Name: ____________________________
Date: ____________________________
Review Worksheet: Earth Science Midterm Exam
Things to bring with me on the day of the exam:
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Pen/pencil – bring extras, these tend to break or run out during the day of
the exam
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Your Notebook – be organized! Don’t spend all of your time searching for
information in a disorganized notebook
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A book, a magazine, drawing paper (you get the idea) – if you finish before
others in the room, you will be required to remain silent
Extra Credit:
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Just like with regular tests, extra credit will be available. This will be in the
form of extra vocabulary terms and extra essay choices.
Test Breakdown:
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Multiple Choice
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Vocabulary
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Short Answer
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Reading and Interpreting Graphs
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Essay Questions
Vocabulary:
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Choose 10 words from each column
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Define them
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Bring your completed definitions with you to the exam.
Final Exam Date: Tuesday June 16th
Vocabulary to Know:
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Atmosphere
Ozone
Atmospheric
pressure
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Electromagnetic
spectrum
Albedo
Greenhouse effect
Conduction
Convection
Coriolis effect
Trade winds
Westerlies
Polar easterlies
Jet stream
Latent heat
Sublimation
Dew point
Absolute humidity
Relative humidity
Cloud
Condensation
nucleus
Adiabatic cooling
Advective cooling
Stratus cloud
Cumulus cloud
Cirrus cloud
Fog
Precipitation
Coalescence
Supercooling
Cloud seeding
Air mass
Cold front
Warm front
Stationary front
Occluded front
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Tornado
Thermometer
Barometer
Anemometer
Wind vane
Radar
Station model
Climate
Tropical climate
Middle-latitude
climate
Polar climate
Microclimate
Global warming
Astronomy
Galaxy
Astronomical unit
Telescope
Refracting
telescope
Reflecting
telescope
Rotation
Revolution
Perihelion
Aphelion
Equinox
Solstice
Solar system
Planet
Solar nebula
Planetesimal
Eccentricity
Orbial period
Inertia
Terrestrial planet
Gas giant
Kuiper belt
Satellite
Moon
Mare
Crater
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Midaltitude
cyclone
Thunderstorm
Hurricane
Apogee
Perigee
Solar eclipse
Lunar eclipse
Phase
Galilean moon
Asteroid
Comet
Oort cloud
Meteoroid
Meteor
Nuclear fusion
Radiative zone
Convective zone
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Corona
Sunspot
Prominence
Solar flare
Coronal mass
ejection
Aurora
Star
Light year
Main sequence
Giant
White dwarf
Nova
Neutron star
Pulsar
Black hole
Constellation
Quasar
Apparent
magnitude
Absolute
magnitude
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Crust
mantle
core
lithosphere
asthenosphere
mesosphere
system
atmosphere
hydrosphere
geosphere
biosphere
ecosystem
carrying capacity
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parallel
latitude
meridian
longitude
remote sensing
map projections
legend
scale
isogram
topography
elevation
contour line
relief
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matter
element
atom
proton
electron
neutron
isotope
compound
molecule
ion
ionic bond
covalent bond
mixture solution
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mineral
silicate mineral
nonsilicate mineral
crystal
silicon oxygen
tetrahedron
mineralogist
streak
luster
cleavage
fracture
mohs hardness
scale
density
Earthquake
elastic rebound
focus epicenter
body wave
surface wave
p wave
S wave
Shadow zone
fault zone
pyroclastic
material
caldera
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rock cycle
igneous rock
intrusive igneous
rock
extrusive igneous
rock
felsic
mafic
compaction
cementation
chemical
sedimentary rock
organic
sedimentary rock
clastic sedimentary
rock
metamorphism
foliation
nonfoliated
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Ore
geological column
era
period
epoch
evolution
precambrian time
paleozoic era
mass extinction
mesozoic era
cenozoic era
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deformation
isostasy
stress
stain
fold
fault
mountain range
folded mountain
fault-block
mountain
dome mountain
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magma
volcanism
lava
volcano
hot spot
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continental drift
mid-oceanic ridge
sea-floor spreading
paleomagnetism
plate tectonics
divergent boundary
convergent
boundary
transform
boundary
rifting