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Geology 6th Grade Science Vocabulary Quiz Bowl
What is contour plowing?
What are constructive forces?
Geology 6th Grade Science Vocabulary Quiz Bowl
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What are constructive forces?
Forces like earthquakes that shape the Earth negatively
Forces that man uses to make like on Earth better
Forces that shape the Earth in a positive way
Forces that makes mountains form on the Earth
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What is contour plowing?
when farmers disturb soil & its plant cover very little
when a farmer plants different crops in a field each year
when a farmer plows their fields along the curves of a slope
the management of soil to prevent its destruction
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What is stewardship?
preventing weathering and erosion
the management of soil & water to prevent their destruction
means the same as conservation
the responsibility of caring for the Earth & its resources
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What is continental drift?
when lithospheric plates converge
Explains how continents move across Earth's surface
A force behind sea-flooring spreading at the mid-ocean ridge
Proposed by Neil Armstrong
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What is extrusive rock?
Rock that is on the surface
hot molten rock
another name for sedimentary rock
Rock that is buried deep underground
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Which is true of tectonic plates?
composed of continental and oceanic crusts
are the same shape of the continents
have drifted together to form a super continent only once
are found only in the Northern Hemisphere
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What role does revolution play in relation to the Sun, moon and Earth?
Along with the tilt of Earth's axis, it causes the seasons
Causes day and night along with the tilt of the Earth
means to spin around
Occurs every 24 hours
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What is true about the asthenosphere?
the thinnest layer of the Earth
floats on the lithosphere
the core and mantle together
mostly composed of the mantle
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What are the phases of the moon?
when the moon blocks the Sun from shinning on the Earth
the apparent shapes of the moon as seen from Earth
occur once each year on Earth
causes spring and neap tides
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What is remote sensing?
collection of data without being in direct contact
Using a remote control that cause things to move on planets
The newest kind of optical telescope
a remote that only be used in Space to see other planets
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What is the mid-ocean ridge?
a place where divergent plates are moving apart
where one oceanic plate is subducting under another one
a place where volcanoes form
where the Atlantic and pacific oceans meet
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What is a space spin-off?
Technology used for space travel
Something created on Earth but is not used in Space
Something created for Space but is now used on Earth
Earth food adapted for space travel
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What is the lithosphere?
includes the continental and oceanic crusts
includes the mantle
includes the mantle and core together
includes the crusts and the uppermost mantle
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What is sea-floor spreading?
When tectonic plates make new crust by spreading apart
When oceanic crust subducts under continental crust
When continental plates form a mountain like the Himalayas
When tectonic plates drift to new locations
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Which of these is NOT true of a convection current?
is what causes the movement of tectonic plates
has to have a source heat
can be found in the air, ocean, and in the mantle
moves in a back and forth motion like a wave
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Which is NOT true about rotation?
responsible for our day and night
means to spin around
along with the tilt of the Earth, causes the seasons
takes about 24 hours
