APES STUDY GUIDE FOR EARTH SYSTEM TEST (NOV 4th & NOV 5th )
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Hybrid Electric Vehicles p. 207
Elements location, density within different layer of the earth (e.g. most dense located in the _____ of
the earth called-----.).
Age of the Earth
Height of each layer the Earth (i.e. crust, mantle, core)
Various layers of the Earth.
The component of each layer.
The cause of high temperature within the center of the Earth.
Alfred Wagner’s evidence
The effects of plate movement within organisms.
Various volcanoes
Subduction zone and its location
Ocean floor created at ------Asthenosphere is in______
Calculation of plate movement p. 216
Earth quack
Richter scale
Prediction of earth quack damage
Rock cycle
Correct condition for formation of igneous rock cycle
Various crusts’ and zones’ dominant rock
Permeability in various soil
Sedimentary rock formation
The layer of rocks that consists fossils
Metamorphic rocks
Difference between erosion and weathering
Physical and chemical weathering
Formation of minerals and their examples(i.e. primary minerals to secondary minerals to …. forms of
minerals)
Lichens’ significance
Acid rain
Cause of erosion
Function of soil
Soil fertility
Different horizons of soil and their components.
Correct order of physical size of sediment particles.
Porosity of the soil
Permeability of different types of soil
Best texture of soil for plants
Be comfortable with fig 8.22 p. 224
Cation exchange capacity in clay
Soil degradation
Elements within crust layer of the Earth
Ores
Strip mining
Environmental problem associated with minning
Acid mine drainage
Deposit of gold and silver concentrated ------