2nd Quarter Quiz Study Guide

  1. Which number best represents precipitation?
  1. Which number best represents condensation?
  1. In the diagram, what best represents what drives the water cycle?
  1. The increase of nutrients in a lake or pond is called?
  1. During the summer, the warm surface water of a lake does not mix with the cooler water underneath it. In the fall, through, this warm layer cools and sinks. This sinking is known as?

Turnover

  1. Most lakes on Earth’s surface form when
  1. Which of the following best describes the difference between an ocean trench and a submarine canyon?

Use the diagram below to answer questions 8-12.

  1. A mid-ocean ridge is a(n)? Which number represents this term?

Chain of underwater mountains – D

  1. Which letter above best represents the continental shelf? How is it defined?

Flat or Gradually sloping surface from the continent – F

  1. Which letter above best represents an ocean trench

Deep, steep cliff in the ocean floor – G

  1. Which letter best represents the deep ocean? What are its two main sections?

C- Open away from the continent

  1. Which best describes the difference between the continental shelf and the continental slope?

Shelf is a gradual slope and the SLOPE steep drop(like a REALLY tall/big slide)

  1. All organisms in the intertidal zone must be adapted to survive what 2 conditions?

Wet and Dry conditions (because of tides)

  1. In most near-shore environments how much sun light does it contain? Does it reach the ocean floor?

Has a lot of sunlight and it reaches to the ocean floor

  1. True or false – The open ocean deep receives light from the sun?
  1. What things occur as you move down in depth of the ocean floor? (salinity amount, temperature, sunlight)

Salinity – increasing Temps – decreasing (colder) Sunlight – gone (decreases) Density – increase

  1. What is salinity

The amount dissolved salt in the ocean

  1. A mass of moving water is called a

Current

  1. How do surface currents help distribute heat around the globe?

Warm water from the equator moves towards the colder water at the poles

  1. What percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water?71%
  1. What percent of the earth’s water is fresh water?3%
  1. About two-thirds of Earth’s fresh water is stored in?Frozen (icebergs/glaciers)
  1. What is an aquifer? An underground PERMEABLE rock that holds water
  1. An area into which all of the water on one side of a divide flows. What are the two parts of a watershed?

Drainage basin (divide and drainage basin)

  1. Water that collects and moves beneath Earth’s surface is called

Groundwater

  1. Nonpoint-Source Pollution is

Unknown source of pollution, hard to find, hard to clean/fix

  1. A scientist is interested in comparing the circulatory systems of different types of worms. What is the scientist most likely to do first?

Ask a TESTABLE question

  1. Drew doesn’t like eating raw carrots. He decides to provide his parents with qualitative data to support his opinion. Provide an example of qualitative data.

Orange, cone shaped

  1. The two types of observations are?

Qualitative (senses) and Quantitative (numbers)

  1. Mrs. Campbell notices that the kids are all bringing their lunch to school and no one is buying school lunch. An inference Mrs. Campbell could make would be:

Lunch is not good.

  1. Lacy has a pond on her farm in Arizona. She notices different species of birds visiting the pond throughout the year. She make a(n):

Qualitative Observation

  1. What are some ways that you can be safe when working in the lab?

Googles. Roll up sleeves, wash your hands, gloves, don’t eat, don’t run, pull back hair

Smithers thinks that a special juice will increase productivity of workers while stapling stacks of papers. He gives Group A the special juice and Group B water. Group A made 1,587 stacks of paper while Group B made 2,113 stacks of paper.

  1. What is the independent variable?

The different liquids/juice

34-35. Imagine that a zombie apocalypse actually happens. You are left without any water. The supplies you have are an old t-shirt, 2 water bottles, ammonia, chlorine and charcoal. Because buildings and plants have been destroyed, you have access to gravel and broken cement (its appearance is similar to that of sand). What should you do to filter water?