Earth Science Pre & Post Assessment

What forms folded mountains?

How were mid ocean ridges formed?

What does a sedimentary rock indicate about its location?

Which stream characteristic affects stream deposition?

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

What two interact and result in the formation of mountains?

According to the Big Bang, how is the universe changing?

What force causes a thrust fault?

Why does the Indian plate move under the Eurasian plate?

The Big Bang states that the universe

What happens when rivers that run into oceans are dammed?

Which one is a convergent boundary?

Fern seeds have been found on many continents. What explains this?

Which is evidence that the universe is expanding?

Why did plants and animals die out at the end of the Mesozic era?

How do humans negatively impact the environment?

Which geographic feature would be affected by the splitting of a plate?

In the asthenosphere what explains crustal plate motion?

How does latitude affect climate in a region?

How is it possible to find warm weather fossils in Antarctica?

At which location do convection currents cause plates to diverge?

What do you call a boundary that is separating?

When in the hydrological cycle are nutrients deposited into lakes?

Which steps in the water cycle most directly cause floods?

Which property shows that igneous rock cools slowly?

Some mountain ranges continue on other continents. What theory does this support?

How does the range of temperatures on Earth affect the water cycle?

Which of the following is a common renewable resource found in deserts?

What occurs where two plates slip past one another?

When plates move over hot spots what land forms are created.

If there is a lot of rain, which process in the water cycle is affected first?

What takes place where sea floor spreading occurs

What region of Earth gets nearly vertical rays of sun year around?

Which theory states that the universe originated as a single mass?

Why are volcanoes non existent along the San Andreas fault in Southern California?

All of the following are renewable resources except

What occurs at the middle of a divergent boundary?

What is affected when the magnetic field reverses?

What led to the formation of the North American continent?

What causes a volcano in the center of a plate?

A rock has traveled a long distance if it is