Science Final Study Guide 1

Front 1

what is the study of how things interact with each other and with their environment?

Back 1

ecology

Front 2

How does energy enter most ecosystems?

Back 2

sunlight

Front 3

What are factories where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products?

Back 3

refineries

Front 4

what do almost all minerals have?

Back 4

crystal structure

Front 5

what are igneous rocks that form when lava cools on the surface called?

Back 5

extrusive

Front 6

What is a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch called?

Back 6

anticline

Front 7

What is a lake that stores water for human use?

Back 7

reservoir

Front 8

Where does most of the pollution in the atmosphere come from?

Back 8

burning fossil fuels

Front 9

What is the total energy of motion in the molecules of a substance called?

Back 9

thermal energy

Front 10

What are the doldrums characterized by?

Back 10

weak winds

Front 11

What do the small lines on the end of a shaft represent on a weather map?

Back 11

wind speed

Front 12

How often does an El Nino typically occur?

Back 12

2-7 years

Front 13

What is the place where an organism lives that provides the things an organism needs?

Back 13

habitat

Front 14

What is the major way in which new individuals are added to the population?

Back 14

birth of offspring

Front 15

What is a waste product of respiration that producers take in during photosynthesis?

Back 15

carbon dioxide

Front 16

what part of earths layer is the upper most part of the mantle?

Back 16

lithosphere

Front 17

what process forms a metamorphic rock?

Back 17

heat and pressure beneath earths surface

Front 18

What is the long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to Earth's surface?

Back 18

pipe

Front 19

why do few organisms live at the bottom of deep lakes?

Back 19

sunlight cannot penetrate to the bottom of a deep lake

Front 20

when water combines with ______, acid rain may form.

Back 20

sulfur oxides

Front 21

where does most of the heating of the troposphere come from?

Back 21

convection

Front 22

Where are the horse latitudes located?

Back 22

about 30degrees N and S latitudes

Front 23

What, usually is the most dangerous aspect of a snowstorm?

Back 23

High winds

Front 24

what does a cloud cover symbol that is three fourths black and one fourth white represent?

Back 24

70-80% cloud cover

Front 25

What are places on a weather map that have the same temperature connected by?

Back 25

isotherms