Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
Earth Science: Semester Exam Study Guide
Directions: You must complete the first five pages. Every page you complete after
that is worth 5 bonus points toward your exam. Partial pages are not accepted.
1. Aphelion: _______________________________________________________
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2. Asthenosphere: ___________________________________________________
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3. Astronomy: ______________________________________________________
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4. Atmosphere: _____________________________________________________
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5. Autumnal Equinox: _______________________________________________
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6. Big Bang Theory: _________________________________________________
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7. Cartography _____________________________________________________
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8. Continental Crust: _________________________________________________
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9. Contour Interval: _________________________________________________
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10.Contour Lines: ___________________________________________________
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11.Convection: ______________________________________________________
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12.Core: ___________________________________________________________
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13.Crust:___________________________________________________________
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14.Deformation: _____________________________________________________
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15.Dome Mountains: _________________________________________________
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16.Doppler Effect: ___________________________________________________
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17.Earth Science: ____________________________________________________
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18.Earth: __________________________________________________________
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
19.Ecology: ________________________________________________________
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20.Ecosystem: ______________________________________________________
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21.Explain what a conic projection is: ___________________________________
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22.Explain what a gnomonic projection is: ________________________________
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23.Explain what a Mercator projection is: ________________________________
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24.Fault Plane: ______________________________________________________
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25.Fault: ___________________________________________________________
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26.Fault-Block Mountains: ____________________________________________
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27.Folded Mountains: ________________________________________________
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28.Foot Wall: _______________________________________________________
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29.Fracture: ________________________________________________________
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30.Geology: ________________________________________________________
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31.Geosynchronous Orbit: _____________________________________________
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32.Graben: _________________________________________________________
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33.Gravity: _________________________________________________________
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34.Great Circle: _____________________________________________________
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35.Hanging Wall: ___________________________________________________
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36.How many great circles are there for parallels? Give an example? ___________
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37.How many minutes are in a degree of Latitude? _________________________
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
38.How many seconds are in a minute? __________________________________
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39.Hydrosphere: ____________________________________________________
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40.Index Contour: ___________________________________________________
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41.Isostasy: ________________________________________________________
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42.Isostatic Adjustment:_______________________________________________
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43.Latitude: ________________________________________________________
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44.Law of Gravitation: _______________________________________________
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45.Lithosphere: _____________________________________________________
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46.Longitude: _______________________________________________________
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47.Magnetosphere: __________________________________________________
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48.Mantle Plume: ___________________________________________________
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
Circle the correct term:
49. Object one represents red / blue shift.
50. Object two represents red / blue shift.
51.Label the above pictures!
Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
Mapping: Mark (legibly) the following coordinates on the map. Label them with
the corresponding letter.
52. A = 60N, 130W
53. B = 35N, 40E
54. C = 20S, 140E
55. D = 35S, 40W
56. E = 45N, 100E
Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
57.Mantle: _________________________________________________________
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58.Map Projection: __________________________________________________
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59.Map Scale: ______________________________________________________
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60.Meridian: _______________________________________________________
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61.Meteorology: ____________________________________________________
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62.Microplate Terranes: ______________________________________________
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63.Mid-Atlantic Ridge: _______________________________________________
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64.Mid-Ocean Ridge: ________________________________________________
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65.Mohorovicic Discontinuity: _________________________________________
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66.Mountain Belt: ___________________________________________________
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67.Mountain Range: _________________________________________________
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68.Mountain System: _________________________________________________
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69.Mountain: _______________________________________________________
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70.Oceanic Crust: ___________________________________________________
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71.Oceanography: ___________________________________________________
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72.Outer Core: ______________________________________________________
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73.P Waves: _______________________________________________________
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74.Paleomagnetism: __________________________________________________
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75. Pangaea: ________________________________________________________
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
76. Panthalassa: _____________________________________________________
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77. Parallels: ________________________________________________________
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78. Perihelion: _______________________________________________________
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79. Plasticity: _______________________________________________________
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80. Plate Tectonics: __________________________________________________
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81. Plateaus: ________________________________________________________
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82. Polar Orbit: ______________________________________________________
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83. Precession: ______________________________________________________
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84. Prime Meridian: __________________________________________________
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85. Red Shift: _______________________________________________________
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86. Relief: __________________________________________________________
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87. Revolution: ______________________________________________________
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88. Rotation: ________________________________________________________
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89. S Waves: ________________________________________________________
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90. Satellite: _______________________________________________________
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91. Seafloor Spreading: ______________________________________________
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92.Seismic Waves: ________________________________________________
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93. Shadow Zones: __________________________________________________
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94. Spectrum: ______________________________________________________
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: _________________ Period: _____
95. Strain: _________________________________________________________
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96. Summer Solstice: ________________________________________________
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97. Tectonics:______________________________________________________
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98. Vernal Equinox: _________________________________________________
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99. Wavelength: ____________________________________________________
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100. What do closely spaced contour lines represent?
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101. What do wide spaced contour lines represent?
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102. What does a loop represent on a contour map? A loop with marks?
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103. What hypothesis did Alfred Wegener Propose? ________________________
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104. What is the continental drift? _______________________________________
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105. What is the difference between folding and faulting?
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106. Where do faulting and fracturing generally occur?
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