1. Because the Earth is a closed system, which of the following statements is most accurate:

a) The mineral resources on this planet are all we have and—for the foreseeable future—all we will ever have.

b) No energy is entering or leaving the system.

c) If changes are made in one part of a system, the results of those changes eventually will never affect other parts of the system.

d) The Earth is constantly increasing in mass.

2. The ____ is the solid Earth, composed principally of rock and regolith.

a) biosphere
b) atmosphere
c) geosphere
d) hydrosphere
e) cryosphere

3. Which of the following is an example of a positive feedback?

a) the heating/cooling system of a house

b) an unpaid credit card balance that accrues interest

c) the human body cooling by sweating

d) the level of a lake filled by rain and drained by a stream

4. Environmental systems are considered to be open systems. This means that they:

a) Do not exchange matter or energy with their surroundings

b) Exchange energy but not matter with their surroundings

c) Exchange both energy and matter with their surroundings

d) All of the above

5. Which of the following is an example of the complete scientific method?

a) Using knowledge of chemistry to predict the ozone hole, and then making measurements that agree with these predictions.

b) Considering past temperature patterns on the Earth and stating the Sun is causing the changes without testing further predictions.

c) Observing that volcanic eruptions are associated with cooler global temperatures.

d) Using satellites to map city lights at night.

6. Which of the following methods would not be useful for testing a hypothesis?

a) controlled experiments in a laboratory

b) development of a mathematical model

c) further observations and measurements

d) analyzing the same data used to formulate the hypothesis

7. For the scientific method to work, hypotheses must be:

a) falsifiable in principle

b) ultimately proven true

c) constructed by scientists only

d) funded by grants from the Federal Government

Which of the following gives the correct compositional layering of the Earth from the interior to the surface?

a) Crust, core, mantle

b) Mantle, crust, core

c) Crust, Mantle, Core

d) Core, Mantle, Crust

e) Mantle, Core, Crust

10. Which of the following gives the correct order of zones of rock strength from the interior to the surface?

a) Mesosphere, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere

b) Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, Mesosphere

c) Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere

d) Lithosphere, Mesosphere, Asthenosphere

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