Audrey

Question 1

What are the examples of hydrocarbons?

Answer 1

coal, oil, natural gas, fossil fuels

Question 2

Define Ore:

Answer 2

METALLIC deposit

Question 3

What are examples of renewable resources?

Answer 3

Trees, Solar Wind, Hydroelectric, Geothermal

Question 4

What are examples of nonrenewable resources?

Answer 4

Fossil Fuels, Metals, Minerals

Question 5

What is the order of coal development?

Answer 5

Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite

Question 6

What are the advantages of Solar Energy? What are the drawbacks?

Answer 6

Non-polluting, equipment is expensive

Question 7

What are the disadvantages of nuclear power?

Answer 7

cost of building it, what to do with waste, risk of accident

Question 8

How is hydroelectric power produced?

Answer 8

falling water turns a turbine

Question 9

What is the source of geothermal energy?

Answer 9

underground steam and hot water

Question 10

What problems are associated with sanitary landfills?

Answer 10

leaching and methane

Question 11

Why is methane gas an issue in sanitary landfills?

Answer 11

ignitable (explosive) but it can be removed through pipes

Question 12

How can people reduce the amount of garbage in landfills?

Answer 12

By composing wastes that are organic and biodegradable

Question 13

Define Solid Waste:

Answer 13

garbage, sludge

Question 14

What are the 4 main gases in the atmosphere?

Answer 14

N-O-C-A: Nitrogen- Oxygen- Carbon Dioxide- Argon

Question 15

Acid rain is a type of _______ pollutant.

Answer 15

secondary

Question 16

How is climate related to weather?

Answer 16

climate is the weather overtime

Question 17

The main purpose of the ozone layer is

Answer 17

to absorb UV rays

Question 18

Humans generally live in what layer of the atmosphere

Answer 18

troposphere

Question 19

What is an isotherm?

Answer 19

lines that connect equal temperature

Question 20

What is the name given for a large body of air having the same temperature and humidity?

Answer 20

air mass

Question 21

Thunderstorm form in warm, _____ air.

Answer 21

humid

Question 22

Where do hurricanes form?

Answer 22

over tropical oceans

Question 23

Which clouds are often associated with thunder and lightning?

Answer 23

Cumulonimbus

Question 24

These are uniform grayish clouds that blanket the sky

Answer 24

stratus

Question 25

These are thin, wispy, high clouds that translate in to "a curl of hair"

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cirrus

Question 26

A psychrometer is used to measure

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humidity

Question 27

An anemometer is used to measure

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wind speed

Question 28

The temperature at which dew, clouds, and fog forms is called

Answer 28

dew point

Question 29

Isobars are lines that connect points of equal

Answer 29

pressure

Question 30

The boundary that separates different air masses is called

Answer 30

front

Question 31

Tornados are classified according to intensity using the

Answer 31

Fujita Scale

Question 32

the tides are caused by

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gravitational pull between moon and earth

Question 33

Craters on the moon are formed by

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impact from debris

Question 34

The smooth dark areas of the moon that reflect little light are known as

Answer 34

Maria

Question 35

The tide with the maximum daily tidal range that occurs during new and full moons is known as

Answer 35

spring

Question 36

Constellations are

Answer 36

groups of stars that form a pattern

Question 37

Most asteroids lie between the orbits of ______

Answer 37

mars and jupiter

Question 38

It takes the Earth ___ days to make one complete revolution around the sun.

Answer 38

365.24 days

Question 39

The theory that is widely accepted for explaining the formation of the universe is called the

Answer 39

BIG BANG

Question 40

The stable ecosystem that develops due to succession

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climax community

Question 41

Rivers and streams are

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freshwater biomes

Question 42

What is an estuary

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where a river mixes with ocean water

Question 43

What is the indertidal zone?

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area between high and low tide

Question 44

What is an example of an abiotic factor?

Answer 44

temperature, sunlight, precipitation

Question 45

What is secondary succession? Primary succession?

Answer 45

Secondary- happens after fire or disaster | Primary- starts on bare rock

Question 46

Ground that never thaws is called ________. What biome do we find it in?

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permafrost- Tundra

Question 47

What is a biome?

Answer 47

large area with same climax community

Question 48

What is the difference between the photic and aphotic zone?

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photic- shallow; light can penetrate

Question 49

Why cant humus form in the tropical rainforest?

Answer 49

everything decomposes too fast

Question 50

Give an example of mutualism

Answer 50

anytime 2 animals interact and both benefit

Question 51

What is an example of a niche?

Answer 51

role a species plays in environment

Question 52

What are the three types of symbioses?

Answer 52

mutualism, parasitism, commensalism

Question 53

Where do herd animals typically live (Which biome?)

Answer 53

grasslands

Question 54

Which biome receives little to no rainfall?

Answer 54

desert

Question 55

Solar energy

Answer 55

energy from the sun

Question 56

tidal energy

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difference between high and low tide used to create electricity

Question 57

wind farm

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uses large number of windmills to produce electricity

Question 58

renewable

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resource that can never run out

Question 59

inexhaustible

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resource that can be replaced in a relative short period of time

Question 60

geothermal energy

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energy obtained from hot magma or dry, hot rocks inside

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biomass energy

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produces electricity from water running over a dam

Question 62

hydroelectric energy

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produced by burning organic matter, such as wood