Escapes Unit 4 test

Question 1

Which islands are the newest and what way does the arrow point.

Answer 1

Newest islands are the largest with the arrow pointing to the other islands.

Question 2

What does the hot spot do while the plate travels over it.

Answer 2

Stays still

Question 3

What type of plate boundary is under Iceland.

Answer 3

Divergent

Question 4

Example of a fine grained, Mafic, igneous rock

Answer 4

Basalt (See reference table)

Question 5

How do igneous rocks form (intrusive and extrusive)

Answer 5

Extrusive forms from lava on earth’s surface, while intrusive forms from magma cooling inside of earth

Question 6

Name the 4 outgassing in order of abundance

Answer 6

Water/CO2/Nitrogen/SO2

Question 6

Felsic rocks are rich in

Answer 6

Si and Al

Question 7

Mafic are rich in…

Answer 7

Fe and Mg

Question 8

What to always include in latitude and longitude.

Answer 8

Always include north, south, east or west

Question 9

What are the circles of convection called

Answer 9

Cells

Question 10

What direction do convections start with

Answer 10

Always start going up

Question 11

How do scientists know that a volcano is about to explode

Answer 11

Carbon Dioxide and Sulfer Dioxide go up

Question 12

How to prepare a community

Answer 12

Store water and food supplies

Question 13

What layer do convection currents take place

Answer 13

In the asthenosphere

Question 14

What kind of power plant will you need to identify

Answer 14

Geothermal

Question 15

Bat things about geothermal plant

Answer 15

• cost
• pollution

Question 16

Good things about a geothermal plant

Answer 16

• Can heat and cool
• No Fossil fuels

Question 17

Where is humus in the soil

Answer 17

At the top layer

Question 18

Where is the layer with the most sediment

Answer 18

The layer at the bottom

Question 19

What helps keep layers in place

Answer 19

roots

Question 20

Where is the most organic layer

Answer 20

the top layer

Question 21

What would be a bad thing about overgrazing

Answer 21

No roots = erosion

Question 22

Primary Succession

Answer 22

When barren land is occupied by organisms for the first time

Question 23

Secondary succession

Answer 23

When a disturbance impacts a community bringing it back to barren where succession wil begin again.

Question 24

Why is farming bad for an ecosystem

Answer 24

Fertilizer goes into runoff water

Question 25

2 reasons for islands to have larger biodiversity

Answer 25

1. loser to mainland
2. Larger

Question 26

What happens to rock age as you go away from a divergent ocean ridge

Answer 26

They get older

Question 27

Order of soil horizions from soil to bedrock

Answer 27

OABCK

Question 28

Difference between primary and secondary succession

Answer 28

Primary is when there was no previous soil while secondary is with soil present

Question 29

what organisms come first in succession

Answer 29

Lichens and mosses

Question 30

Rank in order of succession. trees with deep roots/old growth forest/______ lichens and mosses/small trees and shrubs

Answer 30

3412

Question 31

What type of biome is long island

Answer 31

Temperate Forest