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Earth Science 2019-2020
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1
If you lived near a river, how would you construct your house to protect it from flooding?
build on stilts or isolation bearings
Build on a levee
You should never build close to water
Build behind a sea wall
2
The earth is divided into different parts called...
Layers
Plates
Faults
Rings
3
What will most like happen when plates move in different directions and slide against each other?
A mountain will form
An earthquake
Nothing will happen
A volcano will form
4
Heating and cooling cause magma to reach the earth's surface.
True
False
5
What process begins in the earth's mantle?
a volcanic eruption
an earthquake
the forming of a mountain range
the forming of a delta
6
Where do earthquakes most often occur?
Focus
Fault Lines
Seismic Wave
Epicenter
7
What landform is formed due to deposition of sand moved by wind?
Mountain
Delta
Sand dune
Volcano
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What process is happening to this rock?
Weathering
Erosion
Splitting
Deposition
9
Which degree river slope will erode limestone the fastest?
17 degrees
25 degrees
5 degrees
20 degrees
10
If you lived at a beach, what could you do do slow the process of erosion?
bring in sand from another beach
Build a seawall
Build a groin
plant grass
11
Where is the earthquake's magnitude the highest?
Fault line
Focus
Seismic Wave
Epicenter
12
Which type of plate movement causes volcanoes?
Transform and Convergent
All three
Convergent and divergent
Divergent and transform
13
What is the best way to study the effects of erosion on a river bed?
conduct an experiment using a model
Draw a picture
Go to a river and watch the water move
Go the the Grand Canyon
14
Slow moving water will weather sugar faster than fast moving water.
False
True
15
In nature, what causes rocks to become smooth
Deposition
Weathering
Erosion
Sand paper
16
On the seismograph below, point "a" shows where there is an earthquake.
True
False
17
What is the difference between a young mountain range and an old mountain range?
An old mountain will be more weathered than a young
A young mountain will be smoother while an old has sharpe peaks.
Young mountains will be taller than old mountains
A young mountain will be more weathered than an old.
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How do water and gravity work together to change the Earth's surface.
Water erodes sediment and gravity drops it
Gravity weathers sediment and gravity drops it
gravity weathers sediment and water drops it
Water weathers sediment and gravity moves it to another place
19
Which is an example of deposition.
Wind hitting against a rock causing it to become smoother
Convergent boundaries forming a boundary
Water moving in a river causing the river banks to break down
Sand and other sediment in a river delta
20
When a plant root gets into the crack of a rock, what will happen?
A deer will eat the plant
The rock will grow other roots
The plant will die
The plant root will grow causing rock to break
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Warm water will erode sugar faster than cool water.
True
False
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Weathering moves a rock without breaking it
True
False
