Brain Drain 2

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Brain Drain 2

• CRCT Review 2
• 99 Questions

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1.) What is the theory that explains how the
universe was created? Big Bang Theory
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2.) What does maritime mean? Wet
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3.) Rivers, steams, creeks are known as
tributaries
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4.) What is the percentage of Earths salt water?
97
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5.) Which crust is more dense, oceanic or
continental? Oceanic
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6.) What crust is the thickest? Continental
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7.) In a collision between oceanic and
continental which will subduct? Oceanic
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8.) Law of superposition states that the farther
you go down in the Earth the denser the rock.
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9.) What is the main greenhouse gas on Earth?
Carbon Dioxide
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10.) What type of climate accelerates (to make
faster) weathering?Warm and wet
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11.) What are underwater mountain ranges known
as? Mid-ocean Ridge
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12.) Depositing sediment at the bottom of rivers
is known as Deposition
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13.) You have 73 mph wind. Is this a category 1
hurricane or tropical storm? Tropical storm
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14.) You have 74 mph wind. Is this a category 1
hurricane or a tropical storm? Category 1
Hurricane
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15.) What type of cloud is associated with
hurricanes and thunderstorms?Cumulonimbus
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16.) The process by which the ocean floor sinks
beneath a deep ocean trench into the mantle is
known as a subduction zone.
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17.) What instrument measures wind speed?
Anemometer
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18.) What instrument measures temperature?
Thermometer
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19.) Igneous rock formed inside earths crust is
known as Intrusive igneous rock.
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20.) Igneous rock formed outside earths crust is
known as extrusive igneous rock.
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21.) The galaxy we live in is known as the Milky
Way Galaxy.
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22.) Our solar system is located on the outer arm
or band of the galaxy.
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23.) The galaxy we live in is known as a spiral
galaxy.
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24.) The tallest mountains on earth are located
where?Under the ocean
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25.) The longest mountain chains on earth are
located where? Under the ocean.
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26.) A person who studies whether is known as a
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27.) What is an indirect method scientist use to
study layers? Seismic waves
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28.) What is a direct method scientist use to
study layers? Rocks
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29.) Conserve means to save
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30.) An air mass coming from land is known as a
land breeze
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31.) An air mass coming from water is known as
sea breeze
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32.) A global wind coming from the poles is known
as polar easterlies
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33.) A global wind coming from the equator is
known as trade winds
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34.) What process is required to turn rock into
sediment? Weathering
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35.) This process carries sediment from one place
to another. Erosion
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36.) This process occurs when dissolved minerals
crystallize and glue particles together.
Cementation
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37.) This layer of earth is soft and bends easy,
it also means weak in Greek. Asthenosphere
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38.) This layer is the top layer and means
stone in Greek. Lithosphere
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39.) What is the thickest layer of Earth? Mantle
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40.) Continents slowly moving over millions of
years is known as the Continental Drift Theory
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41.) Scientist use sonar to map the surface of
the ocean floor.
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42.) The shaking and trembling of Earth due to
shifting rock underneath is known as an earthquake
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43.) A plateau is a large area of flat land
elevated high above sea level.
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44.) Area beneath earth surface where rock is
under stress and breaks triggering an earthquake.
Focus
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45.) The Richter Scale is a rating an earthquakes
magnitude is measured in.
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46.) Liquefaction occurs when an earthquakes
violent shaking suddenly turns loose soft soil
into mud.
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47.) The Pacific Ring of Fire is where most of
Earths volcanoes are located in the Pacific
Ocean.
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48.) Molten rock inside Earths crust is known
as Magma
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49.) Molten rock outside earths crust is known
as Lava
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50.) A hot spot is an area where material deep
inside earths crust rises creating volcanoes.
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51.) Which is safest? A dormant volcano or an
extinct volcano?Extinct
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52.) Principle that states processes that
happened long ago operate the same today and have
always operated is known as uniformitarianism
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53.) Astronomer who came up with ellipses was
Kepler.
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54.) Astronomer who believed in a geocentric
universe was Ptolemy.
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55.) Astronomer who believed in a heliocentric
universe was Copernicus
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56.) The process when water seeps into cracks and
freezes, expanding the rock is known as ice
wedging.
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57.) Animals burrowing is an example of physical
weathering.
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58.) Acid rain is an example of chemical
weathering.
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59.) Abrasion refers to the grinding away of a
surface by water, wind, or gravity.
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60.) Lichen is an acid produced by plants that
breaks down rock.
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61.) Iron combining with oxygen and water created
rust, this is known as oxidation.
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62.) Oxidation is known as chemical weathering.
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63.) Soil that is easily penetrated by air or
wind is known as permeable.
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64.) What type of soil is least permeable? Clay
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65.) What type of soil is most permeable? Sand
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66.) The solid layer of rock at the bottom of
soil profile is known as bedrock.
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67.) A soil horizon is layer of soil that differs
in color and texture from other layers above or
below it.
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68.) Decomposition is the breaking down of an
organism.
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69.) Contour plowing is a technique that allows
farmers to plow on the natural curves of a slope.
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70.) Terracing is a technique where farmers dig
steeps with lips on hills to prevent erosion of
topsoil.
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71.) What 2 agents of erosion create mudslides?
Gravity and water
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72.) Where a river meets an ocean is known as a
delta.
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73.) Deep ocean currents are caused by
temperature or salinity differences
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74.) What creates waves? Wind
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75.) What creates wind? The unequal heating and
cooling of earths surface.
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76.) During the day differences in land and sea
temperature create a sea breeze
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77.) During the night differences in land and sea
temperature create a land breeze.
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78.) What creates tides? Moons gravitational
pull on Earth
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79.) What creates surface currents? Wind
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80.) Fossils are the preserved remains of traces
of living organisms.
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81.) Most fossils are found in sedimentary rock.
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82.) What does centric mean? Center
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83.) What stage of the water cycle comes after
runoff? evaporation
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84.) Where is most of Earths fresh water
trapped? Glaciers
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85.) Impermeable means water cannot penetrate.
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86.) Underground layer of rock or sediment that
holds water is an aquifer.
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87.) An artesian well is a well that rises
because of pressure within an aquifer.
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88.) The zone farthest from land is known as the
open ocean zone.
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89.) From low tide to edge of continental shield
is the neritic zone.
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90.) Salinity is the measure of the amount of
salt in a substance.
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91.) The more salt dissolved in water the denser
the water becomes.
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92.) Wind and water curve due to the coriolis
effect of earth spinning from west to east.
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93.) The gulf stream is a warm current from the
south atlantic to the north that warms up Europe.
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94.) Pattern of temperature of a long period of
time is known as climate.
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95.) Atmospheric conditions at a specific time is
known as weather.
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96.) 30 degrees north and south of the equator
are known as the horse latitudes.
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97.) The point at which water vapor turns to
liquid is dew point.
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98.) Global winds blow steadily from specific
directions over long distances all over Earth.
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99.) The deadliest part of a hurricane is known
as the eye wall.