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1. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...
Rainfall
freshwater springs
Moon
Polar air
2. The strength of gravity in our solar system depends on both the masses of the celestial objects and the _______ between them
Distance
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
Hydrologic cycle
La Nina
3. The degrees north or south of the equator
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
10000
Latitude
Major oceans
4. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Weather phenomena on earth
Galactic center
Tides
Subduction zones
5. The flow of water underground - in the vadose zone and aquifers - Subsurface water may return to the surface (as a spring or by being pumped) or eventually seep into the oceans
- mT
Snow packs
Subsurface flow
Earth's crust
6. Forms over the Tropics and is warm
California coast
Uniformitarianism
Tropical air
Earth
7. The outermost part of the earth's interior is made up of two layers...
11
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
River
Hydrologic cycle
8. Precipitation - Canopy interception - Snowmelt - Runoff - Percolation - Subsurface flow- Evaporation - Sublimation - Condensation
Galactic center
Latitude
Intrusive
Hydrologic concepts
9. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
Latitude
percolation
The geological time scale
10. Hotspot volcanoes are also found elsewhere in the Solar System - especially on...
cooling
Rocky planets and moons
Valley breeze
Conglomerates
11. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore
Photosphere
Percolation
Sedimentation
River
12. Due to a combination of differential heating and geometry - hen the sun rises - it is the tops of the mountain peaks which receive first light - and as the day progresses - the mountain slopes take on a greater heat load than the valleys - This resul
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
Semidiurnal
Longitude
29.5
13. The spectra of distant objects display a red shift - which is interpreted as meaning that they are rapidly receding from us - This apparent expansion of the universe has given rise to the big bang theory of cosmology - in which one primeval mass expl
Stars
The big bang theory of cosmology
The earth's structure
Seasons
14. Giant masses of solid rock that float upon the earth's mantle - These plates move in relation to one another at one of three types of plate boundaries...
Troposhere
Convergent/collision boundaries - divergent/spreading boundaries - and transform boundaries
clouds
The rock cycle
15. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
Surface temperature
Law of original horizontality
Rainfall
Sublimation
16. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the ________
jet stream
Law of original horizontality
10000
groundwater discharge
17. (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean - the Atlantic Ocean - the Indian Ocean - the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
Rocky planets and moons
Major oceans
lower
- mT
18. Affected by factors such as weathering and impurities
Law of original horizontality
snow
Petroleum exploration
Mineral color
19. Condensed water vapor that falls to the earth's surface - Most precipitation occurs as rain - but also includes snow - hail - fog drip - graupel - and sleet
Precipitation
Comet
Minerals
Mechanical/physical weathering
20. The source of energy for evaporation is primarily through ___________
Erosion
Earth's crust
Solar radiation
Gravity and inertia
21. Occur when two plates pull away from each other - Such faults are generally weak and shallow Example: the Mid - Atlantic Range in the Atlantic Ocean
Divergent plate movements
Colder
Distance
Solar wind
22. Volcanoes can be caused by '____________'; these so - called hotspots - as in Hawaii - can occur far from plate boundaries
Minerals
Continental drift
Mantle plumes
Sun's gravity
23. Bodies similar to the sun but immensely distant - Closest stars are 4 light - years away
Short - period comets
Sublimation
Neap tide/neaps
Stars
24. Thought to originate in the Kuiper Belt - or associated scattered discs - which lie beyond the orbit of Neptune
Mechanical/physical weathering
The distinction between asteroids and comets
5.6
Short - period comets
25. 1 hour of time
15
Mechanical/physical weathering
Plate tectonics
Opposite seasons
26. The movement of rainwater as it filters through soil and rocks into the ground - becoming groundwater
Mineral color
Major oceans
5.6
Percolation
27. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time
Full moon
lower elevation
Scratch test
Daylight saving time zones
28. The major mountains tend to occur in __________ - indicating tectonic plate boundaries and activity
3/4
Strata
Long linear arcs
groundwater discharge
29. Earth movements - The result of forces within the earth - where temperature and pressure differences lead to instability
Plate tectonics
Major oceans
Mineral color
Crustal rocks
30. Erosion in many places is increased by human land use - Poor land - use practices include deforestation - overgrazing - unmanaged construction activity - and road building
Semidiurnal or diurnal
percolation
Density
Erosion and land use
31. Air currents move clouds around the globe and cloud particles collide - grow - and fall out of the sky as ________ - Most of it falls back into the oceans or onto land - where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff - portion of run
precipitation
lower
Sedimentary rocks
Erosion
32. Two high waters and two low waters each day - in most locations - tides are semidiurnal
Law of original horizontality
Semidiurnal
Sun's gravity
Latitude
33. The result of the buildup of once - living things
Long - period comets
Mineral color
Examples to support Continental drift theory
Coral reef
34. Less than 1% of the earth; this relatively thin zone (5 to 25 miles) contains the only rocks we can study - even in the deepest mines or drill holes
Sun's gravity
Crust
- mT
Rock salt
35. Cirrus - Stratus - Cumulonimbus - Altostratus
Intrusive
Types of clouds
Solar radiation
clouds
36. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years
Smaller regions of the oceans
10000
Eclipses
Spring tide
37. Occurs at the instant when the sun's position in the sky is at its greatest angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane from the observer's hemisphere - Depending on the shift of the calendar - the winter solstice occurs some time betw
lower elevation
Lithosphere
Gravity and inertia
Winter solstice
38. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmopshere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into ____
Hydrologic concepts
Valley breeze
Gravity and inertia
clouds
39. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
New moon
Rock salt
Transpiration
- mT
40. Common: wind - clouds - rain - snow - fog - dust storms - Less common: natural disasters such as tornadoes - hurricanes - and ice storms
Transform plate movements
Erosion and land use
Longitude
Weather phenomena on earth
41. Form when dissolved mineral solutions crystalize out of lakes and oceans
Major oceans
Canopy interception
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Condensation
42. A warm - water current that carries warm water from the Tropics to the Arctic regions of the North Atlantic Ocean - This accounts for higher temperatures and higher humidity on the Eastern Seaboard during the summer
Crust
The Gulf - Stream
Snow packs
snow
43. Mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert
Petroleum exploration
Rain shadow
Spring tide
Lunar eclipse
44. The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air - producing clouds and fog
Condensation
Rock salt
Surface ocean temperature
Scratch test
45. A continuous drill would find gas - oil - and water in that order - The three substances occur in their order of density - with the lightest substance on top and the heaviest on the bottom
Percolation
Petroleum exploration
Photosphere
Mohs' scale of hardness
46. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
Percolation
Sublimation
50-100
Rainfall
47. A small Solar System body that orbits the Sun - When close enough to the sun - exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere) or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus - Have a variety of different orbital periods
Seasons in the temperate and polar regions
Comet
10000
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49. The runoff produced by melting snow
Density
Moon
Snowmelt
Intrusive
50. The process of chemical or physical breakdown of earth rocks - soils - and their minerals
Canopy interception
Axis tilt
Weathering
Continental drift
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