Earth and Environmental Science Final Exam Review with
Verified Answers
1. Earths tilt along Seasons
with its orbit
around the sun
is the reason for
what happening
on earth?
2. What is the rota- The period it takes for the earth to revolve on its axis which
tion of the earth? is 24 hrs.
3. How long does it 360 days or 1 year
take the earth to
make one revo-
lution around the
sun?
4. Is Earth A jov- Terrestrial
ian or a terrestrial
planet?
5. What force Gravity
caused the Ne-
vula that formed
the Earth to
start spinning
and condensing?
6. What is the Com- 78% nitrogen/ 21% Oxygen/ 1% Argon
position of our
air?
7. What are the lay- Troposphere/ Stratosphere/ Mesosphere/ Thermosphere
ers of the atmos-
phere from the
ground up?
8. Which layer is Stratosphere
the ozone layer
found?
, Earth and Environmental Science Final Exam Review with
Verified Answers
9. What is the Vehicle Exhaust
largest cause
of atmospheric
pollution: Vehicle
Exhaust or Fac-
tory Pollution?
10. What causes Changes in atmospheric pressure
wind?
11. What do you call Conservation
efforts to use
less water?
12. What does the When it goes through the earths shadow
moon pass
through when it
goes through a
lunar eclipse?
13. What happens to decreases
biodiversity as
you increase in
latitude and/or al-
titude?
14. What is the dif- Point source pollution is pollution that comes from a single
ference between source. Non point source pollution is pollution that comes
point source pol- from many different sources
lution and non
point source pol-
lution?
15. why is fire good Because it helps fertilize the soil
for a grassland?
16. what biome gets the desert
less than 10 inch-
es of rain per
year?
Verified Answers
1. Earths tilt along Seasons
with its orbit
around the sun
is the reason for
what happening
on earth?
2. What is the rota- The period it takes for the earth to revolve on its axis which
tion of the earth? is 24 hrs.
3. How long does it 360 days or 1 year
take the earth to
make one revo-
lution around the
sun?
4. Is Earth A jov- Terrestrial
ian or a terrestrial
planet?
5. What force Gravity
caused the Ne-
vula that formed
the Earth to
start spinning
and condensing?
6. What is the Com- 78% nitrogen/ 21% Oxygen/ 1% Argon
position of our
air?
7. What are the lay- Troposphere/ Stratosphere/ Mesosphere/ Thermosphere
ers of the atmos-
phere from the
ground up?
8. Which layer is Stratosphere
the ozone layer
found?
, Earth and Environmental Science Final Exam Review with
Verified Answers
9. What is the Vehicle Exhaust
largest cause
of atmospheric
pollution: Vehicle
Exhaust or Fac-
tory Pollution?
10. What causes Changes in atmospheric pressure
wind?
11. What do you call Conservation
efforts to use
less water?
12. What does the When it goes through the earths shadow
moon pass
through when it
goes through a
lunar eclipse?
13. What happens to decreases
biodiversity as
you increase in
latitude and/or al-
titude?
14. What is the dif- Point source pollution is pollution that comes from a single
ference between source. Non point source pollution is pollution that comes
point source pol- from many different sources
lution and non
point source pol-
lution?
15. why is fire good Because it helps fertilize the soil
for a grassland?
16. what biome gets the desert
less than 10 inch-
es of rain per
year?
