6 TH GRADE 1 ST QUARTER EQT REVIEW

 What affects stream erosion? QQ

A:  DISCHARGE

 What is a bed load? QQ

A:  Material carried in solution in a river

 What drains a watershed? QQ

A:  A WATER SYSTEM

 Know what as reference point is and which place is not a good reference point.

 What is declination magnetic? QQ

A:  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MAGNETIC NORTH AND THE TRUE NORTH

 What powers the water cycle? QQ

 SUN’S ENERGY AA

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 What is a sediment? QQ

 ROCK AND SOIL DEPOSITED BY STREAMS AA

 The two highest layers of the atmosphere are: STRATOSPHERE & THERMOSPHERE

When do the greatest tidal ranges occur? QQ

 SPRING TIDES AA

 What increases the salinity of the ocean water? QQ

 EVAPORATION AA

 What is part of the thermosphere called? QQ

 IONSPHERE AA

 what kind of weather cumulonimbus clouds bring? QQ

 THUNDERSTORMS AA

 What is the purpose of isobars? QQ

 TO CONNECT POINTS OF EQUAL AIR PRESSURE ON WEATHER MAP AA

 Where does a continental polar air mass form? QQ

 UP NORTH (NORTHERN AREAS) AA

 What can you get from a weather map? QQ

 LOCATION OF COLD AND WARM FRONTS AA

 What kind of weather will nimbostratus clouds clouds likely bring? QQ

 RAINY AA

 What is a storm surge and what can it cause? QQ

 It is the rising of the sea as a result of atmospheric pressure changes and wind associated with a storm.  CAUSED FROM A HURRICANE AA

 Where do ocean currentS flow east to west near? QQ

 NEAR THE EQUATOR AA

 What explains why one side of a mountain usually has more precipitation than the other side? QQ

 MOUNTAINS FORCE AIR TO RISE, AND AIR COOLS AND RELEASES MOISURE AS IT RISES. AA

 What does the Earth’s atmosphere have most of as far as gas? QQ

MOSTLY OF NITROGEN WITH ABOUT 21% OXYGEN AA

 Surface currents are caused by what? QQ

 WIND AA

 What is global warming caused by? QQ

 AN INCREASE IN GREENHOUSE GASES AA

 What causes the change of the seasons? QQ

 THE TILT OF THE EARTH’S AXIS AA

 What is the major source of human-caused air pollution? QQ

VEHICLE EXHAUST AA

 What does a surface current do when it deflects? QQ

 CHANGES DIRECTION AA

 Know the globe is the model of the Earth that has distortion.

 Know the protective ozone layer is found in the STRATOSPHERE

 When prevailing winds travel to a region across large body of water what would the climate be? QQ

 WETTER AA

 Know the greatest problem created by the ozone layer…….is too much radiation

What is used to collect weather-related data from the upper atmosphere? QQ

AA  WEATHER BALLOON, DOPPLER RADAR, WEATHER SATELLITE.

 What tool measures air pressure? QQ

AA  BAROMETER

 What is a source-point pollution and non-point? QQ

AA  POINT SOURCE IS WATER POLLUTION THAT COMES FROM A SINGLE, DESCRETE PLACE, TYPICALLY A PIPE.  NON-POINT SOURCECOMES FROM MANY SOURCES.

 Know about the water treatment plants and sewer system fliltration stages. QQ

 What is El Nino and be able to explain what it does. QQ