Review: Earth Systems and Resources
Vocabulary: Look through the list of vocabulary words below and star any words that look unfamiliar. Then, look up and write
down the definitions of any confusing terms.
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Biological weathering
Carbon cycle
Chemical weathering
Continental crust
Convection
Convergent plate boundary
Decomposition
Divergent plate boundary
Drought
Earthquakes
Erosion
Geosphere
Hotspot volcanoes
Hurricane
Hydrosphere
Igneous rocks
Inner core
Magnetic Fields
Mantle
Metamorphic rocks
Mesosphere
Minerals
Monsoons
Nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrification/ Denitrification
Ozone
Pause
Phosphorous cycle
Physical weathering
Rock cycle
Soil
Sedimentary rocks
Stratosphere
Subduction
Tectonics
Thermosphere
Transform plate boundary
Troposphere
Oceanic crust
Outer core
Water cycle
Earth Systems and Resources Review Questions: Record answers to the following questions. Feel free to answer questions in
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Draw and label an illustration of the structure of the earth and structure of the atmosphere.
Draw and label an illustration of the nitrogen, carbon, phosphorous, water and rock cycles.
In nutrient cycles, what is the difference between sinks and sources?
What is the difference in topographic features between the different types of plate boundaries?
How do earthquakes happen?
Explain the process of soil formation.
How does temperature and pressure change as you move up through the atmosphere?
Describe the impacts of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy.
Answer Key to Practice Multiple-Choice Questions on Earth Systems and Resources:
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Practice Questions:
1. The umbrella theory explaining the Earth’s movement, contact, and flattening of large land plates is known as
(a) the Coriolis effect
(b) plate tectonics
(c) hot spots
(d) the Richter Magnitude Scale
(e) the subduction zone
2. An ocean trench is formed along the
(a) transform fault boundary of two colliding plates
(b) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(c) distant edge boundary of two colliding plates
(d) divergent boundary of two colliding plates
(e) convergent boundary of two colliding plates
3. Which of the following plays a big part in soil erosion?
(a) fertilizer
(b) conservation
(c) tillage
(d) plant type
(e) rainfall
4. What percentage of the world’s land is at risk of desertification?
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 30%
(d) 40%
(e) 50%
5. Carbon-containing material from living or non-living sources is called
(a) pyroclastic material
(b) inorganic material
(c) organic material
(d) sublimation
(e) biominerilzation
6. When ammonia is taken up by plants, dissolved by water, or remains in the soil to be converted to nitrates, it is known as
(a) calcification
(b) residence time
(c) photosynthesis
(d) nitrification
(e) fixation
7. Gravitational forces within the Earth, as well as heat and radioactive element recycling in the molten core, take place
through
(a) subduction
(b) deflection
(c) transformation
(d) convection
(e) divergent boundaries