APES Chapter 8-9 Study Guide Name: ______
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1. About how far is the core below the surface of the earth? How about the Mantle? ______
2. An earthquake with 5 on the Richter scale is how many times stronger than a quake with a 2? ______
3. Considering we have the technology to desalinate sea water why is there still a freshwater shortage? ______
4. Describe the asthenosphere. ______
5. Describe the soil horizons (Including the E horizon) ______
6. Describe the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. ______
7. Describe the theory of plate tectonics. ______
8. Describe water issues between India and Bangladesh . ______
9. Draw a labeled diagram of the rock cycle. Include how each of the rock types are formed. (Attach paper)
10. Draw a picture which includes a subduction zone, creation of new ocean floor, and the asthenosphere. (Attach paper)
11. Explain how Coho Salmon might be harmed by the addition of a dam. Include how the dam might cause temperature changes. ______
12. Explain how the elements that make up the earth settled when the earth was formed. (In reference to density). ______
13. How is soil porosity measured? ______
14. How much water is required to raise a ton of grain? Beef? ______
15. How old is the earth according to our text? ______
16. If a rock is composed of different minerals which react to temperature changes differently what will happen to the rock when it freezes and thaws? ______
17. If you were building a pond what type of soil would you line it with? ______
18. List factors that determine damage caused by an earthquake. Does a higher magnitude always mean more damage? ______
19. The dirt that we walk on is which part of which layer of the earth? ______
20. Volcanoes are often found at plate boundaries. Are they associated with subduction, divergence, convergence or seafloor spreading? ______
21. What are magma convection currents? Where do they occur? ______
22. What causes saltwater intrusion? ______
23. What does a soil triangle measure? How does it work? ______
24. What evidence did Alfred Wegener cite as support for the theory of continental drift? ______
25. What is a cone of depression? ______
26. What is a fish ladder? ______
27. What is a hot spot? What causes them? Give an example. ______
28. What is a mineral? ______
29. What is an aqueduct? ______
30. What is an aquifer? How is water stored in an aquifer? ______
31. What is an artesian well? ______
32. What is erosion and what causes it? ______
33. What is gray water? ______
34. What is hydroponics? Do hydroponically grown foods require more or less water than traditionally grown vegetables? ______
35. What is it called when an aquifer naturally percolates to the surface? ______
36. What is strip mining? ______
37. What is the difference between an oligotrophic and an eutrophic lake? ______
38. What is the difference between chemical and physical weathering? ______
39. What is the greatest percentage of household water used for? ______
40. What is the lithosphere? What is it composed of? ______
41. What is the water table? ______
42. What percent of the total water in the world is considered fresh water? ______
43. Where/what is the Ogallala aquifer? Why is it unsustainable? ______
44. Why are levees built? How do they impact water flow downstream of the levee? ______
45. Why do we only find fossils in sedimentary rock? ______
46. Why is reverse osmosis often preferred to distillation as a method of desalinization? ______
47. Why is the core of the earth so hot? ______