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1. what is the maximum effective age limit for carbon dating60,000 100,000 25,000 or one million
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2. what is the maximum effective age limit for carbon dating
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3. Why did the scientific community not accept or believe the continental drift Theory?All of evidence was fake and made up.
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4. Which scientist claimed that fossil organisms are found on lands that are now far apart? He suggested that when the organisms
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5. Through monitoring, scientists can predict a volcanic eruption; the problem is that they don't always have the resources to
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6. Which scale measures the amount of damage after an earthquake?Richter scale Mercalli intensity scale moment magnitude scale
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7. With the help of three seismograph stations, the epicenter of an earthquake can be located by a process called _____.triangulati
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8. Where a major earthquake has happened in the past, but not in a while, is called a seismic _____.scale fault wave gap
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9. The first seismic waves to reach seismograph stations move in a push-and-pull motion. They are called _____.secondary waves
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10. Earth's geochemical and biogeochemical cycles are important because they tend to maintain a balance of Earth's materials.True
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11. Which option is a natural material that is not a fossil fuel?(1 point) Responses vinyl vinyl petroleum petroleum cotton cotton
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12. Lystrosaurus provided which type of evidence supporting continental drift?land features fossil evidence glacial evidence climate
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13. Study the image of a seismic graph.Graph of P & S Wave Travel Times, showing Travel time in minutes across distance in
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14. Study the image of Earth’s layers.Cross section of layers of the Earth. Inner core equals 1,216 kilometers; Outer core equals
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15. An area's climate can be altered by a volcanic eruption.True False
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16. A seismograph records an earthquake, but scientists do not feel it. The earthquake has a magnitude _____.< 2.0 Between 7.0 and
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17. The farther apart the P and S waves are on a seismogram, the farther away is the epicenter of an earthquake.True False
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18. Earth absorbs about 71 percent of the heat energy from the sun. What also happens to this heat energy?(1 point)Responses It is
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19. Where does most seismic activity occur?in the center of tectonic plates in mountains along tectonic plate boundaries deep within
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20. As a person climbs a mountain, the temperature drops 4°F for every thousand feet climbed.What integer represents the change in
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21. Write an essay summarizing the history of geodetic survey techniques and land surveying using the process of triangulation. Your
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22. shorten the following essay to only one or two paragraphs:Geodesy, the science of measuring and understanding the Earth's
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23. How can earths layers be defined select two answersBy their temperatures By their thickness By their physical properties By
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24. Which explains how ocean currents affect global climates?(1 point)Responses Water absorbs a lot of thermal energy and releases
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25. Why is the equator region the hottest part of Earth’s surface?(1 point)Responses The rays of the sun hit the equator region at
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26. The atmosphere provides the biosphere with necessary gases to live and breathe. This is an example of how Earth's spheres are.
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27. The intensity of radiation from the Sun allows water to cycle between liquid and vapor, which is a dynamic process of earth
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28. Earth is the only planet known to have _____.a lithosphere an atmosphere a cryosphere a biosphere
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29. A scientist is excavating fossils from a site in the Mississippi Valley. She observes that there is a thin layer of the rare
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30. I want to learn about the deep blue oceans. How do their currents move? What lies on the seafloor? How does the marine life
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31. Geologists found fossils of similar marsupials from the same time period across South America, Africa, Antarctica, India and
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32. The Gaia theory was first proposed by James Lovelock, a British research scientist. The theory holds that the Planet Earth is
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33. The Gaia theory was first proposed by James Lovelock, a British research scientist. The theory holds that the Planet Earth is
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34. write a short essay about the history of Geodesy
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35. Which of the following is believed to be common among all mass extinction events?(1 point)Responses a significant change in the
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36. What climate will countries from the northern and southern hemispheres experience from having the least direct sunlight? (1
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37. Which tool introduced imagery and data measurements of Earth’s land cover, atmosphere, ice coverage, and oceans over the past
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38. Which of the following is believed to be common among all mass extinction events?(1 point)Responses a significant change in the
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39. Compasses are designed so they point to earths magnetic north. What are some things that would prevent a compass from pointing
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40. What directly causes the pressure difference between the equator and the poles?(1 point)Responses the amount of heat in each
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41. Which subject domain would most likely use the word atmospheric with the meaning “related to the layer of gases surrounding a
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42. Why are iron oxides in rocks evidence for prehistoric photosynthesis?A. Iron oxides from when oxygen, a product of
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43. Mark all the areas where convection currents happen.* 1 point Atmosphere Hydrosphere Lithosphere - crust Mantle Biosphere
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44. QuestionDrag the answers to the blanks that correctly describe the air behind a cold front.(1 point) Put responses in the
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45. What climate will countries from the northern and southern hemispheres experience from having the least direct sunlight?(1
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46. Why was Alfred Wegner's Continential Drift Theory not accepted at the time he proposed it?a The theory had sufficient evidence
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47. Write down two or three questions you have about the phenomenon of the water cycle
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48. Which is a way that weather is affected as winds blow against a mountain? (1 poiThe wind moves upward, causing rain to fall on
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49. Why is there a hole over the poles but not the tropics?
