Earth Science; Final Exam

What was one explanation for the cause of lower water levels in the Great Lakes?

Deep sea vents are hot-springs that form on Earth's ocean floors

Katmai, a large mountain built of layers hardened lava flows and and rock fragments, is a____.

Tectonic plates make up Earth's______.

Can scientists predict volcanic eruptions?

Plate movement can occur when a plate is pushed away from a Mid-ocean ridge (called ridge push)

Where the a divide?

A scale used to describe the amount of energy released by an earthquake is the____.

Where would you find a convergent boundary?

Which is most likely to happen at I?

What produces the motion of air by convection? (Wind)

Cinders are the largest fragments that erupt from a volcano.

Iron gives soil a reddish color. Which sample probably contains the most iron?

Which landform is a moraine?

What type of volcano is Mt. St. Helens?

What stream feature is letter C?

The most common types of rocks in Earth's crust are sedimentary and igneous.

What soil color might indicate a high level of organic matter?

There are no active volcanoes in the Himalayas because these mountains _______.

Where would a glacier be most likely to form?

A stream that slows and deposits sediment at the base of a mountain creates a(n)_____.

What stream process is letter D?

What stream feature is letter A?

What is the main cause of chemical weathering?

Lava low in silica tends to ______.

Ozone is a molecule that is

Which word best describes the building up of sediment at point G?

Two types of glaciers are_____.

Water that moves underground can form______.

Normal faults are the result of stress that

Climate, rock composition, and surface area all affect the rate at which weathering occurs.

The downhill movement of rock or soil is called______.

Human activity is the only source of pollution.

Constructing new homes and roads may harm the Earth's soil resources by _____.

A ______ can be used to track some plate movements because it stays in the same spot.

Ocean trenches are sites where old crust sinks into the asthenosphere.

What happens at an continental-continental collision?

Which is harder, Intrusive or Extrusive Igneous rock?

The layer of Earth's atmosphere is heated by_______ from the ground.

Your rock sample is made of remains of ancient plants. Identify your sample

Is the glacier advancing or retreating?

Which of the following can scientists usually predict?

Soils made up of loess are typically_____.

Which process could move sediment from point E to point G?

Island arcs, like Japan, form when two___________.

______is a process in which layers or sheets of rocks that gradually break off.

Made from pieces of rocks, minerals, plants, animal remains that have been pressed together.

Where is a continental rift valley most likely to form?

The four types of soil are desert, tropical, arctic, and alpine