Chapter 3 QUIZ

Question 1

Thermocline

Answer 1

Boundary between worm and cold water in an ocean or a lake

Question 2

Tectonic Plates

Answer 2

The pieces that compose the lithosphere

Question 3

Volcano

Answer 3

A mountain built from magma

Question 4

Radiation

Answer 4

Transfer of energy through space

Question 5

Surface currents

Answer 5

Water moments in the ocean that are driven by wind

Question 6

Mantle

Answer 6

Layer of Earth between the crust and core

Question 7

Ozone

Answer 7

A molecule made up of three oxygen atoms

Question 8

Tributaries

Answer 8

Smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones

Question 9

Salinity

Answer 9

The total quantity of dissolved salt in the ocean

Question 10

Fault

Answer 10

A break in the earth’s crust

Question 11

Atmosphere

Answer 11

The part if the earth that contains the air we breathe

Question 12

Crust

Answer 12

The thin outermost layer Earth

Question 13

How much more energy does a type 5 earthquake release then a type 4?

Answer 13

30 times the amount

Question 14

Volcanoes occur at tectonic plate boundaries that are:

Answer 14

Colliding and separating from one another

Question 15

Erosion

Answer 15

The removal and transport of surface material by wind and water

Question 16

The stratosphere is the atmospheric layer above:

Answer 16

The troposphere

Question 17

What is an important green house gas?

Answer 17

Carbon dioxide or CO2

Question 18

What is the most abundant gas on earth?

Answer 18

Nitrogen

Question 19

The warmest temperature zone of the ocean is the:

Answer 19

Surface zone

Question 20

Bottom currents

Answer 20

Stream like movements of cold, dense water near the ocean floor

Question 21

One of the most important roles of the ocean is:

Answer 21

Regulate temperatures in Earth’s atsmosphere

Question 22

Biosphere

Answer 22

The narrow layer of Earth where life p-supporting conditions exist

Question 23

Convection

Answer 23

The transfer of heat by air and water currents

Question 24

Earth is a _________ system

Answer 24

Closed

Question 25

The most important dissolved elements in ocean water are

Answer 25

Sodium and chlorine

Question 26

List the layers of the earth starting from the outer most layer

Answer 26

Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere 
Outer core
Inner Core

Question 27

Asthenosphere

Answer 27

The upper layer if the earth’s mantle below the lithosphere. Allows tectonic plates to move

Question 28

Lithosphere

Answer 28

The outer most layer of the earth

Question 29

Mesosphere

Answer 29

The lower part of the mantle

Question 30

Name the 4 parts if Earth’s system

Answer 30

The geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmopshere

Question 31

Biosphere

Answer 31

All living things in earth are located here. Near the earth’s surface is about 9KM long

Question 32

Hydrosphere

Answer 32

The water near the earth’s surface

Question 33

Geosphere

Answer 33

The rock layer of the earth. The crust and everything underneath it

Question 34

What are the three water zones?

Answer 34

Surface Zone
Thermocline
Deep Zone

Question 35

Greenhouse affect

Answer 35

Heat hits the green house gases and they trap the heat, heating the earth