1 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt Measuring the Earth/ celestial objects Landscapes and Radioactive Dating The Dynamic Crust Meteorology Mixed Review

2 On which date does the maximum duration of insolation occur in the Northern Hemisphere? Answer

3 June 21st

4 What is the direction of stream flow for the middle stream? Answer

5 South

6 Name one piece of evidence that the Earth rotates Answer

7 Day/Night, Focault pendulum, the way celestial objects appear to travel from east to west

8 On which two days is the tide the highest? Answer

9 July 1 st and July 16 th.

10 Use the picture as a reference On June 21 st, the angle of insolation will be greatest at the latitude of: Answer

degrees North/Tropic of Cancer

12 Which has greater porosity? Why? Answer

13 They are equal because they are the same shape and sorting and while one has more holes, the holes are smaller.

14 There are two valleys, one U- shaped and one V-shaped. Which agent of erosion formed these? Answer

15 The V-shaped valley was formed by running water, the U-shaped valley was formed by glaciers.

16 An ancient bone was analyzed and found to contain carbon14 that had decayed for nearly two half lives. How old is the bone? Answer

17 11,400 years old

18 If there are 19.4 grams of carbon14 and grams of nitrogen14 how old is le fossil? Answer

years oldddddd guys hehe

20 What is the youngest bedrock? Answer

21 Layer A, igneous intrusion

22 What kind of boundary is between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate (West Coast of United States)? Answer

23 Transform, San Andreas Fault

24 What causes lithospheric plate movement? Answer

25 Density differences result in convection cells/ currents

26 A trench forms when two plates… Answer

27 Converge, and one plate subducts under the other

28 Which type of plate is more dense, continental or oceanic? And which is thinner and older? Answer

29 Continental is more dense and oceanic is older and thinner.

30 A seismograph station records a difference in arrival time between the S- and P-wave of 4 minutes. About how far away is the earthquake epicenter? [Refer to the Earth Science Reference Tables.] Answer

km

32 What is the visibility and present weather? Answer

33 ½ mile and fog

degrees F equals ___ degrees C Answer

35 38degrees C

36 An air mass originates in Canada, what is the name of the air mass? Answer

37 cP or continental polar

38 The capital T in mT refers to: Answer

39 Tropical, warm, air

40 What is the direction of winds in a mid-latitude low pressure system? And what direction do they typically travel? Answer

41 In and counterclockwise/ to the Northeast/ from the southwest

42 On March 21, two observers, one at 45D north latitude and the other at 45D south latitude, watch the "rising" Sun. In which direction(s) must they look? Answer

43 Both observers must look eastward.

44 If the distance between A and B is 9.5 miles, calculate the gradient to the nearest tenth. Answer

ft/mi

46 If the velocity of a stream is 5 cm/sec, what is the largest particle it can carry? Answer

47 Sand

48 An igneous rock has large crystals. What type of environment was it formed in? Answer

49 Inside the volcano. Intrusive/plutonic

50 List the qualities of an index fossil. Answer

51 Widespread, easily preserved, short lived