BIO 220 Topic 6 Quiz

Energy from the sun can be changed by:

All of the above (A change in the Earth's orbit, A change in albedo [ability to reflect sunlight], A change in the amount of greenhouses in the atmosphere)

Which of the following best describes a rock that is formed at the bottom of swamps over geological time?

Bituminous coal

Two types of weathering are:

Chemical and physical

What needs to happen for volcanism to occur?

Generation of magma

Plate tectonics are part of the Earth's:

Lithosphere

Which pollutant is NOT one of the 6 regulated by the Clean Air Act

Mercury

The rock cycle consists of:

Metamorphic, sedimentary, igneous

Ozone is toxic at what level in the atmosphere?

Troposphere

The Great Plains of the US is a great place for ________ energy because of the land being flat.

Wind