BYU Earth Science Unit 6 Review Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
How do animals survive the pressure of the deep ocean? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Their internal body pressure is equal to the external water
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pressure.
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What directions do warm currents generally flow? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-away from the equator | | |
What is the bottom trophic level of a food pyramid called? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the producer level | |
The water in a wave moves in circular orbits as the wave crest passes
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over the surface, but the water doesn't move forward with the wave . -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true |
Waves move energy across the sea. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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How do the fish of the abyss use their photophores? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-
, How do the fish of the abyss use their photophores?
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to attract prey
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as a form of defense
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to find mates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all of these
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Why is desalination of seawater done in only a few regions of the earth
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and even then in only limited ways? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It is very
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expensive compared to using rivers, lakes, or groundwater.
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Refer to the map below. Even though it has a more northerly latitude,
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England has a much warmer climate than Nova Scotia, Canada. Why? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Warm currents from the Gulf Stream and the
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North Atlantic Drift keep England warm, while cold currents surround
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Nova Scotia, keeping it cold.
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In the following food chain, which trophic level would the zooplankton
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occupy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the first consumer level
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A ten meter rise in sea level would flood about 25 percent of the U.S.
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population. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true | | |
Questions With Correct Answers
How do animals survive the pressure of the deep ocean? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Their internal body pressure is equal to the external water
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pressure.
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What directions do warm currents generally flow? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-away from the equator | | |
What is the bottom trophic level of a food pyramid called? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the producer level | |
The water in a wave moves in circular orbits as the wave crest passes
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over the surface, but the water doesn't move forward with the wave . -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true |
Waves move energy across the sea. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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How do the fish of the abyss use their photophores? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-
, How do the fish of the abyss use their photophores?
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to attract prey
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|
as a form of defense
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|
to find mates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all of these
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Why is desalination of seawater done in only a few regions of the earth
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and even then in only limited ways? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It is very
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expensive compared to using rivers, lakes, or groundwater.
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Refer to the map below. Even though it has a more northerly latitude,
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England has a much warmer climate than Nova Scotia, Canada. Why? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Warm currents from the Gulf Stream and the
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North Atlantic Drift keep England warm, while cold currents surround
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Nova Scotia, keeping it cold.
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In the following food chain, which trophic level would the zooplankton
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occupy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the first consumer level
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A ten meter rise in sea level would flood about 25 percent of the U.S.
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population. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true | | |
