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Review - Earth's Changing Surface
Review - Earth's Changing Surface
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The ___ and ____ make up the tectonic plates
asthenosphere and core
lithosphere and mantle
crust and outer mantle
crust and asthenosphere
2
Subducted oceanic crust sinks to the mantle at deep-ocean trenches
False
True
3
What was a cause of the Mount St Helens eruption?
The Scotia Plate moves towards the South American Plate
The Nazca Plate moves towards the South American Plate
The Juan de Fuca Plate moves toward the North American Plate
4
two plates slide past each other.
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
5
Gradual wearing down of rock by wind, water, and other natural forces is...
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
6
Mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, rivers, cliffs, canyons, and deltas are all...
Bodies of Water
Forms of Erosion
Names of singers
Types of Landforms
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Hypothesis
that continents move slowly over Earth’s surface is called:
continental drift
plate tectonics
Alfred Wegener
Pangaea
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Convection currents
in the mantle are caused by
Fossil fuel from the mantle.
Ocean waves.
Heat from the core and the mantle.
Heat and energy from the crust.
9
Why oceanic crust is subducted by continental crust?
The oceanic crust is hotter.
The oceanic crust is cooler.
Continental crust is denser.
Oceanic crust is denser.
10
_____ weathering causes composition of rocks to change.
general
physical
chemical
mechanical
11
What agent of erosion/ weathering might be responsible for creating a delta?
waves
mass movement
moving water
wind
12
The process of seafloor spreading
old seafloor move away from mid-oean ridge
All above statements are correct
create new crust
new seafloor created by mid-ocean ridge
13
Magnitude of earthquakes is measured from
1 to 100
1 to 7
7 t0 10
1 to 10
14
A glacier moving will most likely create a...?
Valley
Mountain
Delta
Volcano
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volcanos can create more land
false
true
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Sand dunes are an example of ...
Water Weathering
Wind Erosion
Wind Deposition
Water Deposition
17
The transfer of energy through space is called
Conduction
Radiation.
Emission.
Convection
18
Earth’s mantle is mostly made of
soft rock
liquid iron and nickel
hard rock
solid iron and nickel
19
two plates moving apart from each other
convergent boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
20
The lithosphere of the earth is divided into
multiple plates
many landforms
multiple pieces of rocks
multiple continents
21
Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis
Continental Drift
Rock Cycle
DNA double helix
Seafloor spreading
22
Locations where two plates pushing toward each other
divergent boundary
convergent boundary
transform boundary
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The breaking down of rocks into smaller particles by water, wind, or ice is called?
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
24
What part of the Earth is made of weathered rock & soil?
Crust
Mantle
Asthenosphere.
Core.
25
The crust is a layer of
liquid iron and nickel
soft rock
hard rock
solid iron and nickel
26
Many earthquakes & volcanic eruptions occur
in Southeast Asia
at ring of fire
on the African continent
in the atlantic ocean
27
The upper mantle & the crust form a rigid layer called asthenosphere.
False
True
28
What do tectonic plates sit on?
Soft rock
Hard rock
29
Ice wedging causes mechanical weathering of rock by means of _____.
freezing and thawing of water
animal actions
Acid rain
plant growth
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_____ rocks are formed from layers of sediments
Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
extrinsic rock
Sedimentary Rock
