Mrs. Johnson's Earth Science Quiz 4/1/2016

Question 1

What can we do to help conserve our soil?

Accepted Answer

crop rotation, conservation plowing

Question 2

What is Gravel?

Accepted Answer

Broken rock

Question 3

Where in the United States is the Highest Risk for earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Hawaii

Question 4

What is a Meander?

Accepted Answer

River Bend

Question 5

Name two types of stress on the Earth.

Accepted Answer

Compression, Shearing

Question 6

Where can soil compositions form in?

Accepted Answer

Horizons

Question 7

Name two things we can do to help soil conservation?

Accepted Answer

Decomposer

Question 8

What causes earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Plates colliding

Question 9

Name two types of faults.

Accepted Answer

Normal Fault, Strike Fault

Question 10

What happens in a subduction zone?

Accepted Answer

Sea Floor subducts

Question 11

What was the Super Continent Called?

Accepted Answer

Pangea

Question 12

Who developed the Theory of Plate Tectonics?

Accepted Answer

Geologists

Question 13

What is used to measure earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Seismogram

Question 14

What two things promote chemical weathering?

Accepted Answer

rain, oxygen

Question 15

What is Humus?

Accepted Answer

decaying matter

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