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What landform is created at a Convergent boundary between Continental Plates?
Mountains
Fault Lines
Rifts
Trenches
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What land form is created when two ocean plates diverge?
Rift Valley
Trench
Mountain
Mid-ocean Ridge
3
What is weathering?
Breaking down of rock into soil
Depositing of soil
Movement of soil
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What do you call a map with curved contour lines that tells you elevation?
Contour Map
Road Map
Satellite Map
Topographic Map
5
How do Transform boundaries move?
Collide
Divide
Slide
6
What type of weather do High Pressure Systems bring?
Clear, Sunny, and Dry Weather
Humid, cloudy, and possibly rainy weather
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How do crustal plates move?
When a more dense plate slides under a less dense plate
Convection Currents in Earth’s mantle
The rising of hot & sinking of cold fluids in a circle
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What type of weather do warm fronts bring?
Cooler temperatures, High pressure systems, Clear & Dry
Warmer temperatures, Low pressure systems, Humidity & clouds
9
What type of front is represented by half circles?
Occluded front
Stationary front
Cold front
Warm front
10
What two landforms always form at Subduction Zones?
Volcanoes & Rifts
Volcanoes & Trenches
Trenches and Mountains
Mid-ocean Ridges & Rifts
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What type of slope would a landform have if the contour lines are far apart?
Gradual slope
Steep slope
12
What type of front is represented by triangles?
Warm front
Cold front
Stationary front
Occluded fromt
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What is a Convection Current?
Convection Currents in Earth’s mantle
Topographic Map
The rising of hot & sinking of cold fluids in a circle
When a more dense plate slides under a less dense plate
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What causes a hurricane to slow down?
Friction from water & High Pressure System
Friction from land & Low Pressure System
Friction from land & High Pressure System
Friction from water & Low Pressure System
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What type of weather do Low Pressure Systems bring?
Humid, cloudy, and possibly rainy weather
Clear, Sunny, and Dry Weather
16
What is the current condition of the atmosphere called?
Weather
Climate
17
What is an image of Earth taken from an object in space?
Selfie
Black and white image
X-ray Image
Satellite Image
18
What type of weather do cold fronts bring?
Cooler temperature, High pressure systems, Clear & Dry
Warmer temperatures, Low pressure systems, humidity & clouds
19
What type of slope would a landform have if the contour lines are close together?
Gradual slope
Steep slope
20
What is subduction?
Dividing plates
When a less dense plate slides under a more dense plate
When a more dense plate slides under a less dense plate
21
What are currents found at the top of the ocean and are caused by wind?
Surface Currents
Deep Sea Currents
22
What is the theory that the Continents used to be connected as a super-continent called?
Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Big Bang Theory
Theory of Relativity
23
Hurricanes form over oceans with what temperature of water?
Warm
Cold
24
What is erosion?
Breaking down of rock
Depositing of soil
Movement of soil
25
What landform is created when to continental plates diverge?
Fault Line
Trench
Volcano
Rift Valley
26
How do Convergent boundaries move?
Collide
Slide
Divide
27
What are the curved lines on a topographic map called?
Contour lines
Tan lines
Fault lines
28
How do rivers flow on a topographic map?
Into the "V" shaped contour lines
Out of the "V" shaped contour lines
29
What is the theory that all plates are moving on the Earth’s mantle called?
Theory of Continental Drift
Theory of Plate Tectonics
Big Bang Theory
Theory of Relativity
30
What are currents caused by differences in ocean water density?
Deep Sea Currents
Surface Currents
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What is the front called when warm and cold air collide but do not move?
Occluded Front
Cold Front
Stationary Front
Warm Front
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How do Divergent boundaries move?
Collide
Slide
Divide
