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Duplicate of 2025 Spring DCA Review Pt 1
Duplicate of 2025 Spring DCA Review Pt 1
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1
Which of the following is NOT a human impact on surface water and groundwater?
Changing the flow of rivers
Water Pollution
Irrigation
Increasing fish populations
2
What do scientists believe is the force behind the plate tectonics theory?
gravity slab pull
the movement of the planets
convection currents
the Sun's gravity
3
Divergent plate boundaries....
push toward/against each other
pull away from each other
4
Which type of plate boundaries form ocean trenches?
All boundaries
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
5
Plate movement is caused by?
Plate convection
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Convection Currents
6
What plate boundaries are responsible for earthquakes?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
All three
7
What impact do these human activities have on the groundwater?
The leakage from septic tank will not reach the groundwater
The groundwater is contaminated (polluted)
The soil protects against pollutants
The pesticides/fertilizers will have no impact
8
What is a way that humans do NOT rely on oceans?
mining
tourism
fresh water
scuba diving
9
What is the impact of contaminated groundwater on human health?
Improved immune system function
Increased resistance to diseases
Waterborne diseases
Enhanced cognitive abilities
10
examples of human impact on the groundwater part of the water cycle.
increase impervious surfaces create more run off.
acid rain from air pollution
depletion of aquifiers faster than they can be replaced
climate change changing precipiation patterns
11
Convergent plate boundaries....
push toward each other
pull away from each other
12
How are humans changing and negatively affecting our oceans?
poor farming practices that push soil and chemicals into rivers and oceans
fishnets dragged along the ocean floor, destroying aquatic ecosystems
divers that extract coral from reef ecosystems
many types of chemicals being dumped into oceans from industrial plants
13
Which of these natural disasters tend to occur near plate boundaries?
volcanoes
both of these
none of these
earthquakes
14
What is a beneficial human impact on watershed protection?
Creating more parking lots
Removing riparian buffers
Increasing chemical use
Establishing protected wetlands
15
What type of plate boundaries exists between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate?
Convergent Only
Convergent + Transform
Divergent + Transfrom
Convergent + Divergent
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Which type of plate boundary movement is caused by a heavier, more dense plate falling under another plate?
Convergent - subduction
Transform
Divergent
Convergent - continental to continental
17
Which is an example of negative human impact on watershed.
oil spills from cars and vehicles on roadways
planting trees in erosion prone areas
reduce use of fertilizer on farmland
building human activities away from runoff areas
18
This plate boundary movement causes
Volcanic island formation
Earthquakes
Trench formation
Mountain building
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The region along plate boundaries where one plate is sinking beneath another is called
Rift valley
transform boundary
subduction zone
convergent boundary
20
Which of these human actions can have a positive impact on all of Earth's spheres?
dumping waste
piling up landfills
burning fossil fuels
recycling plastic
21
True or False: New Oceanic Crust is made at Divergent Plate Boundaries
True
False
22
Before plate tectonics broke it into many continents, there was one supercontinent. What was it called?
Patagonia
Panacea
Pangaea
Paraguay
23
What is the human impact on Groundwater?
Trash
Oil spills
Humans fracking
polluted surface water gets into the ground it pollutes it
24
Why do so many volcanoes and earthquakes happen along plate boundaries?
coincidence
plates move and shift
none of these
bad weather in these areas
25
Which answer is NOT a way to reduce Human impact on Watersheds?
Clean up oil and gas spills
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Appropriate sewage treatment
dump oil, soap, and human waste into fresh water sources
26
Places along plate boundaries where large numbers of interconnected faults are located are....
shake zones
plate zones
fault zones
aftershock zones
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where are plate tectonics located
S waves
crust and upper mantle of the Earth
p waves
under LA
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tectonic plate movement is caused by
the inner core spinning faster inside the outer core
Earth spinning on its axis
convection currents in the mantle
convection currents in the atmosphere
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Continental drift theory
Pagea
Continets are lost and need a map
Continents were apart and then drifted together
Continents were once a super continent
30
Which is a
negative
human impact on watersheds?
Cutting down water used
Using a lot of chemicals outside
Picking up litter
31
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
divergent, transform, transverse
convergent, divergent, transform
convergent, transverse, divergent
convergent, transverse, transform
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Which one is not a evidence for plate tectonics?
Fossils
Dirt
Jigsaw like Continets
Rocks
33
Groundwater contamination is a human impact on which cycle?
Oxygen
Carbon
Water
Nitrogen
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What are divergent plate boundaries?
Plates that move past each other
Plates that don't move at all
Plates that move together
Plates that move apart
35
The Himalayas were formed by which type of plate boundary movement
Divergence
Convergence
Transform
36
Volcanoes happen at _____ plate boundaries.
convergent
divergent
divergent and convergent
37
Which is not a human impact on watersheds
Hydroelectric Dams
Beaver Dams
Watter pollution
Flood Control Dams
38
Which convergent plate boundaries form deep ocean trenches?
Continental-Oceanic Convergent
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent
Continental-Continental Convergent
39
When plate boundaries form mountains this is an example of which boundary?
divergent
convergent
transform
subduction zone
40
The human species has had a greater impact on Earth than any other.
True
False
41
At transform plate boundaries.....
The plates collide
The plates divide
The plates slide past eachother
None of the above
42
The region along plate boundaries where one plate is moved beneath another is called a
rift valley
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
subduction zone
43
What type of plate boundaries exists between the North American Plate and Eurasian Plate?
Convergent
Divergent
None of the above
Transform
44
What plate boundaries are responsible for earthquakes?
All three
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
45
Which is a
positive
human impact on watersheds?
Plant trees
Fertilizer
Road development
46
Which of the following BEST describes human dependence on ocean systems?
unimportant for human survival
source of recreational activities ONLY
food, climate regulation, recreation, oil extraction, and transportation
for waste disposal
47
What plate boundary movement made trenches?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
48
Humans rely on oceans for which of the following?
Food
All of the above
Income
Oxygen
49
What type of plate boundaries create ocean basins?
none of the above
divergent
convergent
transform
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One way that humans use seas and oceans is...?
We don't use the seas or oceans
For travelling
To throw trash away
For shelter
51
The lithosphere can be ______ at plate boundaries.
Created
Nothing can happen
Destroyed
All of these
52
What events are common along plate boundaries?
Mountain Formations
Earthquakes
All Three
Volcanoes
53
Humans rely on oceans for food and transport
True
False
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Which is a
negative
human impact on watersheds?
Using a lot of chemicals outside
Picking up litter
Cutting down water used
