Name___________________
EARTH SCIENCE FINAL EXAM REVIEW
SURFACE WATER, GROUNDWATER, AND OCEANOGRAPHY
Terms and Concepts:
Delta
Meanders
Watershed
Artesian well
Stalactite
Karst topography
Zone of saturation
buffer
surface zone
Deep zone
Phytoplankton
Biogenous sediments
Turbidity current
Continental rise
Apogee
discharge
evaporation
oxbow lake
tributary
gradient
aquifer
ordinary well
geyser
stalagmite
transpiration
water table
zone of aeration
impermeable layer
Aqueous solution
coral
Hydrogen bonding
middle layer
tides
mixed layer
thermocline
zooplankton
nekton
hydrogenous sediments terrigenous sediments
continental margin continental shelf
active margin
passive margin
perigee
upwelling
Some Additional Things to Know:
Descriptions of three temperature zones of ocean
Descriptions of phytoplankton, zooplankton, nekton, and coral
Density of water compared to ice
Variations in salinity around the globe
Why polar masses exist all over the globe
Average salinity of ocean water
Types of ocean sediments
Sun and moon’s effect on tides
Draw and label the water cycle please.
Draw and label the water table please.
Draw and label the effects of groundwater movement please.
Draw and label the ocean floor please.
Name__________________
EARTH SCIENCE FINAL REVIEW
PHYSICS UNIT/RESOURCES
TERMS AND CONCEPTS:
Distance vs displacement
Speed vs displacement
Force
Newton’s 2nd Law
Potential energy
Trough
Frequency
Speed of light
Opaque
Nonrenewable resources
speed
velocity
gravity
“g”
friction
Newton’s first law
rd
Newton’s 3 Law energy
kinetic energy
crest
amplitude
wavelength
transverse wave longitudinal wave
transparent
translucent
renewable resources
ore
gangue
Some Additional Things to Know:
How to label a standard wave
Choose which of Newton’s laws is represented in a situation
Distinguish whether common materials are opaque, transparent, or
translucent
Work velocity problems solving for any of the three variables
Work gravitational potential energy problems
Work kinetic energy problems
Practice Problems:
1. How far has a dog run if he is travelling at a speed of 5.3 m/s for 44 s?
2. How fast is a car travelling if it has gone 70 m in 52 s?
3. What is the kinetic energy of a jogger with a mass of 85 kg traveling at a speed
of 3.6 m/s?
4. What is the kinetic energy of a baseball with a mass of 2 kg that is traveling at
14 m/s?
5. What is the potential energy of a 5 kg rock that is at the top of a 175 m high
cliff?
6. What is the potential energy of a 2 kg textbook if it is held at 2.3 m above the
floor?
Name___________________
EARTH SCIENCE FINAL REVIEW
ATMOSPHERE, WEATHER, AND CLIMATE
Terms and Concepts:
Conduction
Ozone
Heat
condensation nuclei
Dew point
Hail
Coriolis effect
Blizzard
Storm surge
Anemometer
convection
troposhere
stratosphere
thermosphere
sleet
relative humidity
jet stream
front
squall line
barometer
radiation
temperature
mesosphere
cloud types
freezing rain
psychrometer
prevailing winds
hurricane
climate
Some Additional Things to Know:
Four types of fronts
Absolute zero
Causes of global warming
Effects of global warming
An Inconvenient Truth
Descriptions of the four layers of the atmosphere
How clouds are formed
Three temperature conversion formulas and how to work problems:
1. 500 K =___________C
2. 39 F =______________C
3. 90 C = ____________F
4. 350 C = _____________K
DENSITY PROBLEMS:
What is the equation for density?
1. What is the density of a substance whose mass is 3.5 g and volume is 0.25 mL?
2. What is the density of a 14.0 g object with a volume of 0.025 L?
3. What is the mass of an object if it has a density of 2.1 g/L and takes up 6.5 L of space?
4. What is the volume of a 0.75 g object with a density of 1.2 g/mL?
5. What is the mass of a 750 mL sample of liquid if its density is 1.24 g/mL?
Name_______________________
EARTH SCIENCE FINAL REVIEW
GEOLOGIC TIME / EARTH’S HISTORY
RESOURCES
TERMS AND CONCEPTS:
Fossils
Molds and casts
Relative dating
original remains
carbonaceous films
principle of superposition
Embedded fragments rule
absolute dating
Parent isotope
daughter isotope
Pre-cambrian era
Paleozoic era
Cenozoic era
resource
Nonrenewable resource ore
Fossil fuels
solar energy
Geothermal energy
nuclear energy
Carrying capacity
point source pollution
replaced remains
trace fossils
principle of cross-cutting relationships
radioactive decay
half-life
Mesozoic era
renewable resource
gangue
wind energy
hydroelectric energy
nonpoint source pollution
Some Additional Things to Know:
Examples of each fossil type
How to read a rock-layer diagram
How to balance nuclear reactions
How to do half-life problems
A brief history of the earth including descriptions of each era
Advantages and disadvantages of various alternative energy sources
Analysis of our everyday choices and the impact they make on the
environment
Begin by determining the number of half lives that have passed. Then
answer each question please.
1. If an isotope with a half-life of 20 days has been decaying for 60
days, how much remains of a 180 g sample?
2. An isotope with a half-life of 22 minutes has decayed from a 22 g
sample to a 2.75 g sample. How long has it been decaying?
3. How many half-lives does it take for only 6.25% of an original
sample to remain?
4. What was the original sample size if an isotope with a half life of
seven minutes has been decaying for 56 minutes and has only 2.5
grams remaining?
Name__________________
EARTH SCIENCE FINAL REVIEW
EARTH, MOON, SUN SYSTEM/SPACE SCIENCE
Terms and Concepts:
Rotation
Winter solstice
Apogee
Lunar eclipse
Solar eclipse
Waxing
Corona
Geocentric
Constellations
Absolute magnitude
Mercury
Sputnik
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
revolution
vernal equinox
perigee
maria
umbra
aurora
fusion
photosphere
Big Bang
AU’s
Gemini
Alan Shepard
Some Additional Things to Know:
Three types of galaxies
What determines color of a star?
Eight planets in order from sun
Descriptions of each of the eight planets
Apollo 13
Diagram of sun
Solve weight problems
summer solstice
autumnal equinox
tides
penumbra
waning
chromosphere
heliocentric
solar wind
light year
Neil Armstrong
Apollo
Yuri Gagarin
Problems: What is the formula for weight?
1. What is the weight on Earth of a 25 kg object?
2. What is the weight on Earth of a 25 g object?
3. What is the acceleration due to gravity on Planet X if a 35 kg object has a
weight of 1300 N?
4. What is the weight on Earth of a 75 kg object?