Question 1

A major process in modifying Earth's crust is erosion by wind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Explain the greenhouse effect and the impact made by humans on the greenhouse effect.

Accepted Answer

With the greenhouse effect,visual-wavele

Question 3

What important role does the ozone layer play in Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet photons. 
B)  The ozone layer traps in infared radiation. 
C)  The ozone layer produces water vapor. 
D)  The ozone layer traps in UV radiation. 
E)  The ozone layer produces the oxygen needed for life. 
A)  The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet photons. 
B)  The ozone layer traps in infared radiation. 
C)  The ozone layer produces water vapor. 
D)  The ozone layer traps in UV radiation. 
E)  The ozone layer produces the oxygen needed for life.

Question 4

Why is the very center of Earth's core a solid and not a liquid?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is less metal in the central core. 
B)  The central core has a combination of gases with the metals. 
C)  Accretion "seeded" Earth with a solid central core. 
D)  The pressure at the central core raises the melting point of the metals higher than its temperature. 
E)  The central core is a frozen block of water ice. 
A)  There is less metal in the central core. 
B)  The central core has a combination of gases with the metals. 
C)  Accretion "seeded" Earth with a solid central core. 
D)  The pressure at the central core raises the melting point of the metals higher than its temperature. 
E)  The central core is a frozen block of water ice.

Question 5

What is a characteristic of all terrestrial planets?

Accepted Answer

A)  They all have water. 
B)  They all have a rocky surface. 
C)  They all have a thick atmosphere. 
D)  They all have weather patterns. 
E)  They all have a very geologically active surface. 
A)  They all have water. 
B)  They all have a rocky surface. 
C)  They all have a thick atmosphere. 
D)  They all have weather patterns. 
E)  They all have a very geologically active surface.

Question 6

The formation of the Red Sea as Africa pulls apart from the Arabian peninsula is an example of what geological feature?

Accepted Answer

A)  subduction zone 
B)  midocean rise 
C)  ocean spreading 
D)  rift valley 
E)  volcanic eruption 
A)  subduction zone 
B)  midocean rise 
C)  ocean spreading 
D)  rift valley 
E)  volcanic eruption

Question 7

All Terrestrial planets are separated into layers of different densities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In comparing the Terrestrial worlds, which planet is most similar to Earth's moon?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mercury 
B)  Venus 
C)  Earth 
D)  Mars 
E)  Uranus 
A)  Mercury 
B)  Venus 
C)  Earth 
D)  Mars 
E)  Uranus

Question 9

When Earth was young, its atmosphere had no free ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  nitrogen 
B)  oxygen 
C)  helium 
D)  carbon dioxide 
E)  water vapor 
A)  nitrogen 
B)  oxygen 
C)  helium 
D)  carbon dioxide 
E)  water vapor

Question 10

Heat rising from Earth's interior drives erosion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Where would you find Van Allen belts of radiation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Within Earth's core 
B)  Within Earth's ozone layer 
C)  Within Earth's magnetosphere 
D)  Within Earth's mantle 
E)  Within Earth's subduction zones 
A)  Within Earth's core 
B)  Within Earth's ozone layer 
C)  Within Earth's magnetosphere 
D)  Within Earth's mantle 
E)  Within Earth's subduction zones

Question 12

Match between columns
                        Premises: Northwestern U.S. coastline
Grand Canyon
Himalayan Mountains
Red Sea
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii

Accepted Answer

The Answer of volcanic islands and rift valley and erosion is...

Question 13

Human output of CO2 is minor in comparison to the CO2 output of volcanoes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What form of seismic waves travel in compressions and decompressions?

Accepted Answer

A)  systematic waves 
B)  earthquake waves 
C)  pressure waves 
D)  shear waves 
E)  gravity waves 
A)  systematic waves 
B)  earthquake waves 
C)  pressure waves 
D)  shear waves 
E)  gravity waves

Question 15

What does molten rock solidify into?

Accepted Answer

A)  basalt 
B)  marble 
C)  sandstone 
D)  quartzite 
E)  travertine 
A)  basalt 
B)  marble 
C)  sandstone 
D)  quartzite 
E)  travertine

Question 16

What is the first stage of planetary development?

Accepted Answer

A)  cratering 
B)  flooding 
C)  bombardment 
D)  differentiation 
E)  slow surface evolution 
A)  cratering 
B)  flooding 
C)  bombardment 
D)  differentiation 
E)  slow surface evolution

Question 17

Mantle material behaves like a gas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the correct order of planetary development?

Accepted Answer

A)  differentiation, cratering, flooding, slow surface evolution 
B)  cratering, flooding, differentiation, slow surface evolution 
C)  slow surface evolution, differentiation, flooding, cratering 
D)  differentiation, flooding, cratering slow surface evolution 
E)  flooding, slow surface evolution, cratering, differentiation 
A)  differentiation, cratering, flooding, slow surface evolution 
B)  cratering, flooding, differentiation, slow surface evolution 
C)  slow surface evolution, differentiation, flooding, cratering 
D)  differentiation, flooding, cratering slow surface evolution 
E)  flooding, slow surface evolution, cratering, differentiation

Question 19

Astronomers believe that some of the abundant water on Earth arrived late in the formation process as a bombardment of _______________.

Accepted Answer

comets,icy

Question 20

Venus, which is 95 percent the diameter of Earth, has a(n) _______________ atmosphere.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Venus, which is 95 percent the diameter...

Exam 20: Earth the Active Planet

A major process in modifying Earth's crust is erosion by wind.

Explain the greenhouse effect and the impact made by humans on the greenhouse effect.

What important role does the ozone layer play in Earth's atmosphere?

Why is the very center of Earth's core a solid and not a liquid?

What is a characteristic of all terrestrial planets?

The formation of the Red Sea as Africa pulls apart from the Arabian peninsula is an example of what geological feature?

All Terrestrial planets are separated into layers of different densities.

In comparing the Terrestrial worlds, which planet is most similar to Earth's moon?

When Earth was young, its atmosphere had no free ____.

Heat rising from Earth's interior drives erosion.

Where would you find Van Allen belts of radiation?

Human output of CO2 is minor in comparison to the CO2 output of volcanoes.

What form of seismic waves travel in compressions and decompressions?

What does molten rock solidify into?

What is the first stage of planetary development?

Mantle material behaves like a gas.

What is the correct order of planetary development?

Astronomers believe that some of the abundant water on Earth arrived late in the formation process as a bombardment of _______________.

Venus, which is 95 percent the diameter of Earth, has a(n) _______________ atmosphere.

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