General Earth Science Final
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show | Troposphere
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show | Weather
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The terms weather and climate can be used interchangeably. | show 🗑
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show | humidity air temperature wind speed air pressure
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show | ozone
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show | below 6 kilometers
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show | Temperature
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show | nitrogen
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The temperature decrease with altitude in the troposphere is called the ____________ lapse rate. | show 🗑
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On the equinoxes, all places on Earth receive 12 hours of daylight. | show 🗑
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show | Rotation
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show | December solstice
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On June 21, the vertical rays of the Sun strike a parallel of latitude known as the __________, | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | False
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show | terrestrial radiation
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show | True
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The transfer of heat by circulation within a substance is called ___________. | show 🗑
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show | False
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The two principal atmospheric absorbers of terrestrial radiation are carbon dioxide and __________. | show 🗑
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show | radio waves
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show | visible light
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show | True
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What are lines on a map that connect equal temperatures called? | show 🗑
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The specific heat is far greater for water than land. | show 🗑
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show | snow
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In general, the average temperature range increases with an increase in _________. | show 🗑
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The hottest temperatures in July are most likely to be found ______________. | show 🗑
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_______ is the only substance that exists in the atmosphere as a solid, liquid, and gas. | show 🗑
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Freezing releases 80 calories per gram to the surrounding environment as __________. | show 🗑
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If heat energy is added to a substance and it does not cause a change in temperature, the heat energy is called __________. | show 🗑
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The conversion of a vapor directly to solid is best described as _________. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | True
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A hair hygrometer measures the humidity using electrical currents. | show 🗑
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The ______________of air goes up as the temperature goes up. | show 🗑
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show | increases
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The ratio of the mass of water vapor to the mass of dry air within a unit or parcel of air is known as __________. | show 🗑
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show | saturated
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Stable air resists vertical movement. | show 🗑
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show | frontal wedging
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When the environmental lapse rate is greater than the dry adiabatic rate, air is defined by the term ________. | show 🗑
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show | adiabatic
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A towering cloud that may produce rain showers or a thunderstorm is called __________. | show 🗑
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show | stratus
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wispy fibers with a feathery appearance | show 🗑
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show | cumulus
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show | True
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show | absorb
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show | clouds
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trace of precipitation is reported if the amount of rain is less than what? | show 🗑
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show | turn to rain
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show | tropical warm clouds
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show | shape
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show | 1013.2 millibars
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show | Torricelli
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show | Earth’s surface and gravity
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show | unequal surface heating
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show | pressure gradient and solar radiation
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show | wind
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show | high pressure system
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show | cyclones
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show | anticyclone
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The general movement of low pressure centers across the United States is from ___________. | show 🗑
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show | Coriolis effect
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The trade winds blow out of the __________, straightening to east to west flow along the equator. | show 🗑
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The polar front is a stormy belt caused by the interaction of_________. | show 🗑
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show | Canada
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show | equatorial low
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The largest influences on atmospheric global circulation are Earth's rotation and | show 🗑
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show | Southern Hemisphere subpolar low
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The surface winds between the subtropical high and equatorial low pressure zones are the | show 🗑
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Wind direction is defined according to? | show 🗑
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Wind speed is best measured by a/an _________. | show 🗑
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In coastal areas as land is heated to higher temperatures, __________ develops. | show 🗑
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In general, the low latitudes receive ____rainfall than the high latitudes. | show 🗑
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The pattern of high and low pressure variations in the eastern and western Pacific is called the __________. | show 🗑
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Climate involves interactions and exchanges among the parts of the climate system. | show 🗑
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Earth's climate system is powered by energy from the Sun. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | climate
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show | True
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show | humid subtropical
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In a polar (E) climate, the average temperature of the warmest month is above 10°C (50°F). | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | D
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Much of California has a climate similar to that surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. | show 🗑
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The Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes generally receive the greatest amount of its precipitation during the ___________. | show 🗑
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show | False Year-round rainfall is associated with the equatorial low.
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show | warmer
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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have increased over the last 150 years. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | Earth
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Aristarchus professed a Sun-centered or ___________ view of the universe. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | retrograde motion
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show | Chinese
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Who was the ancient Greek who developed a geocentric model of the universe explaining the observable motions of the planets? | show 🗑
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_________ was the first astronomer to use a telescope. | show 🗑
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Gravity is directly proportional to mass. | show 🗑
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The farther away a star is, the greater its parallax will be. | show 🗑
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The shape of a planet's orbit is _________. | show 🗑
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Tycho Brahe is best known for _________. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | stellar parallax
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show | Copernicus
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show | 88
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Another name for the star Polaris is | show 🗑
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show | True
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The most visible stars in a constellation are generally named in order of their ____________ by the letters of the Greek alphabet. | show 🗑
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show | the ecliptic
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A(n) ____________ eclipse occurs when the Moon casts its shadow on Earth. | show 🗑
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show | the Moon's orbit is inclined approximately 5 degrees
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show | first-quarter
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The Jovian planets contain a large percentage of which gases? | show 🗑
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show | lower
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Compared to other planet-satellite systems, Earth's Moon is unusually large. | show 🗑
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Most of the lunar surface is made up of highlands. | show 🗑
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show | facing Earth.
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The Copernicus crater is one of the oldest features on the surface of the Moon. | show 🗑
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show | Venus
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show | Venus
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The most striking feature on the face of ______ is the Great Red Spot. | show 🗑
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These objects are composed of frozen gases (including ammonia, methane, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide) that hold together small pieces of rocky and metallic materials. | show 🗑
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The ionized tail of a comet points away from the Sun. | show 🗑
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show | Mars and Jupiter
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The movement of light energy can be described as a __________. | show 🗑
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The electromagnetic spectrum and the radiant energy best support the movement of light described by __________. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | False
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show | incandescent solid
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Spectra: dark-line spectrum | show 🗑
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Spectra: bright-line spectrum | show 🗑
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Blue wavelength is shorter than red wavelength. | show 🗑
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As they are heated from low to high temperature, solid objects will appear to glow in which of the following sequences of color? | show 🗑
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The spectra of most stars are of the dark-line type. | show 🗑
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show | Doppler effect
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show | True
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When several radio telescopes are wired together, the resulting network is called a radio _________. | show 🗑
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show | True
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Brief explosive solar events are called solar _________. | show 🗑
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show | True
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show | hydrogen
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show | 11
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show | True
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show | chromosphere
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