Abeka 8thAbeka
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1. What convection cell exists between latitude 30 de- temperate cell
grees and latitude 60 degrees?
2. What term refers to the temperature at which cooling dew point
air becomes saturated?
3. What type of cloud forms a low, heavy layer of gray stratocumulus
puffs and is the most frequent type observed?
4. What are ice crystals that grow as they absorb water snowflakes
vapor from a cloud and stick together?
5. What is a combination of three air masses to form a occluded front
Y-shaped front?
6. What layer of the soil contains less organic material subsoil
and more mineral material than the other layers?
7. What forms when rocks along one side of a fault move strike-slip fault
horizontally along the fault?
8. What type of volcano pours out highly fluid lava during shield volcano
its mild eruptions to produce a broad, gently sloping
cone?
9. What gemstone consists of corundum with traces of sapphire
iron of titanium that give it a distinctive blue color?
10. What sedimentary rock consists of rough, angular breccia
fragments embedded in hardened sand or clay?
11. What is the main agent of chemical weathering? water
12. drumlins
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, Abeka 8thAbeka
Grade - Science:
8th Earth
Grade- Science andand
Earth Space
Space- Final
FinalExam
Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_huo6h5
What are hills that form when advancing glaciers over-
run old piles of till?
13. Which view claims that understanding modern geolog- uniformitarianism
ical processes is the key to understanding the earth's
geological history?
14. On which of the following did Darwin base his evolu- natural selection
tionary ideas?
15. What is the sandy, gently sloping underwater plain continental shelf
that borders the coasts of continent
16. What type of oceanographic vessel is lowered from AUV
a surface ship near the area to be studied and can
operate without any outside guidance?
17. What layer of the atmosphere acts like a giant mirror, ionosphere
bouncing certain types of radio waves back down to-
ward the ground?
18. The sun outputs the same amount of energy in sum- angle of sun's rays
mer and winter, but summer is much warmer than
winter. What factor of isolation has the most influence
on this difference?
19. The natural ridges formed when water flow causes levee
sediments to drop along the edge of a river's channel
is called a(n)?
20. The Russian spacecraft that has become the primary Soyuz
way for astronauts to get to the ISS is called?
21. (Lunar) month
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Grade - Science:
8th Earth
Grade- Science andand
Earth Space
Space- Final
FinalExam
Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_huo6h5
1. What convection cell exists between latitude 30 de- temperate cell
grees and latitude 60 degrees?
2. What term refers to the temperature at which cooling dew point
air becomes saturated?
3. What type of cloud forms a low, heavy layer of gray stratocumulus
puffs and is the most frequent type observed?
4. What are ice crystals that grow as they absorb water snowflakes
vapor from a cloud and stick together?
5. What is a combination of three air masses to form a occluded front
Y-shaped front?
6. What layer of the soil contains less organic material subsoil
and more mineral material than the other layers?
7. What forms when rocks along one side of a fault move strike-slip fault
horizontally along the fault?
8. What type of volcano pours out highly fluid lava during shield volcano
its mild eruptions to produce a broad, gently sloping
cone?
9. What gemstone consists of corundum with traces of sapphire
iron of titanium that give it a distinctive blue color?
10. What sedimentary rock consists of rough, angular breccia
fragments embedded in hardened sand or clay?
11. What is the main agent of chemical weathering? water
12. drumlins
www.stuvia.com
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, Abeka 8thAbeka
Grade - Science:
8th Earth
Grade- Science andand
Earth Space
Space- Final
FinalExam
Exam
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_huo6h5
What are hills that form when advancing glaciers over-
run old piles of till?
13. Which view claims that understanding modern geolog- uniformitarianism
ical processes is the key to understanding the earth's
geological history?
14. On which of the following did Darwin base his evolu- natural selection
tionary ideas?
15. What is the sandy, gently sloping underwater plain continental shelf
that borders the coasts of continent
16. What type of oceanographic vessel is lowered from AUV
a surface ship near the area to be studied and can
operate without any outside guidance?
17. What layer of the atmosphere acts like a giant mirror, ionosphere
bouncing certain types of radio waves back down to-
ward the ground?
18. The sun outputs the same amount of energy in sum- angle of sun's rays
mer and winter, but summer is much warmer than
winter. What factor of isolation has the most influence
on this difference?
19. The natural ridges formed when water flow causes levee
sediments to drop along the edge of a river's channel
is called a(n)?
20. The Russian spacecraft that has become the primary Soyuz
way for astronauts to get to the ISS is called?
21. (Lunar) month
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