1. Fault-block mountains form from faulting that produce ________
   1. Thrust faults mountains
   2. Oceans
   3. Horsts and grabens
   4. Strike-slip surfaces
2. Convergent boundaries can form mountains further inland becauseof ___________ faulting
   1. Thrust
   2. Normal
   3. Folds
   4. Strike – slip

3. Most of Earth’s mountains were formed in response to_________________
   1. Erosion
   2. Metamorphism
   3. Tension (Divergence)
   4. Compression (convergence)

4. The Appalachian Mountains have been uplifted and completelyeroded more than once
   1. True
   2. False

5. The _________ is the part of the environment that is made ormodified by humans for use in human activities and human habitats.
   1. Hydrosphere
   2. Atmosphere
   3. Geosphere
   4. Anthroposphere

6. Which of the following is a variation in Earth’s orbit(Milankovitch Cycles) that has an effect on climate?
   1. Eccentricity
   2. Obliquity
   3. Precession (wobble)
   4. All are considered variations in Earth’s orbit that affectclimate

7. The radiative balance between incoming and outgoing energy ismoderated by the __________
   1. Climate
   2. Global Warming
   3. Greenhouse effect
   4. Anthroposphere

8. Which of the following greenhouse gases are derived from bothnatural processes and anthropogenic processes?
   1. Oxygen
   2. Carbon dioxide
   3. Argon
   4. Water vapor

9. The percentage of radiation reflected from a surface isreferred to as its _________ (measured as a percentage of the totalreflected radiation)
   1. Albedo
   2. Radiatively active gases
   3. Aerosol
   4. Ozone

10. Which one of these would have the lowest albedo?
    1. Forest
    2. Ice
    3. Light-colored rocks
    4. Wispy high clouds

11. Which one of these would have the highest albedo?
    1. Forest
    2. Soil
    3. Dark-colored rocks
    4. Glacial ice

12. Which of the following is a possible cause of global warming?
    1. Changes in the composition of the atmosphere
    2. Plate tectonics
    3. Reflectivity
    4. All of the above

13. Cloud droplets and _______, which are small particles suspendedin the atmosphere, together reflect around 23% of the incidentsolar radiation back to space.
    1. Aerosols
    2. Argon
    3. Nitrogen
    4. Ozone

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1 Faultblock mountains form from normal faulting which is the result of two blocks of the Earths crust sliding past each other in opposite directions along a vertical fault line This type of faulting ... View the full answer