EOSC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND REVISED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
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EOSC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND REVISED ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
When does hail occur most frequently?
A. in winter when the air is cold
B. in summer when the air is hot
C. near coastal areas due to hurricanes
D. near the north and south poles
E. in eastern Canada - Answer- B
Temperature chang...
EOSC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND REVISED ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
When does hail occur most frequently?
A. in winter when the air is cold
B. in summer when the air is hot
C. near coastal areas due to hurricanes
D. near the north and south poles
E. in eastern Canada - Answer- B
Temperature changes in the horizontal can cause wind speed to increase with height
because ______.
A. cold air is denser than warm air
B. of Coriolis force
C. the atmospheric pressure decreases with height at higher altitudes
D. the air is thinner, resulting in less friction, and making it easier to accelerate the air
E. the horizontal pressure gradient increases with height - Answer- E
If you live at the seashore where a hurricane or typhoon is approaching, your best
course of action is to __________.
A. seek shelter in a basement
B. buy a boat
C. close your shutters and board your windows to keep them from breaking
D. go to your highest floor or attic, to stay above the rising storm surge waters
E. evacuate away from the shoreline - Answer- E
The main visibly recognizable feature that you can use to determine if a cloud is a
thunderstorm is the ______.
A. anvil cloud
B. funnel cloud
C. wall cloud
D. gust front
E. mammatus cloud - Answer- A
Which of the following primarily drive vertical motions in thunderstorms?
A. continuity
B. buoyancy
C. inertia
D. pressure-gradient force
,E. lifting condensation level - Answer- B
Hurricanes don't form at, and don't cross, the equator, because at the equator
__________.
A. the tropical waters are too cold
B. the tropical waters are too warm
C. there is too much wind shear
D. the Coriolis effect is zero
E. the wind drag is greatest - Answer- D
Where is the SAFEST PLACE for a ship to be during a tsunami?
A. tied securely to a dock
B. anchored in a harbor with a narrow opening
C. anchored in the middle of a Bay, where depth is 50 meters
D. anchored in a harbor on the opposite side of an island from the direction of tsunami
approach
E. out in the open ocean - Answer- E
Fetch is ______.
A. moving sediment from a beach to a deep submarine canyon
B. a smooth undulation of the ocean surface
C. distance over which wind blows without any significant change in direction
D. a group of waves of the same wavelength
E. the depth at which waves "feel" the bottom - Answer- C
Which of the following phrases will make this a TRUE statement?
"When a tsunami alert is issued after an earthquake occurs off the Alaskan coastline,
______."
A. coastlines are safe after the fourth wave has arrived
B. residents living near protected inlets and harbors on the west coast of Vancouver
Island do not have to evacuate
C. boats must be securely anchored in harbors to avoid destruction
D. residents may retreat to higher floors of buildings if evacuation from the coastline is
impossible
E. residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island should wait for the typical sea level
drawdown before evacuating - Answer- D
The tremendous killing power of tsunami are due mostly to ______.
A. the rapid approach of several waves, usually within seconds of each other
B. the storm surge approaching shore with destructive force
C. the earthquake that generated the tsunami
D. a large mass of water causing destruction as it rushes inland and retreats back to the
ocean
E. waves with towering wave heights that crash on buildings - Answer-
,The San Andreas Fault extends offshore under water in some sections to the north of
San Francisco. Imagine that a magnitude 8.5 earthquake occurs along an underwater
section of the fault. Is it likely or unlikely to generate a large tsunami?
A. It is unlikely because the fault is still too close to shore.
B. It is likely because earthquakes along the San Andreas fault are typically shallow.
C. It is likely because most underwater earthquakes generate tsunami.
D. It is unlikely because the movement along the fault is horizontal.
E. It is likely because the magnitude of the earthquake is large. - Answer- D
Which of the following mitigation strategies DISSIPATES OR SCATTERS WAVE
ENERGY while allowing sediment transport?
A. groins
B. solid breakwaters
C. tethered-float breakwaters
D. jetties
E. seawalls - Answer- C
If a wave with a wavelength of 100 m travels through a body of water 1 km deep, water
particles at a depth of 55 m will ______.
A. move in orbits that are 1/23rd of the orbits of water particles in the surface
B. not be affected by the passing wave
C. trace circular orbits
D. move rapidly toward the shore
E. move in flattened ellipses - Answer- B
Overall, the world growth rate curve for the period 1970-2005 is ______.
A. sinusoidal
B. quadratic
C. flat
D. linear
E. decreasing - Answer- D
Arrange the layers of the atmosphere, in order from the Earth's surface upward.
thermosphere
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere - Answer- troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
A material that is NOT very compressible and flows easily is ______.
A. a gas with low viscosity
B. a solid
C. a gas with high viscosity
D. a liquid with low viscosity
E. a liquid with high viscosity - Answer- D
Which two quantities have the same units?
, A. strain and density
B. pressure and force
C. pressure and strain
D. stress and strain
E. pressure and stress - Answer- E
At present the doubling time for the human population on Earth is roughly ______
years.
A. 100
B. 500
C. 60
D. 10
E. 1000 - Answer- C
Energy is diffuse if it ______.
A. is concentrated in space
B. is spread out in space
C. happens gradually over time
D. dissipates quickly
E. is released over a short time - Answer- B
Consider Object A with a mass of 10 kg and Object B with a mass of 20 kg, both moving
at a speed of 1 m/s. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The kinetic energy of Object A is 5 kg-m/s.
B. The kinetic energy of Object B is equal to the kinetic energy of Object A.
C. The kinetic energy of Object A is 2× the kinetic energy of Object B.
D. The kinetic energy of Object B is 20 kg-m2/s2.
E. The kinetic energy of Object B is 2× the kinetic energy of Object A. - Answer- A
Which statement is TRUE?
A. The maximum population that can be carried by the earth is fixed.
B. Population is self-limiting. Namely, the death rate increases when the carrying
capacity is exceeded.
C. You have almost no control over your own chances of surviving a natural disaster.
D. The survivability rate of people in natural disasters will increase as population grows,
due to better social networks.
E. Earth's carrying capacity increases as more people occupy our planet. - Answer- B
During one year of measurement, 10 tornadoes of category 5 on the Fujita scale were
observed. The corresponding return period in days is about ______.
A. 10
B. 36
C. 50
D. 5
E. 365 - Answer- B
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