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Earth Science review for 3rd quarter cumulative test
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1
What is the force exerted by the leading edge of a subducting plate called?
Slab pull
mantle convection
Tectonic dragging
Ridge push
2
Which law relates to a rock being younger than the other rocks it cuts through?
The law of averages
The law of Superposition
The law of crosscutting relationships
The law of uniformitarianism
3
Lichens and mosses cause what type of weathering agents to grow on rocks?
Exfoliating
Organic acids
Oxidating
Carbonating
4
What type of magma or igneous rock is rich in feldspar and silica and usually light in color?
Foliated
Felsic
Nonfoliated
Mafic
5
What holds atoms together because of an attraction between positive and negative charges?
Ionic bonds
Chemical bonds
Chemical equations
Valence bonds
6
How many half lives must occur for a daughter isotope to become 1/4 of the parent isotope?
1
2
4
3
7
What is the gravitational and buoyant equilibrium of the lithosphere and asthenosphere called??
Stress
Strain
Deformation
Isostasy
8
Sedimentary rocks that weather the fastest contain what type of ingredient?
Quartz
Clay
Calcium
Carbon
9
What happens when oceanic and continental plates collide?
The continental plate subducts under the oceanic plate
The oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate
Sea floor spreading occurrs
Mountains form
10
What type of boundary causes mountains to form?
Hot spot
Transform boundary
Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
11
Which of the following is not a part of the compositional structure of the Earth?
Crust
Mantle
Core
Lithosphere
12
The epicenter of an earthquake can be determined by examining what part of P and S waves?
Arrival time
Awake time
Sleep time
Departure time
13
What is the primary compression wave that causes rock to move parallel with the traveling wave?
Raleigh wave
Love wave
S Wave
P Wave
14
What does silica mainly come from?
Foraminifera
Nodules
Diatoms and radiolarians
Calcium carbonates
15
What is the series of changes that describe how geologic forces cause rock to change called?
The Wegener hypothesis
The law of thermodynamics
Bowen's reaction series
The Milankovitch theory
16
What is sea-floor spreading final evidence of?
The theory of plate tectonics
Continental drift
Law of superposition
The roundness of the Earth
17
Which of the following is not a part of the requirements necessary to be an index fossil?
Occurred in fairly large numbers
Lived in a large geologic area
Lived for a long span of geologic time
Clearly distinguishable features
18
Which of the following is not a type of mountain?
Dome
Fault-block
Rocky
Volcano
19
What is the name of the active volcanic area usually not found near a tectonic plate boundary?
Plume
Guyot
Atoll
Hot spot
20
Which of the following is not a type of stress?
Compresion
Collision
Shear
Tension
21
What are two processes that happen to all landforms?
Uplift and erosion
Exfoliation and erosion
Exfoliation and oxidation
Hydrolysis and carbonation
22
What occurs between oppositely charged ions because of the transfer of electrons from atoms?
Ionic bonding
Polar bonding
Chemical bonding
Covalent bonding
23
What is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an atom called?
Atomic number
Electron cloud
Isotope
Mass number
24
Which of the following is not an example of chemical weathering
Exfoliation
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Acid precipitation
25
In what type of location are seamounts likely to form?
in convergent boundaries
in cold spots
in hot spots
in divergent boundaries
26
Areas with low, rolling hills formed from mountains are called what?
Plains
Plateaus
Peaks
Peneplains
27
What are the type of waves which cause the ground to move in an elliptical rolling motion?
P waves
Love waves
Rayleigh waves
S waves
28
What is the mountain called that forms from blocks dropping down relative to each other?
Fault-block mountains
Dome mountains
Volcanic mountains
Folded mountains
29
What type of weathering happens because of high mountains and steep slopes?
Mechanical weathering
Neither chemical or mechanical weathering
Chemical and mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
30
What is the crystallization and removal of different minerals from cooling magma called?
Fractional crystallization
Partial melting
Fractional melting
Partial crystallization
31
What is the sudden return of deformed rock to its undeformed shape?
Uniformitarianism
Superposition
Shadow zone
Elastic rebound
32
What part of the Milankovitch theory causes a "wobble" in Earth's axis?
Seasonal
Eccentricity
Tilt
Precession
33
What two factors are used to describe climate?
Latitude and topography
Topography and precipitation
Temperature and precipitation
Precipitation and latitude
34
Why are there fault zones at plate boundaries?
Because seismic gaps are there
Because there are shadow zones there
Because of intense stress that occurs there
Because there is not a lot of stress there
35
Which of the following is not a type of air mass?
Maritime continental
Maritime tropical
Maritime polar
Continental polar
36
What method of getting absolute age is it which compares parent and daughter isotopes?
Half-life
Radioactive decay
Carbon dating
Radiometric dating
37
What type of sedimentary rock is formed from minerals dissolved in water?
Compacted
Clastic
Chemical
Cemented
38
Why is sonar used in oceanography?
To identify when earthquakes will occur
To locate ocean current movement
To calculate the depth of the ocean floor
To find the temperature of the ocean water
39
What is the time half the mass of a parent isotope becoming a daughter isotope called?
radiometric dating
half-life
carbon dating
radioactive decay
40
What type of metamorphic rock has mineral grains which are arranged into light and dark bands?
Felsic
Foliated
Mafic
NonFoliated
41
Which of the following statements is correct in regards to specific heat?
Land warms more slowly than water does
Water warms more slowly than land does
Water and land cool at the same rate
Land and water warm at the same rate
42
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the Earthquake's starting point called?
Focus
Elastic rebound
Epicenter
Fault
43
Which of the following is not considered a contributor of inorganic sediment?
Glaciers
Ooze
Rivers
Meteorites
44
What is movement of heated material caused by differences in density from temperature called?
Magnetism
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
45
What is an idea supported by evidence acquired through scientific investigation?
Hypothesis
Observation
Theory
Law
46
Which of the following is not a characteristic of minerals?
Orderly internal structure
Uncharacteristic chemical composition
Characteristic set of physical properies
Natural
47
Which type of farming method conserves topsoil?
Strip-cropping
Mudflowing
Gullying
Sheet erosion
48
What is a sunken in area that forms from the collapsing of the chamber above it called?
A cone
A caldera
A crater
A cryptic
49
What is the area of low pressure seen by rotating wind that moves toward the central low area?
Anticyclone
Occluded front
Stationary front
Midlatitude cyclone
50
What type of rock movement is described when an unstable portion moves downhill?
Landslide
Creep
Rockfall
Slump
