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1
Mount Fuji is an example of what kind of volcano?
Cinder Cone
Composite Volcano
Seamount
Shield Volcano
2
Tectonic plates provide the heat needed to create convection currents
False
True
3
Surface Waves are faster than P waves which are faster than S waves
False
True
4
The following is the what type of sedimentary rock?
Shale
Limestone
Slate
Mudstone
5
Quartz is an example of a rock.
False
True
6
Mountains are created by
Convergent Plates
Plates moving parallel to each other
Colliding plates
Divergent plates
7
Which best describes how far a tectonic plate can move in one year?
5 miles
2 mm
10 yds
7 cm
8
Physical Weather does not change chemical composition, while chemical weathering does.
False
True
9
Which is deposition?
Suspended particles in a river settle to the river bottom
Warm water rising as cool water sinks
Bay inlet getting wider each year
Plant roots growing towards water table
10
Which is stronger a Magnitude 7 earthquake or a Magnitude 4 earthquake?
Mag 7
They are the same
Depends on their location on earth
Mag 4
11
Granite is an example of a mineral
True
False
12
Convective Currents cause tectonic plates to converge or diverge.
True
False
13
Which is a way that erosion occurs?
Water
Wind
Gravity
14
Trenches provide evidence that tectonic plates are
Increasing in size
becoming thinner
Converging
Making the ocean deeper
15
Which of the following is NOT a type of rock?
Igneous
Mineral
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
16
How many seismology stations are needed to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake?
3
2
1
4
17
What is the primary source of energy supplying heat with Earth's interior?
Solar Radiation
Convective Cycles
Radiactive Decay
Coriolis Effect
18
Where are volcanoes most likely formed?
near plate boundaries
In space
In the ocean
center of tectonic plates
19
Paricutín is an example of what kind of volcano?
Seamount
Cinder Cone
Shield Volcano
Composite Volcano
20
What causes rock in the asthenosphere, at divergent plates, to become magma?
Air's Pressence
Increase in pressure
Water's presence
Decrease in Pressure
21
A magnitude 5 earthquake is how much stronger than a Magnitude 2 earthquake?
27 times stronger
90 times stronger
3 times stronger
27000 times stronger
22
How are mid-oceanic ridges created?
Movements of plates apart
Magic!!!
You SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!
Movement of plates together
23
Where does deposition occur?
A lake
On the beach during a hurricane
In a turbulant river
24
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The
removal
and
transportation
of weathered and non-weathered material by gravity, running water, etc, is called:
Deposition
Erosion
Acid Precipitation
Deforestation
26
The following is what type of sedimentary rock?
Limestone
Conglomerate
Mudstone
Sandstone
27
What causes rock in the asthenosphere to become magma when plates are subducting?
Increasing pressure
Decreasing pressure
pressence of air
pressence of water
28
The process where an oceanic plate converges and pushes underneath a continental plate. This is known as...
Erosion
Coriolis Effect
Mantle Plume
Subduction
29
The following is what type of sedimentary rock?
Limestone
Mudstone
Sandstone
Shale
30
Divergent plates form
Vocanic arcs
ocean ridge
rift valleys
Mountain ranges
31
Which of the following part of the four layers of the Earth?
Lithosphere
Inner and Outer Core
Mantle And Crust
Asthenosphere
32
Sheild Volcanos are made of layers of cinders.
True
False
33
Cinder Cone Volcanoes are made of lava
True
False
34
Sand dunes are formed by
Humans aka us
Air Erosion/deposition
Water erosion/deposition
Gravity (like landslides)
35
Where are the oldest ocean rocks most likely located?
Around oceanic volcanoes
Along mid-ocean ridges
Near Hydrothermal vents
Near Continents
36
Composite Volanoes are made of lava and cinders
False
True
37
Manoa Loa is an example of what kind of volcano?
Cinder Cone
Shield Volcano
Seamount
Composite Volcano
38
"As one door close, another door opens" pointed out that each plate converges at one end and diverges at the other
True
False
39
Deposition occurs at a river's delta.
False
True
40
P waves are the fastest wave, arrive first, and are the most destructive waves.
True
False
41
What is a seamount?
Underwater Mountain
Underwater Volcano
miniature human riding a seahorse
