Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 Graded A+.

Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 Graded A+. The same objects have the - ANSWER same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE) 2. The closer isolines are... - ANSWER the steeper the gradient (diagram: North side is steepest) 3. The altitude of Polaris equals... - ANSWER the latitude of the observer Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66.5 degrees North 4. The Earth rotates - ANSWER West to east 15 degrees per hour in 24 hours or one day 5. Latitude lines run Longitude lines run - ANSWER east-west, but measure north or south of the equator north-south, but measure east or west of the Prime Meridian 6. Going west (California), time gets... Going east (London) time gets... - ANSWER earlier later (E.L.W.E.... East Later, West, Earlier) 7. Water flows - ANSWER downhill, opposite the bends ('V") in the contour lines. (they point upstream) 8. Tick marks on a contour map mean - ANSWER a depression the 1st line is the same elevation as the one next to it 9. To get the highest possible elevation - ANSWER subtract one from the next possible contour line(The highest possible elevation in diagram is 1,699) 10. Minerals are identified on the basis of ... - ANSWER Well defined physical and chemical properties Earth Science Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest 2024/2025 | Graded 11. The mineral & rocks that react to acid are... - ANSWER Calcite, limestone, and marble 12. The basic elements of most minerals are... - ANSWER Oxygen and silicon 13. The physical properties of minerals depends upon... - ANSWER The internal arrangement and bonding of atoms 14. Rocks are CLASSIFIED on the basis of - ANSWER Their origin (how they formed) 15. Igneous rocks form by... - ANSWER the crystallization of molten magma or lava (intergrown crystals) 16. Crystal size in igneous rocks depends on... - ANSWER the rate of cooling 17a. Intrusive igneous rocks form... - ANSWER slowly beneath the earth's surface (large crystals) 17b. Extrusive igneous rocks form ... - ANSWER quickly on the earth's surface (small crystals or glassy) 18. Sedimentary rocks form from... - ANSWER sediments, evaporation of water and organic remains 19. Rocks are IDENTIFIED by their... Igneous... Sedimentary... Metamorphic... - ANSWER Texture Coarse, fine, glassy, vesicular Clastic foliated 20. Fossils are found almost exclusively in... - ANSWER sedimentary rocks 21. Metamorphic rocks form from... - ANSWER other rocks by the action of heat and/or pressure (recrystallization) 22. Contact metamorphism occurs when... - ANSWER molten rock comes in contact with other rocks 23. Regional metamorphism occurs... - ANSWER over large areas and is associated with mountain building 24. Weathering occurs when rocks are exposed to... - ANSWER the hydrosphere, biosphere, & atmosphere 25. Moist & warm climates favor... - ANSWER chemical weathering 26. Moist & cold climates favor... - ANSWER physical weathering 27. As particle size decreases... - ANSWER surface area increases & the rate of weathering increases 28. Soils develop as a result of... - ANSWER weathering and biological activity 29. Resistant layers of rock... - ANSWER stick out (forms cliffs) (diagram: layer A is resistant) 30. Streams valleys are... - ANSWER V shaped 31. Stream velocity depends on - ANSWER gradient and volume of water 32. The outside of a meander bend is... The inside of a meander bend is... - ANSWER fast and erodes slow and deposits 33. As stream velocity increases, the size of the particles that can be transported... - ANSWER increases 34. Streams carry sediments by... - ANSWER solution, suspension, bouncing & rolling 35. The particles that settle out first are... - ANSWER larger, most dense, and roundest 37. Gravity and glacial deposits are... - ANSWER unsorted 36. Water and wind deposits are... - ANSWER sorted by size and layered 39. Evidence of gravity erosion is - ANSWER unsorted, angular (sharp) rocks at the base of a cliff 38. Glacial landscapes show... - ANSWER U shaped valleys, erratics (large boulders) depressions, irregular hills (drumlins), kettle lakes, scratched boulders 40. The area drained by a river and its tributaries is a... - ANSWER watershed 41. The sediments deposited at the mouth of a river form a ... - ANSWER delta 42. Plate tectonics is caused by... - ANSWER Mantle convection currents 43. The farther you go from the center of a ridge... - ANSWER The older the rock gets 44. One seismograph can give you To get the direction you need - ANSWER Epicenter distance 3 seismographs 45. Continental crust is... Oceanic crust is... - ANSWER granite, thick, and old in age basalt, thin, and young in age 46. We know the outer core is liquid because... - ANSWER S waves can't go through it 47. The 3 types of plate boundaries are... - ANSWER divergent (moving away at mid ocean ridges) convergent (coming together) transform (sliding / San Andreas Fault) 48. Subduction is when... - ANSWER one plate sinks under another forming a trench 49. P waves are... S waves are... - ANSWER faster than S waves, travel through solids and liquids slower, travel through solids only 50. Most earthquakes are located... - ANSWER at or near plate boundaries 51. In undisturbed strata, the bottom layer is... - ANSWER oldest = Layer G youngest = Layer A 52. Faults, folds, & intrusions are... - ANSWER younger than the rocks they are found in Diagram: oldest... H, G, F, E, D, Folding of H through D, Intrusion A, Fault XY, Unconformity, C, B, Erosion ...youngest 53. Index fossils are... - ANSWER found over a wide area and existed for a short period of time Diagram: Letter A is the index fossil (in one layer but in all outcrops) 54. An unconformity is a... Unconformities represent a... - ANSWER buried erosional surface