Earth Science Quiz 1
- 1.The windblown top of a thunderstorm is called a
- A.
Anvil
- B.
Gust front
- C.
Eye
- D.
Occluded front
- 2.A boundary where contrasting air masses meet is a
- A.
Hurricane
- B.
Front
- C.
Storm surge
- D.
Eye wall
- 3.A cool, moist air mass is the
- A.
CA
- B.
CP
- C.
MT
- D.
MP
- E.
CT
- 4.Thunderstorms, midlatitudes cyclones, and hurricanes are fed by
- A.
Dense, heavy air
- B.
Atmospheric stability
- C.
The Coriolis force
- D.
Latent head of condensation
- 5.HThe sequence of atmospheric events that develops along the polar jet stream and that produces midlatitude cyclones is called
- A.
Tropical depression
- B.
Cyclogenesis
- C.
Occlusion
- D.
Storm surge
- 6.AThe type of mass wasting depicted is a
- A.
Rockfall
- B.
Earthflow
- C.
Soil creep
- D.
Slump
- 7.TThe location within the Earth where an earthquake originates is the
- A.
Hogback
- B.
Isotope
- C.
Epicenter
- D.
Focus
- 8.The Earth's plates move around on the Earth b/c they float on the
- A.
Crust
- B.
Core
- C.
Asthenosphere
- D.
Plume
- E.
Mantle
- 9.A plate boundary where two plates move horizontally past each other is a
- A.
Convergent boundary
- B.
Divergent boundary
- C.
Passive plate margin
- D.
Transform boundary
- 10.The spreading apart of the Earth's crust by magma rising between fractures in the Earth's plates is called
- A.
Exfoliation
- B.
Overthrusting
- C.
Rifting
- D.
Subduction
- 11.The two kinds of weathering are
- A.
Mechanical and physical
- B.
Mechanical and chemical
- C.
Physical and erosion
- D.
Mechanical and component
- 12.The process by which one lithospheric plate is forced beneath another is called
- A.
Laterization
- B.
Subduction
- C.
Volcanism
- D.
Seismicity
- 13.Expansion and contraction of water in rock cracks due to freezing and thawing is
- A.
Frost wedging
- B.
Frost heaving
- C.
Plant wedging
- D.
Salt-crystal growth
- 14.The types of mechanical weathering do NOT include
- A.
Exfoliation
- B.
Frost wedging
- C.
Salt-crystal growth
- D.
Oxidation
- 15.The agent of erosion associated with mass wasting is
- A.
Water
- B.
Wind
- C.
Ice
- D.
Gravity
- 16.Midlatitude cyclones in the U.S. generally move in what direction?
- A.
East to West
- B.
West to East
- C.
North to South
- D.
South to North
- E.
They remain stationary
- 17.Prior to the development of a midlatitude cyclone, the polar front is a
- A.
Tropical cyclone
- B.
Stationary front
- C.
Occluded front
- D.
Cold front
- E.
Warm front
- 18.Air masses are named by their
- A.
Direction from which they came
- B.
Temperature and humidity characteristics
- C.
Order of occurrence from an alphabetical list
- D.
Location of first occurrence
- 19.The air masses that originate over Canada are the
- A.
MP and cT
- B.
CP and the mP
- C.
CA and the cAA
- D.
CP and the cA
- 20.Cold fronts are characterized by
- A.
Thunderstorms
- B.
Hurricanes
- C.
A rise in temperature
- D.
Several days of slow but steady precipitation
- 21.The four pedogenic processes do NOT include
- A.
Deletions
- B.
Additions
- C.
Translocations
- D.
Metamorphism
- 22.The pines of the southeastern United States (near Charlotte) are characteristic of which biome?
- A.
Boreal forest
- B.
Mediterranean woodland and shrub
- C.
Midlatitude coniferous forest
- D.
Tropical rainforest
- 23.The climate zone with the largest annual range in temperature is
- A.
Mesothermal
- B.
Microthermal
- C.
Arid and semi-arid
- D.
Tropical
- 24.The elevation at which the bottoms of clouds begin to form represents the elevation at which
- A.
The dew point occurs
- B.
Relative humidity reaches 100 percent
- C.
Relative humidity reaches 0 percent
- D.
A and B
- E.
A and C
- 25.The soil layer that has abundant humus and is the most fertile is the ___ layer
- A.
B
- B.
C
- C.
R
- D.
E
- E.
A
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