeks Test Review

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The three ways we discussed how scientist know what the ocean floor looks like is through scuba, submersibles and sonar.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Aphotic describes an area of the ocean floor that is exposed to a lot of light.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The water cycle is drive by gravity.

• True

• False

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Oxygen is the most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Sea breeze occurs at night when cooler air moves from the land to the sea.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?

• A rock cracking due to freezing water

• A tree root breaking apart a sidewalk

• Acid rain dissolving limestone

• Wind blowing sand against a rock

What is biological weathering?

• The breakdown of rocks by living organisms

• The movement of rocks due to gravity

• The process of rocks dissolving in acid rain

• The breaking of rocks due to temperature changes

Which of the following is an example of physical weathering?

• Iron in rocks rusting due to oxygen exposure

• water freezing into cracks in a rock, causing it to break

• Water dissolving minerals in rock

• Acid rain reacting with limestone to form caves

Which of the following is an example of an igneous rock?

• Sandstone

• Granite

• Marble

• Shale

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• By cooling and solidification of magma

• By heat and pressure deep within the Earth

• By the accumulation and compaction of sediments

• By melting and recrystallization