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Science Test Review- Earth Science
Science Test Review- Earth Science
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1
The Himalayan mountains were created by what type of convergent boundary.
oceanic crust and oceanic crust
they weren't it's a divergent boundary
continental crust and continental crust
oceanic crust and continental crust
2
Which part of Earth's interior is made mostly of nickel and iron and has liquid and solid parts
core
asthenosphere
crust
lithosphere
3
Which of the following is evidence for sea-floor spreading?
matching patterns of magnetic stripes found in ocean crust
pieces of different crust found on different continents
new rock found farther from mid-ocean ridges that older rock
changes in climate on the continent of Africa
4
What land feature is shown?
Oxbow Lake
Meander
Alluvial fan
Delta
5
What type of stress is pictured?
Tension
convergent
Compression
shearing
6
A hollow area in sediment in the shape of all or part of an organism is called
carbon film
mold
cast
trace fossil
7
What is the land feature?
Delta
Alluvial fan
Meander
Oxbow lake
8
When an earthquake occurs, seismic waves travel
only through the hanging wall
inward to the epicenter
outward from the focus
only through the footwall
9
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
convergent, divergent, transform
compression, tension, strike-slip
mid-ocean ridge, trench, fault
island arc, hotspot, volcano
10
What happens to new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge?
It forms new mountains under the water.
It gets hotter and sinks into a trench.
It climbs up the mantle to form a trench.
Its so dense that gravity pulls it into a deep-ocean trench.
11
Wave erosion causes abrasion by__________.
runoff
dissolving land
bringing sediment and rocks
carring rocks over land
12
What is an index fossil?
fossil used to age young rock
a fossil used to age surrounding layers
a fossil used to name older rock layers
a fossil used in a small area
13
Scientists can determine the absolute age of rocks using
the law of superposition.
index fossils.
fault lines.
radioactive dating.
14
Where are the areas that are at greatest risk from earthquakes?
where plates meet
in the center of plates
where land meets water
in the middle of the ocean
15
What is the image showing?
Oxbow lake
Meander
Alluvial fan
Delta
16
What is the image as shown?
blue mountains
Ice Berg
Ice age
Glacier
17
What is one result of convection currents in Earth's outer core?
erosion
melted glaciers
Earth's force of gravity
Earth's magnetic field
18
Which part of the Earth's system is made up of plant and animals?
hydrosphere
geosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
19
What is NOT evidence used by Wegener for Continential Drift Theory?
Fossil evidence such as the mesosaurus and glossopteris
Climate, tropical plant fossils were found in cold regions
The continents have always been in their current location.
Land Features such as mountain ranges and coal fields lineup
20
A gap in the geologic record that occurs when sedimentary rocks cover an eroded surface is an
intrusion
extrusion
fault
unconformity
21
Which scale would a geologist use to estimate the total every released by an earthquake?
Richter Scale
epicenter scale
Modified Mercalli scale
moment magnitude scale
22
What change in Earth's atmosphere allowed organisms to live on land?
the absorption of carbon dioxide by oceans
the development of the ozone layer
a collision with a comet
a strong burst of particles from the sun
23
What force causes the movement of Earth's plates?
cooling
convection currents
sound waves
Pressure
24
What force proved Wegener's theory of plate tectonics?
law of gravity
relativity
convection in the mantle
ocean currents and the coriolis effect
25
What is the law of superposition?
Layers of rock are older than previous layers
Layers of rock are the same age as all the other layers
Layers of rock are better the closer to the surface
Layers of rock are younger than previous layers
26
What is the land feature shown?
Oxbow lake
Meander
Alluvial fan
Delta
27
Which is the Youngest layer
1
4
3
2
28
Which of the following in
not
a type of plate boundary?
convergent
transform
divergent
mid-ocean ridge boundary
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What type of heat transfer heats the mantle?
Radiation
convection
Conduction
thermal
