FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE EARTH SCIENCE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

MIDTERM EXAM-FINAL

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-Guarantee passing score -174 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: This term is used to describe clouds found in the middle height range.

Answer:

alto

Question 2: The most dense stars known to exist are ________.

Answer:

black holes

Question 3: This property of a star can be determined from its color.

Answer:

surface temperature Question 4: The cloud form that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termed ________.

Answer:

stratus

Question 5: ________ meteorites are thought to be analogous in composition to Earth's core.

Answer:

Iron

Question 6: A Santa Ana (or Chinook or Foehn) wind is a ________.

Answer:

very dry, warm wind flowing down a mountain slope

Question 7: Large estuaries are more common on a ________ coastline.

Answer:

submergent

Question 8: An isolated remnant of wave erosion is a ________.

Answer:

sea stack

Question 9: The zigzag movement of sand grains along a beach is ________.

Answer:

both caused by obliquely breaking waves and called beach drift

Question 10: Which one of the following salts is most abundant in seawater?

Answer:

sodium chloride

Question 11: Which one of the following is not true of Jupiter?

Answer:

a rotational speed slower than Mercury

Question 12: In the Ptolemaic (Greek) model of the universe the ________.

Answer:

Earth was in the center of the universe

Question 13: If an observer sees cirrus clouds, followed later by cirrostratus, and then altostratus, he or she is witnessing the approach of a ________ front.

Answer:

warm

Question 14: These stars are produced during a supernova event.

Answer:

neutron star or a black hole

Question 15: Hurricanes generally are ________.

Answer:

all of these Question 16: Sediments derived primarily from the products of weathering on the continents are called ________.

Answer:

terrigenous sediment

Question 17: When an active cold front overtakes a warm front ________.

Answer:

an occluded front forms Question 18: It is thought that submarine canyons on the continental slope have been generated by ________

Answer:

turbidity currents

Question 19: Which main-sequence stars are the most massive?

Answer:

The Sun

Question 20: High air pressure systems are usually associated with ________.

Answer:

atmospheric pressure

Question 21: Which of these instruments is NOT used to measure air pressure?

Answer:

anemometer Question 22: The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline toward the deep ocean is termed the ________.

Answer:

continental shelf

Question 23: The daily tidal range is GREATEST during ________ tide.

Answer:

spring Question 24: If air at sea level with a temperature of 27C is forced up a mountain slope and the air's dew point at the condensation level is 14C, at what elevation will condensation begin?

Answer:

1300 meters Question 25: One of the most common units used to express stellar distance is the ________.

Answer:

light-year Question 26: The final stage in the evolution of the most massive stars is a ________.

Answer:

black hole Question 27: In the Northern Hemisphere, the winds associated with a low pressure system (cyclone) blow ________.

Answer:

counterclockwise and toward the center

Question 28: The Sun is considered an average star.

Answer:

True