Jeopardy - final exam Flashcards

1
Q

The name of the rock is formed in a river

A

conglomerate rock

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2
Q

When a stream slows down sediment what deposits first and what sediment deposits last

A

First: Gravel
Last: Silt and clay

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3
Q

This area of a river widens over time

A

Mountain River, river valley, mountain of a river

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4
Q

Like the anatomy like and anila 3 district anatomical areas based on what is happening throughout the river:

A

Erosion, deposition

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5
Q

If you build a well in this zone below ground you won’t get any water?
This area where water is concentrated below ground varies:

A

Water table
varies with elevation and precipitation

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6
Q

There are skin cared products for this but it is also found in rock where there are space between grains and rocks:

A

porosity, (pores)

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7
Q

There are few problems when you pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished. Name 3:

A

Contamination, salt water intrusion, drying of wells, cone of depression

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8
Q

Plants need rain and warm temp. Which areas in us are great places to grow crops? :

A

south and east side

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9
Q

Streams can take care of themselves, they build these up along the banks after repeated flooding events:

A

Levy bank (building up)

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10
Q

When a glacier melts, salinity does what?

A

Decreases

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11
Q

What is deep water composed of?

A

Cold and salty

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12
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Halocline is where suddenly what increases or decreases.

A

Salinity

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13
Q

River discharge and volcanic eruptions add or subtract dissolved salinity.

A

ADD, increase (salty)

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14
Q

Glass of the dentist water available, what does it taste like?

A

cold and salty

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15
Q

Pfa are bad for hydraulic cycle. Why?

A

Contaminate water sources and they are forever chemicals (once in system, hard to get rid of )

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16
Q

Temp increase around the globe, have what are 3 consequences?

A

Melting ice caps, rising sea levels and habitations is, co2, severe storms, salinity increase if water is evaporating,

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17
Q

3 natural objects

A

volcanic eruptions, hermafrost melting,
Energy resources

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18
Q

Oldest renewable energy that uses a change in elevation to create energy

A

Hydropower

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19
Q

Plate tectonics, renewable energy:

A

geothermal (earth and heat)

20
Q

5 renewable resources

A

( solar, wind, water, biomass)

21
Q

time period when buried coal deposits by large flow, releasing toxic gases and carbon dioxide into atmosphere, 70% died

A

Permian Extinction

22
Q

Moraine is the farthest the glacier ever went, forever

A

Terminal Moraine

23
Q

The position of the continents, greenhouse, pas concentration, and the uplift of mountain ranges are what type of climate change, regarding time

A

Longterm

24
Q

Pic of North Pole

A

Positive Feedback

25
Q

What are two forms in which carbon enters the earth and keeps the carbon cycle moving

A

Biologic and Geologic

26
Q

What are the four major gases in the atmosphere

A

Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and argon

27
Q

What layer of the atmosphere do we live on

A

Troposphere

28
Q

What is the highest portion of our atmosphere in terms of the 4 layers

A

Thermosphere

29
Q

Forbidden baking item (ground up rock)

A

Rock flour

30
Q

What has the higher residence time in the atmosphere, methane or carbon dioxide?

A

Carbon dioxide

31
Q

When glaciers are neither advancing or retreating?

A

zone of equalibrium

32
Q

A chair in a room has high or low albedo value

A

low

33
Q

What are the 4 major greenhouse gases

A

carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor

34
Q

The rockies are a great example of this type of glacier

A

alpine glacier

35
Q

This type of bacteria was integral in creating..Kombucha

A

Siono Bacteria

36
Q

When skiing in this area, you’d want to watch our for melting ice or snow

A

zone of ablation

37
Q

4.6 billion years ago, the surface of the earth was ___ and there was ___ atmosphere

A

Molten, no

38
Q

Describe the difference b/w climate & weather

A

Climate: longterm
Weather: short term

39
Q

In this zone, you’d want to go skiing or snowing with little to no issues

A

zone of accumulation

40
Q

How do you find joy in climate

A

passion, skills, climate topic, action (even Diagram)

41
Q

A carbon dioxide concentration increase, the atmosphere gets warmer, which results in the ocean temp increasing, which melts permafrost that releases more CO2, into the atmosphere, is this positive or negative feedback?

A

Positive Feedback

42
Q

This is non-renewable energy requires a facility to be next to a water source, as it is needed to cool down some of the fuel rods

A

Nuclear

43
Q

what time frame in human history experienced the greatest incease of C02?

A

Start of the Industrial Revolution

44
Q

non-renewable energy, smelly and requires some effort in extracting non renewable source

A

natural gas

45
Q

the runaway greenhouse effect occurs here, and there no stopping it

A

venus