Earth Science Benchmark Review 2020

Question 1

The inner core is different from the outer core because it is ________________.

Accepted Answer

the hottest layer and solid

Question 2

What are sand, silt and clay?

Accepted Answer

soil textures

Question 3

Which of these describes a cinder cone volcano?

Accepted Answer

Cone shaped mountain formed from lava fragments during eruptions.

Question 4

What is contour plowing?

Accepted Answer

Plowing a field along the side of a hill

Question 5

Crop rotation is . . .

Accepted Answer

planting different crops on the same field at different times of the year

Question 6

Which layer of earth is broken into large slabs of rock that float on the mantle?

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

Question 7

Which of these is NOT evidence Alfred Wegener used to support his continental drift theory?

Accepted Answer

current temperatures

Question 8

What is the instrument used to measure the strength of earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Seismograph

Question 9

A _____ boundary is where most earthquakes occur.

Accepted Answer

Transform

Question 10

Erosion is the process of wind, water, ice or gravity carrying away soil.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What characteristic determines the order of the layers of the earth?

Accepted Answer

density

Question 12

What is molten rock on the surface of Earth?

Accepted Answer

lava

Question 13

List the layers of Earth in order from most dense to least dense.

Accepted Answer

inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

Question 14

What would cause mountain ranges and volcanoes to form?

Accepted Answer

tectonic plates colliding at a convergent boundary.

Question 15

Who studies volcanoes?

Accepted Answer

Volcanologist

Question 16

The type of boundary where two plates scrape past each other is known as

Accepted Answer

transform

Question 17

Humus is . . .

Accepted Answer

decayed plant and animal remains

Question 18

Which of these describes a composite volcano?

Accepted Answer

Cone shaped mountain that erupts gasses, lava and ash.

Question 19

What do you call a crack in the lithosphere where blocks of rocks move?

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 20

What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake?

Accepted Answer

aftershock

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

epicenter

Question 22

Which type of volcano does NOT have a traffic cone-like shape?

Accepted Answer

shield

Question 23

This happens when an colder oceanic plate collides with a warmer continental plate.

Accepted Answer

subduction

Question 24

What boundary will have 2 tectonic plates moving away from each other making a mid-ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Question 25

The hypothesis that states Earth's continents were joined together in a supercontinent?

Accepted Answer

continental drift

Question 26

A tsunami is an earthquake that happens underwater.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

The happens in the mantle when molten rock is heated, rises, cools off, then sinks back down.

Accepted Answer

convection

Question 28

Where are earthquakes and volcanoes usually located?

Accepted Answer

edges of tectonic plates

Question 29

Tectonic Plates move because of ______________ that occurs in the mantle.

Accepted Answer

convection

Question 30

What is the mixture of rock fragments, humus, air and water called?

Accepted Answer

soil

Earth Science Benchmark Review 2020

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Earth Science Benchmark Review 2020

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