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Past Geo Test Flashcards

1
Q

The layers in the ocean mix where they ___ and ___

A

Upwell and Downwell

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2
Q

The deep-ocean global circulation is also called ____ circulation

A

Thermocline

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3
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The warm water surface current that flows off the east coast of the US and Canada is the

A

Gulf Stream

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4
Q

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

A

Tidal Bore

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5
Q

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

A

Aquiclude

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6
Q

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

A

Swash

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7
Q

A large offshore sand bar may also be called a _______

A

Barrier Island

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8
Q

Areas underlain by limestone commonly develop a _____ topography

A

Karst

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9
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Most of the earth’s unfrozen water is in the oceans. The 2nd largest reservoir of water (not ice) is ____

A

Groundwater

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10
Q

A(n) ____ hangs from the ceilings of caves

A

Stalactites

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11
Q

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

A

Stalagmites

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12
Q

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

A

Reef

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13
Q

The most common gas in the atmosphere is ____

A

Nitrogen

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14
Q

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

A

Oxygen

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15
Q

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

A

Argon

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16
Q

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

A

Drainage Basin

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17
Q

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

A

Carioles

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18
Q

Spits often create a sheltered ____ on their landward side

A

Lagoon

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19
Q

Large offshore reef systems are called ____

A

Barrier Reefs

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20
Q

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

A

Dew Point

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21
Q

The highest layer in the atmosphere is called the ____

A

Thermosphere

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22
Q

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

A

Mesosphere

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23
Q

The _____ in the atmosphere helps heat up the planet

A

Carbon Dioxide

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24
Q

The lower most layer of the atmosphere is called the ____

A

Troposhere

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25
Q

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

A

Gravitational

26
Q

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

A

Inertial

27
Q

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

A

Permeability

28
Q

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

A

Cone of Depression

29
Q

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

A

Oxbow Lake

30
Q

Ultraviolet radiation is absorbed by the ____ in the atmosphere

A

Ozone

31
Q

Rivers with curving channels are called ____

A

Meandering

32
Q

Rivers with multiple channels are called ____

A

Braided

33
Q

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

A

Discharge

34
Q

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

A

Spit

35
Q

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

A

Tombolo

36
Q

Most of the water used by people is used for ____

A

Irrigation

37
Q

Tropical Cyclones formed over the Atlantic Ocean are called ____

A

Hurricanes

38
Q

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

A

Typhoons

39
Q

Tropical Cyclones formed over the Pacific Ocean are called ____

A

Cyclones

40
Q

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

A

Sinkhole

41
Q

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

A

Surf

42
Q

Permeable rock or soil containing water is called an ____

A

Aquifer

43
Q

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

A

El Nino

44
Q

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

A

Storm Surge

45
Q

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

A

Ferrel

46
Q

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

A

Recurrence Interval

47
Q

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

A

Porosity

48
Q

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

A

Alluvial Fan

49
Q

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

A

Artesian Well

50
Q

The atmosphere circulation cells over the arctic are called ____ cells

A

Polar

51
Q

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

A

Intertropical Convergence Zone

52
Q

The amount of ___ in the atmosphere varies with temperature

A

Ozone

53
Q

The zone above the water table is called the ___ zone

A

Vadose

54
Q

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

A

Phreatic

55
Q

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

A

Eutrophication

56
Q

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

A

Confined Aquifer

57
Q

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

A

Residence Time

58
Q

_____ currents travel parallel to the shore

A

Longshore

59
Q

___ currents travel out to sea from the shore

A

Rip

60
Q

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

A

Point Bar

Geo Test 2 (4 decks)

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