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Review of second 9 weeks in 6th grade earth science. Thomson, GA
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Which layer of the Earth is the hottest and made of solid Iron because of the extreme pressure?
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
2
Which layer of the earth is both solid and liquid and is made up of melted rock>
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
3
A tide with the least difference between low and high tide, occurs when sun and moon at rt ang.
Tides
Spring
Neap
Waves
4
Wind driven currents that move at the ocean surface, often for long distances
Waves
Surface Ocean Current
Deep Ocean Current
Gyres
5
The process by which a substance in its liquid phase gains energy and enters its gas phase.
Condensation
Evaporation
Transpiration
Precipitation
6
Which layer of the Earth's crust is the thinnest, made of solid rock, and floats on the mantle?
Mantle
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
7
What is the percentage of drinkable water on the planet?
3%
1%
97%
50%
8
In which of the United States was the largest recorded North American earthquake?
Georgia
California
Hawaii
Alaska
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Large rotating ocean current systems
Surface Ocean Current
Deep Ocean Current
Waves
Gyres
10
A huge wave made by a large disturbance like an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcano
wavelength
Trough
Wave
Tsunami
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A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide, occurs when Sun and moon line up
Neap
Spring
Waves
Tides
12
Plate movement resulting from the release of built-up potential energy between two stuck plates
Earthshake
Volcano
Earthquake
Epicenter
13
What would you call H
Continental Shelf
Trench
Continental Slope
Sea Mount
14
The process by which plants lose water through tiny pores on their leaves
Transpiration
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
15
What would you call B
Abyssal Plain
Continental Slope
Mid-Ocean ridge
Continental Shelf
16
Which of the following is NOT used as evidence that the Continental Drift Theory is correct?
Fossils of land bound animals found on different continents
Continental plates look like they fit together like a puzzle
Similar soil samples taken from different continents
Water currents push the continents in different directions
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What are the three plate boundaries?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
Transdicon
18
The low point of a wave
wavelength
period
Trough
Crest
19
Density and temperature driven currents that move slowly within the ocean, thermohaline current
Gyres
Deep Ocean Current
Surface Ocean Current
Waves
20
The supercontinent or single land mass of all continents today
Panda
Pancake
Thomson
Pangaea
21
Boundary where plates move side by side, creating earthquakes?
Transform
Convergent
Transdicon
Divergent
22
How was the Hawaii island chain formed
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Hot Spot
Convergent boundary
23
The process by which a substance in its gas phase loses energy and enters its liquid phase.
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
24
An erupting vent through which molten rock and other materials reach Earth's surface
Lava
Magma
Volcano
Earthquake
25
What would you call A
Continental Shelf
Abyssal Plain
Trench
Mid-Ocean ridge
26
What would you call G
Sea Mount
Abyssal Plain
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
27
Who is the scientist that proposed the Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wagner
Albert Einstein
Ronald McDonald
Elliot Ness
28
There is 3% of the Earth's water that is fresh. What is two thirds of this fresh water?
toilet water
fountains at the mall
Frozen in Glaciers and snow on mountains
mud puddles
29
Caused by a disturbance moving forward, such as an earthquake, or wind
Wave
wavelength
Trough
Crest
30
Condensed water vapor in the atmosphere falling back to Earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow
Transpiration
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
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Boundary that I completely made up using parts of the three real boundaries?
Convergent
Transdicon
Transform
Divergent
32
The distance between two wave crests, or the distance between two wave troughs
period
wavelength
Trough
Crest
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The high point of a wave
Crest
wavelength
Trough
period
34
The daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on its coastlines
Waves
Neap
Spring
Tides
35
What would you call E
Continental Slope
Abyssal Plain
Mid-Ocean ridge
Continental Shelf
36
A set of processes energized by the Sun that keep water moving from place to place on Earth
Water Cycle
Flow
Surface current
Taxi cabs
37
Which of the following are NOT a type of Volcano?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Caldera
Composite
38
Which layer of the Earth's crust is made up of liquid iron and is extremely hot?
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Mantle
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What would you call D
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Mid-Ocean ridge
Abyssal Plain
40
What is the study of the large pieces of Earth's Crust that are constantly moving?
Plate breaking
Plate Tectonics
Plate in my head
Plate boundary
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Boundary that has plates moving away from each other, creating new rock, and a mid-ocean ridge?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
Transdicon
42
Where does 97% of Earth's water exist?
Rivers
Sewers
Lakes
Oceans and Seas
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Boundary where plates move one under the other, creating mountains, volcanoes, and trenches?
Divergent
Transdicon
Convergent
Transform
