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