BYU Earth Science Unit 9 Review
Questions With Correct Answers
Which factor below does not affect the properties and behavior of
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ocean currents? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-earth orbital speed
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In the last fifty years the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has...
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increased
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England and most of northern Europe has a much warmer climate than
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Maine and the Eastern coasts of Canada. Why? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Warm currents from the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic | | | | | | | | |
Drift keep Northern Europe warm while cold currents flow past the
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Eastern coast of Canada keeping it colder.
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What energy source provides the power that makes ocean surface
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currents move and winds blow? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sunlight
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energy
How has the level of carbon dioxide in earth atmosphere changed
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during the last fifty years? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It has increased
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, What is the power source that provides the energy to move water
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through the water cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Heating from sunlight
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Which is a false statement about the influence of the Coriolis Effect on
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ocean and atmospheric circulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It is the
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main cause of ocean evaporation.
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The biological process that utilizes sunlight to manufacture food
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molecules is called ________ the process that utilizes chemical energy
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to manufacture food molecules is called _______________ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-photosynthesis; chemosynthesis |
Which activity produces the greatest oil spill in the world? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Leaks from cars, trucks, and other vehicles | | | | | |
What effect has the Montreal Protocol had on CFC levels in the
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atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It has reduced the CFC levels in
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the troposphere.
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Which term in NOT correctly matched with its definition? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Osmosis--The process of dissolving minerals and | | | | | |
substances as water passes through the ground.
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Questions With Correct Answers
Which factor below does not affect the properties and behavior of
| | | | | | | | | | |
ocean currents? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-earth orbital speed
| | | | | |
In the last fifty years the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has...
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-increased
| |
England and most of northern Europe has a much warmer climate than
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Maine and the Eastern coasts of Canada. Why? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Warm currents from the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic | | | | | | | | |
Drift keep Northern Europe warm while cold currents flow past the
| | | | | | | | | | |
Eastern coast of Canada keeping it colder.
| | | | | |
What energy source provides the power that makes ocean surface
| | | | | | | | | |
currents move and winds blow? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sunlight
| | | | | | | |
energy
How has the level of carbon dioxide in earth atmosphere changed
| | | | | | | | | | |
during the last fifty years? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It has increased
| | | | | | | | |
, What is the power source that provides the energy to move water
| | | | | | | | | | | |
through the water cycle? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Heating from sunlight
| | | | | | | |
Which is a false statement about the influence of the Coriolis Effect on
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ocean and atmospheric circulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It is the
| | | | | | | | |
main cause of ocean evaporation.
| | | |
The biological process that utilizes sunlight to manufacture food
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molecules is called ________ the process that utilizes chemical energy
| | | | | | | | | |
to manufacture food molecules is called _______________ - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-photosynthesis; chemosynthesis |
Which activity produces the greatest oil spill in the world? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Leaks from cars, trucks, and other vehicles | | | | | |
What effect has the Montreal Protocol had on CFC levels in the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
atmosphere? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-It has reduced the CFC levels in
| | | | | | | | | |
the troposphere.
|
Which term in NOT correctly matched with its definition? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Osmosis--The process of dissolving minerals and | | | | | |
substances as water passes through the ground.
| | | | | |
