Earth Science Exam #3
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This exam cover the atmosphere, pollution, and glaciers
- 1.Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?
- A.
A) Russia, Siberia
- B.
B) Greenland
- C.
C) Iceland
- D.
D) Antarctica
- 2.Which one of the following is NOT true of glaciers?
- A.
A) show evidence of past or present flow
- B.
Exist only in the Northern Hemisphere
- C.
C) form from the recrystallization of snow
- D.
D) originate on land
- 3.A fiord is a ________.
- A.
A) a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.
- B.
B) lake in a cirque
- C.
C) valley before it was glaciated
- D.
D) period of the Ice Age
- 4.________ is an irregular, usually thin till layer laid down by a retreating glacier.
- A.
A) Ground moraine
- B.
B) Outwash blanket
- C.
C) Kame sheet
- D.
D) Kame
- 5.A broad accumulation of stratified drift deposited adjacent to the downstream edge of an end moraine is a ________.
- A.
A) kame terrace
- B.
B) ground moraine
- C.
C) outwash plain
- D.
D) esker
- 6.When ice forms from seawater, the remaining seawater will have a:
- A.
A) higher salinity
- B.
B) lighter color
- C.
C) darker color
- D.
D) higher temperature
- 7.The atmospheric component that contributes to the majority of greenhouse warming on Earth is
- A.
A) methane
- B.
B) water vapor
- C.
C) ozone
- D.
D) carbon dioxide
- 8.Ozone: .
- A.
A) exists primarily in the troposphere
- B.
B) is very difficult to split into diatomic oxygen and monatomic oxygen.
- C.
C) absorbs ultraviolet light.
- D.
D) typically reaches its greatest concentrations near the ground and near major cities.
- 9.The troposphere:
- A.
A) has height that is relatively consistent at about ten kilometers.
- B.
B) is characterized in part by vertical mixing of air.
- C.
C) stays about the same temperature above three kilometers.
- D.
D) contains a bit less than half the atmosphere's mass.
- 10.The atmosphere is a mixture of:
- A.
A) moisture and gas molecules only.
- B.
B) precipitation and air.
- C.
C) particulate matter and water.
- D.
D) gas molecules, small particulates, and moisture.
- 11.Carbon dioxide is an important variable gas because:
- A.
A) it is widely distributed throughout the atmosphere.
- B.
B) it has been increasing steadily since the early 900s.
- C.
C) it is a "greenhouse" gas.
- D.
D) all of the above
- 12.Ozone is found primarily in the ________ and is important because of ________.
- A.
A) mesosphere; it makes the mid-levels of the atmosphere cold
- B.
B) troposphere; it enhances thunderstorm development
- C.
C) thermosphere; it makes the upper levels of the atmosphere very warm
- D.
D) stratosphere; its interaction with ultraviolet radiation
- 13.The four layers of the atmosphere from the top down are: .
- A.
A) stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, troposphere.
- B.
B) thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere
- C.
C) troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere.
- D.
D) thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere.
- 14.The "stratosphere" warms because of: .
- A.
A) the injection of moisture by high-flying jet aircraft.
- B.
B) dust and dirt deposited by volcanoes
- C.
C) the injection of moisture by meteors.
- D.
D) the interaction of ozone and ultraviolet light
- 15.The atmosphere consists of a mixture of gas molecules and precipitation
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.Large volcanic eruptions are more likely to bring a cooler climate than a warmer climate
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.The Coriolis Effect is zero at:
- A.
A) sunrise
- B.
B) the Poles
- C.
C) the upper atmosphere
- D.
D) the Equator
- 18.Which of the following are processes that occur under the Hydrologic Cycle?
- A.
A) evaporation
- B.
B) infiltration
- C.
C) precipitation
- D.
D) all of the above
- 19.As the temperature increases, generally, the relative humidity:
- A.
A) is unaffected
- B.
B) decreases.
- C.
C) is erratic.
- D.
D) increases
- 20.Adiabatic processes:
- A.
A) are usually not reversible.
- B.
B) often involve changes both in temperature and pressure.
- C.
C) are relatively uncommon in the atmosphere.
- D.
D) occur with the addition or loss of energy.
- 21.A parcel of rising air is least likely to do this:
- A.
A) reach the lifting condensation level
- B.
B) contract.
- C.
C) reach an area of lower pressure.
- D.
D) cool.
- 22.Air that contains as much water as it can hold:
- A.
A) has a very low relative humidity
- B.
. B) is very heavy.
- C.
C) cannot be lifted very high.
- D.
D) is saturated.
- 23.The chief source of Los Angeles air pollution is:
- A.
A) fog from the ocean.
- B.
B) coal-burning electricity plants.
- C.
C) automobile exhaust
- D.
. D) industrial pollutants.
- 24.Small suspended solids and liquids are called:
- A.
A) precipitation.
- B.
B) smog.
- C.
C) particulates
- D.
D) all of the above
- 25.The following types of fog would be associated with areas where smoke combines with damp air.
- A.
A) London-type smog.
- B.
B) Albequerque-type fog.
- C.
C) Los Angeles-type smog
- D.
D) Cairo-type fog.
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