Past Geo Test

Question 1

The layers in the ocean mix where they ___ and ___

Answer 1

Upwell and Downwell

Question 2

The deep-ocean global circulation is also called ____ circulation

Answer 2

Thermocline

Question 3

The warm water surface current that flows off the east coast of the US and Canada is the

Answer 3

Gulf Stream

Question 4

Water in a rising tide rushing toward a shoreline is called a _____

Answer 4

Tidal Bore

Question 5

A layer of sediment or rock which is impermeable is called an ____

Answer 5

Aquiclude

Question 6

Water from a wave moving up a beach is called a ____

Answer 6

Swash

Question 7

A large offshore sand bar may also be called a _______

Answer 7

Barrier Island

Question 8

Areas underlain by limestone commonly develop a _____ topography

Answer 8

Karst

Question 9

Most of the earth’s unfrozen water is in the oceans. The 2nd largest reservoir of water (not ice) is ____

Answer 9

Groundwater

Question 10

A(n) ____ hangs from the ceilings of caves

Answer 10

Stalactites

Question 11

A(n) ____ shoots up from the floor of caves

Answer 11

Stalagmites

Question 12

Organisms in warm water seas with clear water may form a ___

Answer 12

Reef

Question 13

The most common gas in the atmosphere is ____

Answer 13

Nitrogen

Question 14

The 2nd most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere is ___

Answer 14

Oxygen

Question 15

The 3rd most common gas in the earth’s atmosphere is ____

Answer 15

Argon

Question 16

The areas surrounding a river which supplies it with water is called its _____

Answer 16

Drainage Basin

Question 17

The ___ effect causes weather systems to hook to the right in the northern hemisphere (left in the southern hemisphere)

Answer 17

Carioles

Question 18

Spits often create a sheltered ____ on their landward side

Answer 18

Lagoon

Question 19

Large offshore reef systems are called ____

Answer 19

Barrier Reefs

Question 20

The temperature at which the relative humidity is 100% is called the ____

Answer 20

Dew Point

Question 21

The highest layer in the atmosphere is called the ____

Answer 21

Thermosphere

Question 22

The layer below the highest layer in the atmosphere is called the _____

Answer 22

Mesosphere

Question 23

The _____ in the atmosphere helps heat up the planet

Answer 23

Carbon Dioxide

Question 24

The lower most layer of the atmosphere is called the ____

Answer 24

Troposhere

Question 25

The tidal bulge on the side of the Earth facing the moon is caused by ____ force

Answer 25

Gravitational

Question 26

The tidal bulge on the side of the Earth opposing the moon is called the ____force

Answer 26

Inertial

Question 27

____ is a measure of how easily a solid allows fluids to flow through it

Answer 27

Permeability

Question 28

The area of a drawdown around a well is called the ____

Answer 28

Cone of Depression

Question 29

When a meander bend is cut off by a new channel eroding through it, it is turned into an _____

Answer 29

Oxbow Lake

Question 30

Ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the ____ in the atmosphere

Answer 30

Ozone

Question 31

Rivers with curving channels are called ____

Answer 31

Meandering

Question 32

Rivers with multiple channels are called ____

Answer 32

Braided

Question 33

The amount of water passing by a point on a stream's bank during a unit of time is called ____

Answer 33

Discharge

Question 34

A sandbar extending from land to deeper water is called a ____

Answer 34

Spit

Question 35

A sand bar extending from the mainland to an island is called an ____

Answer 35

Tombolo

Question 36

Most of the water used by people is used for ____

Answer 36

Irrigation

Question 37

Tropical Cyclones formed over the Atlantic Ocean are called ____

Answer 37

Hurricanes

Question 38

Tropical cyclones formed over the Indian Ocean or western Pacific Ocean are called ___

Answer 38

Typhoons

Question 39

Tropical Cyclones formed over the Pacific Ocean are called ____

Answer 39

Cyclones

Question 40

A ____ is a dissolution cavity that is open to the sky

Answer 40

Sinkhole

Question 41

The area between the shore and where waves are breaking is the ___ zone

Answer 41

Surf

Question 42

Permeable rock or soil containing water is called an ____

Answer 42

Aquifer

Question 43

An _____ event causes warming of the east coast of central and North America, and drought conditions in Indonesia

Answer 43

El Nino

Question 44

The high water associated with large storm systems are approaching the east coast is called a ____

Answer 44

Storm Surge

Question 45

The atmospheric circulation cells which operate over Orillia and Thunder Bay are called ___ cells

Answer 45

Ferrel

Question 46

The average time between two floods of the same magnitude is called the _____

Answer 46

Recurrence Interval

Question 47

____ is the percentage of the total volume of soil or rock that consists of open space

Answer 47

Porosity

Question 48

Streams which allow flow through upland areas and then onto a flat plain deposit an ____ where the slope decreases

Answer 48

Alluvial Fan

Question 49

When a well flows without the use of a pump, it is called an ____

Answer 49

Artesian Well

Question 50

The atmosphere circulation cells over the arctic are called ____ cells

Answer 50

Polar

Question 51

Warm air rising at the equator creates an area called the ___________ where winds in the northern hemisphere blow towards the southwest and the winds in the southern hemisphere blow towards the northwest

Answer 51

Intertropical Convergence Zone

Question 52

The amount of ___ in the atmosphere varies with temperature

Answer 52

Ozone

Question 53

The zone above the water table is called the ___ zone

Answer 53

Vadose

Question 54

The zone below the water table is also known as the ____ zone

Answer 54

Phreatic

Question 55

Algal blooms in lakes, usually caused by fertilizer runoff, produce a large amount of decaying organic matter which leads to ___

Answer 55

Eutrophication

Question 56

An aquifer overlain by impermeable layers of clay or rock is called a _____

Answer 56

Confined Aquifer

Question 57

The ___ time is the average length of time spent by a water molecule in a reservoir

Answer 57

Residence Time

Question 58

_____ currents travel parallel to the shore

Answer 58

Longshore

Question 59

___ currents travel out to sea from the shore

Answer 59

Rip

Question 60

Meandering streams build a _____ on the concave side (inside) of bends

Answer 60

Point Bar