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Grade 10 Atmosphere
                is the amount of water vapor in the air.
  1. Clouds
  2. Humidity
  3. Hydrologic cycle
  4. Sublimation
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
Most of Earth's freshwater is found in                .
  1. ice
  2. aquifers
  3. oceans
  4. lakes
Grade 10 Historical Geology
Which of the following theories explain the extinction of dinosaurs?
  1. The Asteroid and Fossil Theory
  2. The Ash Cloud and Fossil Theory
  3. The Asteroid and Volcanic Activity Theory
  4. The Volcanic Activity and Fossil Theory
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
Where is Earth's surface water found?
  1. lakes
  2. rivers
  3. streams
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Tectonics
What current theory explains why the tectonic plates move?
  1. Mantle Convection
  2. Mantle Radiation
  3. Mantle Conduction
  4. Mantle Subduction
Grade 10 Environmental Science
National parks and wilderness areas are designed to do which of the following?
  1. provide recreation
  2. protect wildlife
  3. preserve natural areas
  4. all of the above
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
Aquatic biomes are grouped by                              .
  1. temperature and precipitation
  2. salinity and latitude
  3. salinity and depth
  4. salinity and temperature
Grade 10 Geomorphology
A line on a map that connects equal points of elevation is a(n)                .
  1. azimuth line
  2. contour line
  3. relief line
  4. isobar
Grade 10 Rocks
Which of the following best classifies the rock below?
Rock - Igneous - Scoria
  1. felsic
  2. clastic
  3. plutonic
  4. vesicular
Grade 10 Atmosphere
How many layers are in the atmosphere?
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 9
Grade 10 Oceanography and Hydrology
What is a glacier?
  1. A large mass of snow that moves.
  2. A large mass of ice that moves.
  3. A large mass of snow and ice that does not move.
  4. A large mass of snow and ice that moves.
Grade 10 Tectonics
What scale measures the magnitude of the largest wave during an earthquake?
  1. The Richter scale
  2. The moment magnitude scale
  3. Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale
  4. The amplitude scale
Grade 10 Environmental Science
What do you call the act of leaving one's own country to permanently live in another country?
  1. immigration
  2. emigration
  3. demography
  4. migration
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