APES REVIEW QUESTIONS |
GUARANTEED PASS
What are the 4 major layers of the earth and the predominant elements in
each layer? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Crust (oxygen), Mantle,
Outer Core, Inner Core (iron);
What are the three types of plate boundaries? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Convergent, Divergent, Transform)
What are the two types of tectonic plates and what are they made up of?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Oceanic (basalt) and Continental
(granite)
What are the major horizons of Soil? What is found in each? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ OA(nutrients) B(accumulated metals;
iron, aluminum) CR(bedrock)
How do clay, silt, and sand impact soil characteristics? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Clay holds water, Sand allows for quick percolation, silt
is ideal for farming
What are two abiotic factors that erode soil? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Soil is primarily eroded by water, second is wind.
, What are the three types of rocks? Which is most common on the
surface of the earth? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Igneous,
metamorphic, Sedimentary (common on surface)
What are the two major types of weathering? Where on the planet do
they occur? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Physical and Chemical
Weathering. Physical occurs commonly outside of the tropics, chemical
within the tropics
What are the major gases of the atmosphere? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon (.93%), Carbon
Dioxide (.035% or 350ppm)
What are the layers of the atmosphere from the surface up to space? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Tropo, Strato, Meso, Thermo, Iso, Exo
Name 3 greenhouse gases - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Carbon
Dioxide, Methane, Water Vapor
The bulk of the planet's freshwater is found where? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Frozen
What is an Aquifer? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ An underground
layer of porous rock between impermeable rock filled with water
GUARANTEED PASS
What are the 4 major layers of the earth and the predominant elements in
each layer? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Crust (oxygen), Mantle,
Outer Core, Inner Core (iron);
What are the three types of plate boundaries? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Convergent, Divergent, Transform)
What are the two types of tectonic plates and what are they made up of?
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Oceanic (basalt) and Continental
(granite)
What are the major horizons of Soil? What is found in each? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ OA(nutrients) B(accumulated metals;
iron, aluminum) CR(bedrock)
How do clay, silt, and sand impact soil characteristics? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Clay holds water, Sand allows for quick percolation, silt
is ideal for farming
What are two abiotic factors that erode soil? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Soil is primarily eroded by water, second is wind.
, What are the three types of rocks? Which is most common on the
surface of the earth? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Igneous,
metamorphic, Sedimentary (common on surface)
What are the two major types of weathering? Where on the planet do
they occur? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Physical and Chemical
Weathering. Physical occurs commonly outside of the tropics, chemical
within the tropics
What are the major gases of the atmosphere? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon (.93%), Carbon
Dioxide (.035% or 350ppm)
What are the layers of the atmosphere from the surface up to space? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Tropo, Strato, Meso, Thermo, Iso, Exo
Name 3 greenhouse gases - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Carbon
Dioxide, Methane, Water Vapor
The bulk of the planet's freshwater is found where? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Frozen
What is an Aquifer? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ An underground
layer of porous rock between impermeable rock filled with water
