Earth Science

Question 1

Crustal deformations, volcanic eruptions, and deposition of sediment are considered..

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constructive processes

Question 2

The scale that measures the amount of damage.

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Modified Mercalli Scale

Question 3

A wave hits a dense material and bounces back.

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Reflection

Question 4

Clues that have been left behind by various forms of living things.

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Fossil Evidence

Question 5

The layer of the Earth that is a liquid.

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Outer Core

Question 6

Oobleek represents this layer of the Earth?

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Mantle

Question 7

<---- ------> Boundary type

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Divergent

Question 8

What does this picture represent?

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Both A and B

Question 9

Igneous Rock that comes up through sedimentary layers and reaches surface.

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Extrusion

Question 10

Sea-Floor spreading occurs at this type of plate boundary

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Divergent

Question 11

a long-narrow ditch

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Trench

Question 12

Processes that break down the Earth through violent actions or a steady change

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Destructive Processes

Question 13

Identify the fish

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Northern Pike

Question 14

Back and Forth Motion

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P Wave

Question 15

Radioactive elements from the Earth decay and release......

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Thermal Energy

Question 16

The distance below sea level of a point on Earth's surface.

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Depth

Question 17

A supercontinent

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Pangea

Question 18

------> <---------

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Convergent

Question 19

A break in the Earth's crust. (Sand Andreas)

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Fault

Question 20

radioactive isotopes (parent material) decay into new forms of isotopes. (daughter)

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Half-Life

Question 21

Another term for strength

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Magnitude

Question 22

The difference between highest and lowest points.

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Relief

Question 23

The number of years an object has existed.

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Absolute Age

Question 24

A type of map that analyzes the layers of rock below the surface.

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geologic

Question 25

The point on surface of the Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake

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Epicenter

Question 26

What has the highest viscosity?

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Melted Peanut Butter

Question 27

A fossil that is found in one layer and existed for a short period of time.

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Index Fossil

Question 28

Energy that comes from heat

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Thermal

Question 29

A strike-slip fault is connected to this type of boundary.

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Transform

Question 30

Point where part of the crust breaks loose and moves, causing an earthquake

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Focus

Question 31

The amount of space that a substance or object occupies

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Volume

Question 32

Which is considered a natural feature of the Earth's surface?

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All of them

Question 33

A change in a planet's magnetic field

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Magnetic Reversal

Question 34

A history of Earth as recorded in the rocks that make up its crust.

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Geologic Record

Question 35

movement of material inside mantle due density differences

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Convection

Question 36

Radioactive parent material decays into radioactive daughter material. (isotope)

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Half-Life

Question 37

Incline part of a road or land.

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gradient

Question 38

The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth's surface.

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Weathering

Question 39

At which point does the ball have the greatest potential energy.

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3

Question 40

process that takes place at convergent boundaries where a plate sinks below

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subduction

Earth Science

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Earth Science

Questions 40