Earth Science B - Semester B review practice Exam Questions & Quality Verified Answers
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Identify the way oceans can influence climate change. Select the two correct answers - Correct Answer -ocean temperature could affect currents
-ocean currents could affect prevailing winds
Which can scientists study to learn about the atmospheric carbon dioxide thousands of years ago? - Correc...
Earth Science B - Semester B review
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Verified Answers
Identify the way oceans can influence climate change. Select the two correct answers - Correct Answer -
ocean temperature could affect currents
-ocean currents could affect prevailing winds
Which can scientists study to learn about the atmospheric carbon dioxide thousands of years ago? -
Correct Answer ice
What effect did the Montreal Protocol have on Earth's ozone? - Correct Answer It decreased ozone in
the stratosphere.
A group of scientists are studying observable matter in a cluster of galaxies. They conclude that the
cluster has only a small percentage of the mass required to keep it from flying apart. Why does the
cluster remain intact? - Correct Answer Dark matter provides the mass and gravity needed to keep the
cluster together.
When are elements heavier than iron formed by stars? - Correct Answer as a dying star explodes
Select the correct answer from the list. - Correct Answer More solar energy enters than leaves the
Earth's surface at the 1equator. At the 2poles, the situation is reversed, with more energy radiated than
absorbed.
Select the correct answers from the list.
Solar weather is defined as the ___ conditions in _____ outer space environment. Solar weather
interacts with Earth's ______, resulting in _____ and _____ mass ejections. - Correct Answer 1 dynamic
2 Earth's
3 magnetosphere
4 geomagnetic storms
, 5 auroras
The evidence related to the Big Bang theory primarily supports which of the following ideas? Select the
two correct answers. - Correct Answer -The elements formed by the Big Bang exist in the same ratios
today.
-Radiation from the Big Bang is distributed evenly in the universe.
In which layer of the atmosphere does most weather occur? - Correct Answer troposphere
Which process forms all elements up to and including iron, except light elements such as hydrogen and
helium? - Correct Answer nuclear fusion within stars
Drag and drop the words into the correct locations. Answers may be used more than once.
Emission nebulae_____ light. Dark nebulae _____visible radiation and _____ non-visible radiation. -
Correct Answer 1 emit
2 absorb
3 emit
More than two-thirds of the universe's identified galaxies are which type? - Correct Answer spiral
Select the correct answer from the list.
Carbon cycles from the ______ to the ______ over a very long period of time. - Correct Answer 1
atmosphere
2 geosphere
Each example of rock weathering can be categorized as either physical weathering or chemical
weathering. Drag each item to the correct location. - Correct Answer physical weathering:
-prairie dog burrowing a hole
-insect digging a hole
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