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50. Select the correct answer from the list.(1 point)In trying to prove continental drift, Alfred Wegener used evidence from long
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51. Geologist discovered fossils of identical spider mites from the same time period but on opposite sides of the ocean from each
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52. What can scientists learn from magnetic striping patterns? Select the three correct answers.(2 points)Responses the location of
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53. Which of the following is one effect waves have on shorelines?(1 point)Responses They cause shorelines to extend further into
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54. A meteorologist analyzes data to De elop weather forecasts which weather based data would be most helpful for a meteorologist to
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55. Which of the following statements is true of natural disasters?(1 point)Responses They only occur in the Ring of Fire. They only
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56. The reason for seasons
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57. A line graph shows months of the year versus average rainfall. The x-axis represents month of the year, ranging from January to
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58. Use the image to answer the question.A line graph shows months of the year versus average rainfall. The x-axis represents month
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59. Geologists found fossils of similar marsupials from the same time period across South America, Africa, Antarctica, India and
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60. What does discovery of giant rabbit fossils on an island in the Mediterranean Sea tell scientists about the Earth's changing
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61. How are ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere different from currents in the Southern Hemisphere?(1 point) Responses
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62. Is it true there is a thick layer of humus in cold deserts?
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63. Use this sentence: Earth is closest to the sun in January when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere.How is this possible? (1
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64. QuestionWhich of the following causes El Niño over the Pacific Ocean? (1 point) Responses jet stream bands shifting further
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65. The tidal movement at the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia is the highest tidal movement. What MOST likely causes tidal movement like
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66. How does the global conveyer belt regulate global temperatures?(1 point) Responses It moves water between the poles and the
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67. Geologist discovered fossils of identical spider mites from the same time period but on opposite sides of the ocean from each
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68. why are absolute dating and relative dating different
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69. the gases that surround Earth or another planet.
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70. Which statement about earthquakes is accurate? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses About 100 earthquakes per year
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71. Write a sentence describing what the weather is like in your area today. What do you think the weather is like in a place south
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72. Examine the map above.Based on the map… There is a front moving into the Houston area. What kind of front is shown, and how
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73. Like we measure heat with a thermometer.Now, the bottom layer is the ___, It contains 90% of the air.
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74. What did Alfred Wegener try to prove with fossil evidence?(1 point)Responses that Earth's landmasses move over time that Earth's
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75. What is the recurrence interval for major earthquakes at the new Madrid seismic zone? 50-100 years? 100-500?The 500-700? Or
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76. What is the likelihood of a large earthquake of occurring in the next 50 years at the new Madrid zone? 100? 10? 50? Or 1?Percent
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77. What is the likelihood of a large earthquake of occurring in the next 50 years at the new Madrid zone? 100? 10? 50? Or 1?
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78. Why is the history of seismic activ Ty hard to measure at the new Madrid seismic zone?
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79. True or false people living along a known fault line tend to be more prepared for earthquakes then those who live along a blind
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80. Which sentence is correct about petroleum and natural gas?(1 point)Responses They exist in the solid state. They exist in the
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81. What tool has allowed scientists to learn about the characteristics of Earth's layer satellites diagram radar
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82. According to the USGS, how much total copper was contained in world reserves as of 2018?(1 point)Responses 790 millions tons 790
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83. In three to five sentences, explain the evidence that supports the idea that water on Earth may have come from comets.(use
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84. The oceans, lakes and rivers that cover 75% of Earth's surface are called theA lithosphere. B troposphere. C mesosphere. D
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85. Earth's ___ makes it possible for life to survive on the planet; we all need water!
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86. The ___ above that contains the ozone layer,Protects us from those harmful rays. Statosphere Hydrosphere Tropsophere
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87. The plane traveled up through the troposphere and into the ___.
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88. whats gases that surrond earth or another planet
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89. Which information is needed to construct a geomagnetic time scale? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses the average
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90. Which statement about earthquakes is accurate? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)Responses A few hundred earthquakes per
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91. Which of the following is believed to be common among all mass extinction events?(1 point)Responses a significant change in the
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92. Why do geologists believe that part of the African continent will break off in the next 50 million years?(1 point) Responses it
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93. Why do geologists believe that part of the African continent will break off in the next 50 million years?(1 point) Responses it
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94. According to the USGS, how much total copper was contained in world reserves as of 2018?(1 point)Responses 45 million tons 45
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95. Most coastal areas on Earth experience two high tides and two low tides every lunar day. What is a lunar day? Our days on Earth
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96. Examine the weather map above. Based on the map... There is a front moving into the Houston area. What kind of front is shown,
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97. The leading edge were one weather system meet is called
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98. The oceans, lakes, and rivers that cover 75% of earth surface are called the
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99. whats a metorologist
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100. The layers of Earth's atmosphere may differ from one another greatly in terms of temperature, but each layer contains the same
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