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Unit 1 - Earth Systems Test Review Sheet

Test Composition: Chapter: 3; 100 points: Multiple choice, fill-ins, graph interpretations, short answers

Earth’s Spheres (Ch.3)

1. What is the geosphere?

2. What are the layers of the Earth’s interior?

3. What happens at convergent boundaries? Divergent boundaries? Transform boundaries?

4. In what ways could volcanic eruptions create environmental problems?

5. What is the difference between urban and rural land?

6. Why is it important to leave open space when developing the land?

7. What is the atmosphere?

8. What gases make up the atmosphere? Which gas is most abundant?

9. What are the layers of the atmosphere? What happens in each layer?

10. What happens to air pressure with increased height in the atmosphere? What does that do to the air’s density?

11. What weather is associated with high pressure systems? Low pressure systems?

12. What is radiation? Conduction? Convection?

13. What is the Greenhouse effect? Why is it important?

14. What is the hydrosphere?

15. What is the water cycle? Describe each part of the water cycle.

16. Compare and contrast freshwater and saltwater.

17. What is an aquifer? Why is it important?

18. What is the biosphere?

19. What characteristics of Earth make life possible?

20. What is a closed system? Why is Earth considered a closed system?

21. Why do humans need the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere?

22. How are the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere interconnected (interrelated)?

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