EAPS Exam 1 ACTUAL UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
This figure shows three blocks in water. Drag the appropriate label to each block. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅
The difference between open and closed systems is that
a. open systems are not predictable but closed systems are.
b. open systems can acquire matter and energy, but closed systems cannot.
c. open systems are much simpler in terms of the number of interactions between objects in
the system.
d. open systems occur on land and closed systems occur in the ocean. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅open systems can acquire matter and energy, but closed systems cannot.
A snowball that rolls down a hill, gradually gaining more and more mass and rolling faster
and faster as it continues, would be an example of a(n)
a. positive feedback system.
b. negative feedback system.
c. open system.
d. closed system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅positive feedback system.
Which of the following statements is true about the transfer of energy, matter, or momentum
in the atmosphere?
a. Momentum is usually transferred from the surface upward.
b. Energy transfer occurs when water changes state between solid, liquid, or gas.
c. Matter is transferred so effectively that the spatial distribution of matter in the atmosphere
is uniform.
d. No transfer of energy, matter, or momentum can occur in the polar part of the atmosphere.
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Energy transfer occurs when water changes state between
solid, liquid, or gas.
,The cycling of chemical substances throughout the biosphere is accomplished through
a. vertical transfer of momentum.
b. the first law of thermodynamics.
c. the rock cycle.
d. the work of living things and physical and chemical processes. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅the work of living things and physical and chemical processes.
In the rock cycle, sediment is stripped away and transported by the process of _____ after the
process of _______ has taken place.
a. erosion; weathering
b. weathering; erosion
c. uplift; solidification
d. solidification; uplift - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅erosion; weathering
Rates in the Earth system
a. span the range from very rapid to very slow.
b. are nearly always very slow.
c. are nearly always very fast.
d. can never be calculated accurately. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅span the range from very
rapid to very slow.
Which potential geologic hazard is NOT represented by a feature on this figure?
a. an earthquake
b. a volcano
c. contaminated groundwater
d. a landslide - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅contaminated groundwater
,Earth science can help us learn about Earth's past by studying
a. why continents and oceans are different.
b. why a landscape looks the way it does.
c. how life in the past was different than today.
d. how global climate has changed since the ice ages. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅All of
these choices are correct.
Continental ice sheets were more common 28,000 years ago than they are today because
a. the Earth had more water then than now.
b. the Earth was cooler then than now.
c. the Earth was farther away from the Sun then than now. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the
Earth was cooler then than now.
Which of the following are ways that the atmosphere interacts with Earth's surface?
a. Liquid water on the surface can evaporate, becoming water vapor in the atmosphere.
b. The atmosphere includes a low percentage of water vapor, most of which comes from the
oceans.
c. Earth's atmosphere blocks most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
d. Some energy that strikes the earth is converted into infrared energy. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅All of these choices are correct.
The largest object in the solar system is
a. Earth.
b. the Earth's Moon.
c. Saturn.
d. Jupiter.
, e. the Sun. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the Sun.
The Moon and Sun cause the tides in Earth's oceans because of
a. gravity.
b. heat.
c. magnetic pull. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅gravity.
The Earth's orbit around the Sun is almost circular. Therefore, Earth receives about the same
amount of year-round
a. heat and light.
b. heat and precipitation.
c. light and precipitation. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅heat and light.
What type of map is shown here?
a. shaded-relief map
b. topographic map with contours
c. satellite image
d. geologic map - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅shaded-relief map
What type of map is shown here?
a. shaded-relief map
b. topographic map with contours
c. satellite image
d. geologic map - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅topographic map with contours
What specific type of map represents the distribution of rock units and geologic features
exposed on the surface?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
This figure shows three blocks in water. Drag the appropriate label to each block. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅
The difference between open and closed systems is that
a. open systems are not predictable but closed systems are.
b. open systems can acquire matter and energy, but closed systems cannot.
c. open systems are much simpler in terms of the number of interactions between objects in
the system.
d. open systems occur on land and closed systems occur in the ocean. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅open systems can acquire matter and energy, but closed systems cannot.
A snowball that rolls down a hill, gradually gaining more and more mass and rolling faster
and faster as it continues, would be an example of a(n)
a. positive feedback system.
b. negative feedback system.
c. open system.
d. closed system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅positive feedback system.
Which of the following statements is true about the transfer of energy, matter, or momentum
in the atmosphere?
a. Momentum is usually transferred from the surface upward.
b. Energy transfer occurs when water changes state between solid, liquid, or gas.
c. Matter is transferred so effectively that the spatial distribution of matter in the atmosphere
is uniform.
d. No transfer of energy, matter, or momentum can occur in the polar part of the atmosphere.
- CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Energy transfer occurs when water changes state between
solid, liquid, or gas.
,The cycling of chemical substances throughout the biosphere is accomplished through
a. vertical transfer of momentum.
b. the first law of thermodynamics.
c. the rock cycle.
d. the work of living things and physical and chemical processes. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅the work of living things and physical and chemical processes.
In the rock cycle, sediment is stripped away and transported by the process of _____ after the
process of _______ has taken place.
a. erosion; weathering
b. weathering; erosion
c. uplift; solidification
d. solidification; uplift - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅erosion; weathering
Rates in the Earth system
a. span the range from very rapid to very slow.
b. are nearly always very slow.
c. are nearly always very fast.
d. can never be calculated accurately. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅span the range from very
rapid to very slow.
Which potential geologic hazard is NOT represented by a feature on this figure?
a. an earthquake
b. a volcano
c. contaminated groundwater
d. a landslide - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅contaminated groundwater
,Earth science can help us learn about Earth's past by studying
a. why continents and oceans are different.
b. why a landscape looks the way it does.
c. how life in the past was different than today.
d. how global climate has changed since the ice ages. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅All of
these choices are correct.
Continental ice sheets were more common 28,000 years ago than they are today because
a. the Earth had more water then than now.
b. the Earth was cooler then than now.
c. the Earth was farther away from the Sun then than now. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the
Earth was cooler then than now.
Which of the following are ways that the atmosphere interacts with Earth's surface?
a. Liquid water on the surface can evaporate, becoming water vapor in the atmosphere.
b. The atmosphere includes a low percentage of water vapor, most of which comes from the
oceans.
c. Earth's atmosphere blocks most of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
d. Some energy that strikes the earth is converted into infrared energy. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅All of these choices are correct.
The largest object in the solar system is
a. Earth.
b. the Earth's Moon.
c. Saturn.
d. Jupiter.
, e. the Sun. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅the Sun.
The Moon and Sun cause the tides in Earth's oceans because of
a. gravity.
b. heat.
c. magnetic pull. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅gravity.
The Earth's orbit around the Sun is almost circular. Therefore, Earth receives about the same
amount of year-round
a. heat and light.
b. heat and precipitation.
c. light and precipitation. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅heat and light.
What type of map is shown here?
a. shaded-relief map
b. topographic map with contours
c. satellite image
d. geologic map - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅shaded-relief map
What type of map is shown here?
a. shaded-relief map
b. topographic map with contours
c. satellite image
d. geologic map - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅topographic map with contours
What specific type of map represents the distribution of rock units and geologic features
exposed on the surface?
