Earth Science Review

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Waxing is when the lit portion of the moon __________________________ each night.

During which 2 lunar phases would you get the highest high tides and the lowest low tides (spring tides)?

What term above refers to dark organic matter that forms from decaying plants and animals?

The Earth's ________________________________ crust is broken into tectonic plates, which move on the __________________________.

The type of plate boundary that is formed in which the oceanic crust subducts under the continental crust is called a ________________________ boundary and can make ____________________.

When oceanic plates pull apart in a ______________________ boundary, it causes __________________________ to form.

The part of the water cycle in which the water flows off of surfaces is called-

True or False. Stars like our Sun become red giants while huge/giant stars become red supergiants.

What type of rock is made through weathering, erosion, and deposition followed by compaction and cementation?

What type of rock is made through melting and cooling

What type of rock is made through heat and pressure?

What is the top of the groundwater called?

Which province has karst topography, including caves and sinkholes?

Which happened first, the deposition of L or fault H?

A.

deposition of L

B.fault H

What type of rock is intrusion A?

A.sedimentary

B.igneous

C.metamorphic

Is precipitation usually associated with low pressure (L) or high pressure (H)?

If a parent isotope has a half-life of 200 years, how old would the rock be after 3 half-lives have passed?

If the mass of a rock is 10 grams and its volume is 5 mL, what is the density of the rock?

You have two samples of quartz. One sample weighs 10 grams while the other sample weighs 30 pounds. Although the weights of the two samples are different, the density of each sample is approximately the same.

According to the hardness scale, choose the response that is correct.

A.calcite can scratch quartz

B.corundum can scratch topaz

C.quartz can scratch topaz

D.apatite can scratch diamond

A ______________ pressure system is characterized by warm ascending air that cools and condenses, forming storms.

What causes land breezes and sea breezes?

What is the wind direction at location C is ___________________ at _______ knots. (1 feather=10, 1/2 feather=5)

A.northwest, 20

B.southwest, 20

C.northeast, 15

D.southeast, 15

which seafloor feature is made by two oceanic plates colliding causing a subduction zone?

A.trench

B.seamount

C.mid-ocean ridge

D.continental rise