Earth Processes

Question 1

The process of Pangaea splitting apart into separate pieces is known as..

Answer 1

Continental drift

Question 2

When earth receives 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night..

Answer 2

Equinox

Question 3

What is it called when two tectonic plates meet?

Answer 3

Fault

Question 4

The hydrosphere only includes oceans, rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams.
True or false

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What is Pangaea?

Answer 5

A supercontinent that might have existed ~200 million years ago

Question 6

Water molecules come together..

Answer 6

Condensation

Question 7

Earthquakes, volcanoes, and the formation of mountains and rift valleys could all be explained by..

Answer 7

Plate tectonics

Question 8

The name of the longest day during summer and the shortest day during winter?

Answer 8

Solstice

Question 9

Rain, snow, hail, sleet..

Answer 9

Precipitation

Question 10

The orographic effect best explains..

Answer 10

Why one side of a mountain is desert-like while the side facing an ocean is lush

Question 11

The atmosphere is comprised of what 3 elements?

Answer 11

Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide

Question 12

What percentage of nitrogen is in the atmosphere?

Answer 12

79%

Question 13

What percentage of oxygen is in the atmosphere?

Answer 13

21%

Question 14

What percentage of carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere?

Answer 14

0.04%

Question 15

Plate tectonics explain..

Answer 15

Why earths crust is divided into slow-moving pieces

Question 16

The biosphere is unique because it..

Answer 16

Contains all other spheres

Question 17

The 3 sections of earth in order from top to bottom are..

Answer 17

Crust, mantle, core

Question 18

Water+heat=vapor

Answer 18

Evaporation