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Conduction is
touching a hot pan
boiling water
gas on a grill
getting a suntan
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Where does jet stream move from?
south to west
west to east
east to south
north to east
3
The hottest layer of the inner earth is
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
4
Earth's lithosphere includes all except ...
oceanic and continental plates
Stratosphere
crust
upper mantle
5
A convergent Boundary is where two plates
Come Together
Move Apart
Slide past each other
Go to the same directions
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Rock formed when magma cools slowly under ground
sedimentary rock
intrusive igneous
extrusive igneous
metamorphic rock
7
What drives continental drift
Concussion currents
Convection currents
Conduction currents
Contusion currents
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a divergent boundary is when two plates ?
slide past each other
meet each other
move away from each other
two plates push into one another
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What does Pangaea mean?
together
super continent
everything
all lands
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what do convection currents do
they radiate electromagnetic waves
they melt crust
they move the plates
they move magma
11
Heat that is transferred by electromagnetics waves
condensation
conduction
radiation
convection
12
Which layer of the atmosphere causes weather?
Mesosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Stratosphere
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what is 21% of the atmosphere
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Poison
14
When warm air rises and cooler air sinks is called
conduction
convection
radiation
condensation
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Rock formed under intense heat and pressure
intrusive igneous
sedimentary rock
extrusive igneous
metamorphic rock
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Rock formed when sediment compacts and cements
sedimentary rock
extrusive igneous
intrusive igneous
metamorphic rock
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Convection occurs in
gases
solids
all matter
liquids
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Rock formed when lava cools quickly above ground
sedimentary rock
extrusive igneous
metamorphic rock
intrusive igneous
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The mantle transfers heat by the process of
convection
global warming
magma flow
spinning of the core
20
What layer of the Earth do we walk on?
Core
Asthenosphere
Crust
Mantle
21
The term hydrosphere refers to
The Earth's animals
The Earth's water
The Earth's air
The Earth's crust
22
What are jet streams?
Fast currents of air high above the Earth
Streams that jets go on
23
What belongs to the biosphere?
All the water on Earth
All life on Earth
Earth's crust and all materials
All the gases in the air
24
Which layer of the atmosphere contains the Ozone Layer?
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Mesosphere
25
What does a transform boundary create?
Nothing
Earthquakes
Valleys
Mountains
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____ is the only liquid layer of Earth's interior.
Inner Core
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
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What are examples of the geosphere?
oxygen
the atmospere
grass
rocks
