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Earth Science A Pre-Test

On this "test" you will earn 100% for completing all 21 questions, it doesn't matter if you choose the correct answer. If you are not sure about a question, "I don't know yet," is an answer choice that you can select.

As we go through the trimester and you learn about these concepts, I will monitor your growth and progress. Since you may already know some information about Earth science, we have designed this pre-test to help us determine where you are starting.

Try your best, and don't be afraid to say "I don't know yet." 😄
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How can you use seismograph data to learn more about an earthquake? (It is okay to put I don't know)

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The spheres are closely connected and a change in one can often result in a change in one or more of the other spheres. These are called interactions.
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Question 16
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Complete the sequence below, so it is showing an example of a positive feedback loop.

Decreasing temperature ➜increase in ice cover ➜increase in reflection of sunlight ➜__________
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In the diagram of the Earth's Interior, which part drives the movement of the plates?
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D
I don't know yet
What process occurs within the Earth that causes the plates to move?
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
I don't know yet
What is a Seismograph?
An instrument that measures the force and duration of an earthquake.
An instrument that measures air pressure.
An instrument that records the epicenter of an earthquake.
I don't know yet
The diagram below represents a cross section of the Earth's crust showing rock units and a fault. The rock layers are not overturned.

Which rock unit is the youngest?
Shale
I don't know yet
Basalt
Limestone
Sandstone
A balloon carrying weather instruments is released at the Earth's surface and rises through the troposphere. As the balloon rises, what will the instruments generally indicate?
I don't know yet
A decrease in both air temperature and air pressure
An increase in air temperature and a decrease in air pressure
An increase in both air temperature and air pressure
A decrease in air temperature and an increase in air pressure
Which of the following was a major source of atmospheric oxygen?
Outgassing
Photosynthesis
Decomposition of water
Volcanic eruptions
I don't know yet
The primary cause of winds is the
unequal heating of the Earth's atmosphere
I don't know yet
rotation of the earth
uniform density of the atmosphere
friction between the atmosphere and the lithosphere
Which is the best example of physical weathering
the cracking of rock caused by the freezing and thawing of water
the transportation of sediment in a stream
the reaction of limestone with acid rainwater
the formation of a sandbar along the side of a stream
I don't know yet
Which of the following is an example of a negative feedback loop?
A thermostat that controls the heat in your home
Loss of biodiversity
Fruit ripening
Convection currents
I don't know yet
Match the sphere to the example of what occurs in it.
Cryosphere
Fresh and Saltwater
Biosphere
Air surrounding the Earth
Hydrosphere
Land and Earth's interior
Atmosphere
Naturally occuring ice
Geosphere
Living organisms
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Select two of the spheres (Bio, Geo, Hydro, Cryo and Atmo), and tell me an interaction that occurs between these two spheres. (An interaction is where one affects the other).

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Describe how the interaction you picked above occurs (in detail).

At which location on the map below would severe thunderstorms be most likely to occur?
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Which process changes a metamorphic rock to a sedimentary rock?
Heating
Applying extreme pressure
Weathering
Melting
I don't know yet
Match the type of boundary with the correct plate movement.
Continental-Continental Convergence
Plates moving away from each other, forming a spreading center ridge.
Divergent
Subduction where one plate slides under the other, forming a trench and volcanic mountain ranges.
Transform
Collision where the plates smash into each other and rise up into a mountain range.
Oceanic-Continental Convergence
Two plates sliding against each other, either horizontaly or vertically, forming large fault lines.
Which gas in the atmosphere protects living things from ultraviolet light?
Carbon dioxide
Ozone
Oxygen
Water vapor
I don't know yet
What is one reason mammals didn't exist until 200 million years ago, even though fossil evidence supports that life existed on Earth up to 3.8 billion years ago?
Early Earth's atmosphere was too small to hold the gases that were needed to sustain mammalian life
Early Earth's atmosphere was glacial from the formation of Earth until the evolution of mammals, so it was too cold to sustain life
Early Earth's atmosphere contained a toxic mix of gases that couldn't have sustained mammals
Early Earth's atmosphere contains a high concentration of oxygen that would have overwhelmed mammals
I don't know yet
Match the sphere to what occurs within it.
Geosphere
Orcas
Atmosphere
Lake Chelan
Biosphere
Glaciers
Cryosphere
The air we breath
Hydrosphere
Mt. Rainier
Which of the folowing is an example of the biosphere and the hydrosphere interacting?
A bird flying through the air
water seeping into rocks and freezing, causing it to expand and break the rock apart.
A flower absorbing water through it's roots.
Rain causing erosion of a hillside.
I don't know yet