Test 2 (190-253)
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| show | hydrosphere
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| 191. What is true of spring tides? | show 🗑
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| 192. The relative size of the atmosphere layer as compared to the solid part of Earth is most similar to | show 🗑
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| show | 70%
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| show | water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide.
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| show | CFCs
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| show | the Grand Canyon's eroded depths
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| show | nitrogen
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| 198. Why is the sky blue? | show 🗑
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| show | the meat of a cherry as compared to the pit of the cherry.
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| 200. Above about 100 km, the high-energy portion of the Sun's radiation spectrum breaks down molecules into atoms. What is this part of Earth's atmosphere called? | show 🗑
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| 201. How is the existence of Earth's unique atmosphere explained? | show 🗑
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| 202. Seismic waves are most useful for mapping: | show 🗑
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| show | Only P waves can be detected in the shadow zone.
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| show | the meat of a cherry as compared to the pit of the cherry.
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| show | the Earth's core and mantle.
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| 206. What is true of spring tides? | show 🗑
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| show | the troposphere
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| 208. From the center outward, the correct order is: | show 🗑
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| show | Van Allen Radiation Belts.
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| show | prevents charged particles in the solar wind from reaching the surface.
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| show | nitrogen
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| 212. Compared to the density of water, our Earth averages: | show 🗑
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| 213. The oldest rocks on our crust are radioactively dated at about: | show 🗑
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| show | when the sun is high in the sky
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| show | the atmosphere scatters the light from the Sun
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| show | P waves travel faster, and thus arrive sooner than do the S waves.
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| 217. Which of the following layers of the earth is unique among the terrestrial planets? | show 🗑
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| show | oxygen
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| 219. Clouds form primarily at the boundary between | show 🗑
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| show | the visible and the infrared
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| 221. Within Earth's atmosphere the ozone layer is located | show 🗑
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| 222. The crust of the Earth is covered by about ________ water in the hydrosphere. | show 🗑
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| 223. What is the best description of the Earth's rotation over its entire history? | show 🗑
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| show | in the troposphere, such as a summer thunderstorm; at the thermal vents in the rift valleys; in the mantle; in hot springs like Old Faithful; All of the above are good examples.
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| show | the skin of a grape as compared to the meat of the grape.
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| 226. At what phase are the tides least noticeable? | show 🗑
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| show | the Sun
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| show | intense auroral displays.
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| 229. How is the existence of Earth's unique atmosphere explained? | show 🗑
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| show | 0.03
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| show | ozone layer.
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| 232. When water vapor condenses out at the cool tops of convection cells, what happens? | show 🗑
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| show | water vapor and carbon dioxide.
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| 235. What is the process that physically transfers heat from a lower (hotter) to a higher (cooler) level? | show 🗑
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| show | that Earth's most dense material must be beneath the surface
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| 237. Almost all of our atmospheric gases lie in the: | show 🗑
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| 238. Above about 100 km, the high-energy portion of the Sun's radiation spectrum breaks down molecules into atoms. What is this part of Earth's atmosphere called? | show 🗑
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| 239. We determine the structure of the Earth's core using | show 🗑
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| show | The Industrial Revolution
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| show | bombardment by small bodies.
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| 242. Which statement about seismic waves is FALSE? | show 🗑
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| show | outgoing infrared radiation from the Earth.
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| 244. A region where a denser basaltic plate is subducted under a continental one is: | show 🗑
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| show | water vapor, methane, carbon dioxide.
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| 246. The presence of a magnetic field is a good indication that: | show 🗑
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| 247. Without the greenhouse effect operating in our atmosphere, | show 🗑
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| 248. At what phase would tidal variation be the least during the entire day? | show 🗑
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| 249. When two tectonic plates collide: | show 🗑
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| show | the Grand Canyon's eroded depths
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| show | the iron and nickel core is denser than the silicate mantle and crust.
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| 252. In what part of our atmosphere do we live? | show 🗑
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| show | magnetic fields are generated by rapidly spinning, fluid magnetic interiors.
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