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62 Cards in this Set
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The location where new crust is being created at a divergent plate boundary
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Atlantic Ocean
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The location where one tectonic plate is being forced beneath another, creating a volcanic arc
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Japanese Coast
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The Intraplate location where hot-spot volcanism is occuring
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Pacific ocean
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Which of the following is true of divergent plate boundaries?
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They are where mid ocean ridges occur
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Most deaths in earthquakes occur because of which of the following?
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Poorly constructed buildings
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How can a particularly violent volcanic eruption impact global temperature?
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Ash can enter the upper atmosphere where it can block infrared radiation from the sun
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At which type of plate boundary is new crust formed?
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Divergent
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Which of the following was the geological era when dinosaurs roamed the Earth?
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Mesozoic
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Which of the following is at a convergent boundary where two continental plates are presently colliding
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The Himilayas
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An Earthquake of Richter magnitude 5 is how many times larger than and earthquake of Richter magnitude three
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100
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The San Andreas Fault in California occurs at
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a transform boundary
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Earth's surface is part of the
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lithosphere
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The location where two tectonic plates slide apart from each other with the space that was created being filled with molten magma from below are known as
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divergent boundaries
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Which of the following would not be a likely location for seismic activity
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Interior of continental plates
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The interface where plates slide past each other in opposite directions is known as a
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transform plate boundary
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The Mariana trench (five times as deep as the Grand Canyon) is
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11000 meters deep
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Which of the following natural events would most likely contribute to the cooling of Earth's Atmosphere?
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Volcanism
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Most volcanism in the world is associated with
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plate boundaries
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Subduction zones tend to produce deep undersea trenches as a result of
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on tectonic plate being forced to bend under another
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A volcano that has not recently been active but may reactivate soon is known as
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dormant
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The vertical heating and cooling of air
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convection currents
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The movement of air between masses with different temperatures
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wind
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The collection of all gases held to the Earth by gravity
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atmosphere
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region where the ozone layer is located
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Stratosphere
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Region that contains the majority of the molecules in the atmosphere
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troposhpere
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Region largely responsible for the weather experienced at the Earth's surface
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troposphere
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region with the lowest atmospheric pressure
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Exosphere
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The phenomenon causing global warming occurs primarily in the region of the atmosphere
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troposphere
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The beneficial ozone layer is in this region of the atmosphere
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stratosphere
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Most of the oxygen is found in this layer of the atmosphere
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troposphere
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Which of the following factors is fundamentally responsible for the seasons on Earth?
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the tilt of the Earth's axis of rotation
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La nina would produce all of the following except
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warmer winders in Canada and northeast USA
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Along the equator
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warm moist air rises
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the correct arrangement of atmospheric layers, arranged in order from the most distant from the Earth's surface to the one closest to the Earth's surface is
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thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposhpere
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The Coriolis Effect
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affects wind direction
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Which gases make up a majority of the Earth's atmosphere
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nitrogen and oxygen
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a la nina event will bring warm winters to which part of the US
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southeast
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What is the difference between weather and climate
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Weather is the daily temperature and moisture conditions in a place and climate is a long term pattern
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What event is characterized be a major shift in atmospheric pressure over the central equatorial Pacific Ocean that reverses the trade winds and forces warmer winders to spread eatward
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El nino
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Most of the Earth's deserts are at approximately 30 degrees latitude, north and south, because these latitudes are characterized by
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descending dry air currents
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Ozone in the stratosphere is important to organisms at the Earth's surface because ozone molecules are very strong absorbers of
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ultraviolet waves
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The most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere is
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nitrogen
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The primary cause of Earth's seasons is
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constant tilt of Earth's rotational axis
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El nino, a periodic warming of the ocean surface waters, occurs in which of the following regions
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Tropical east pacific
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During the El Nino southern oscilation event, which of the following describes the conditions
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HIGH HIGH
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temperature in the stratosphere increases with elevation due to the presence of
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the ozone layer
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The global impact of ENSO includes all of the following except
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an increase in the number of atlantic hurricanes
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This area has the lowest amount of naturally available freshwater per capita
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Middle East
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This are has the largest hydroelectric dam
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china
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Desalination is used to supply most of this region with freshwater
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Middle East
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Which of the following methods of agricultural irrigation results in the loss of the least amount of water by irrigation
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drip irrigation
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Economic benefits of building large dams include which of the following?
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Storage of water for agriculture and domestic use and production of renewable energy
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The chart above compares the daily water use per person to the price of water in selected countries. Which of the following conclusions can be correctly drawn using only the data in the chart?
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Increased water use is generally correlated with lower water prices
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As urbanization increases and natural soil surfaces are covered, groundwater supply is reduced due to
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loss of recharge area
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The largest use of freshwater around the world is
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irrigating crops
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which of the following would improve the Aral sea's ecological problems
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Teaching farmers to use drip irrigation and other water saving techniques on crops
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water vapor returning to the liquid state is called
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condensation
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A mixture of freshwater and saltwater is known as
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brackish water
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The largest use for industrial water is for
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cooling electrical power plants
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Countries that are more likely to suffer from water stress would be
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the Middle East
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A country that would represent large percapita water use would be
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USA
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negative environmental impacts associated with large-scale hydroelectric projects have been demostrated in which of the following areas?
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James bay, quebec, canada
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