EARTH SCI 2GG3 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Answer: North Pole tilted TOWARD Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of
Cancer
◍ normal fault.
Answer: fault caused by tension- hanging wall falls down relative to the
footwall
◍ lithosphere.
Answer: A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the
crust.
◍ Solstice.
Answer: one day of year when light is direct on either the Tropic of Cancer
OR the Tropic of Capricorn
◍ Spring Tide Diagram.
Answer:
◍ nonrenewable resources.
Answer: cannot be replenished within one lifetime
◍ Carbon cycle.
Answer: The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into
organisms and back again
◍ # of stars in a galaxy?.
Answer: billions!
◍ weathering.
, Answer: breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
◍ Northern Hemisphere Winter Diagram.
Answer:
◍ convergent boundary.
Answer: plate boundary where two plates collide
◍ hydrosphere.
Answer: all the frozen, liquid, and gaseous water on earth
◍ comets.
Answer: ball of ice and dust, very elliptical orbit, speeds up as approaches
Sun because of Sun's huge gravitational force; sometimes burns up near Sun
◍ solar eclipse.
Answer: moon between Earth and Sun; umbra of moon creates total eclipse
for small group of people at one specific location; penumbra of moon
creates partial eclipse for bigger group of people at broader location
◍ zone of saturation.
Answer: the area below the water table where the ground is completely
filled with water
◍ glaciation.
Answer: the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers
◍ Astronomy Relative Sizes.
Answer: BIGGEST = Universe > Galaxy > Solar System > Star > Planets =
SMALLEST
◍ sedimentary.
Answer: type of rock formed from weathering, erosion, deposition,
compaction, and cementation
◍ tropical rainforest.
Answer: closest biome to the equator
◍ transform boundary.
STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Answer: North Pole tilted TOWARD Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of
Cancer
◍ normal fault.
Answer: fault caused by tension- hanging wall falls down relative to the
footwall
◍ lithosphere.
Answer: A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the
crust.
◍ Solstice.
Answer: one day of year when light is direct on either the Tropic of Cancer
OR the Tropic of Capricorn
◍ Spring Tide Diagram.
Answer:
◍ nonrenewable resources.
Answer: cannot be replenished within one lifetime
◍ Carbon cycle.
Answer: The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into
organisms and back again
◍ # of stars in a galaxy?.
Answer: billions!
◍ weathering.
, Answer: breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
◍ Northern Hemisphere Winter Diagram.
Answer:
◍ convergent boundary.
Answer: plate boundary where two plates collide
◍ hydrosphere.
Answer: all the frozen, liquid, and gaseous water on earth
◍ comets.
Answer: ball of ice and dust, very elliptical orbit, speeds up as approaches
Sun because of Sun's huge gravitational force; sometimes burns up near Sun
◍ solar eclipse.
Answer: moon between Earth and Sun; umbra of moon creates total eclipse
for small group of people at one specific location; penumbra of moon
creates partial eclipse for bigger group of people at broader location
◍ zone of saturation.
Answer: the area below the water table where the ground is completely
filled with water
◍ glaciation.
Answer: the changing of landforms by slowly moving glaciers
◍ Astronomy Relative Sizes.
Answer: BIGGEST = Universe > Galaxy > Solar System > Star > Planets =
SMALLEST
◍ sedimentary.
Answer: type of rock formed from weathering, erosion, deposition,
compaction, and cementation
◍ tropical rainforest.
Answer: closest biome to the equator
◍ transform boundary.
