The reason why the outer portion of the Pacific Rim is called the "ring of fire" is because...

The movement of tectonic plates

How is new land created on Earth's surface?

Magma leaks out, cools, hardens, thus becoming new land.

Subduction happens when...

an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate

From the image above, you can conclude that climate regions are classed mainly on which factor?

Latitude: Distance from equator

When thinking about natural disasters, how does a tsunami occur?

When earthquakes occur on the ocean floor, causing a surge.

According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earth's outer shell

consists of a number of large, moving plates

How can erosion affect a moutain over time?

The mountain will be reshaped into a smaller landform

Which of the following is NOT a true statment about the inner core

It is the largest of all the layers of Earth

Not all places on earth receive the same amount of direct sunlight because of

the tilt, or angle of earth's axis

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1
The primary factor controlling these climate zones is...
season
longitude
elevation
latitude
2
The reason why the outer portion of the Pacific Rim is called the "ring of fire" is because...
The movement of tectonic plates
The formation of canyons
Earth's rotation on its axis
A rise in the ocean surface temperature
3
How is new land created on Earth's surface?
Large meteors that hit the earth and shatter.
Mountains topple over and create new land
Magma leaks out, cools, hardens, thus becoming new land.
People dig, therefore, rocks that pile up create new land
4
Which of the following are placed in order of highest elevation to lowest elevation?
glacier-archipelago-mountain range
Glacier-plain-beach
Volcano-valley-plain
Island-Peninsula-moutain
5
Subduction happens when...
an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
two continental plates push each other up
an oceanic plate floats on top of a continental plate
two oceanic plates pull apart
6
From the image above, you can conclude that climate regions are classed mainly on which factor?
Latitude: Distance from equator
Longitude: distance from Prime Meridian
Cardinal Directions: East and west
Hemispheres: North and South
7
What causes Mt. Kilimanjaro to be snow capped all year long, though it's close to the equator?
wind and ocean currents
Elevation
Interior location on the continent
Coastal location
8
During divergent plate movements, what is happening to earth's crust?
plates move apart
plate move together
volcanoes erupt
earthquakes occur
9
Compared to the western side of the mtn., the eastern side will likely receive...
heavy rain
larger snow accumulations
Frequent hurricanes
less precipitation
10
When thinking about natural disasters, how does a tsunami occur?
hurricanes sitting on an area 4 a long time, creating waves
When volcanoes erupt in the oceans, causing waves
When an inland drought dries up all the water
When earthquakes occur on the ocean floor, causing a surge.
11
What causes earthquakes
when the outer core becomes too hot and releases magma
when plates move
when weathering and erosion wears a whole into a mountain
when mtns fill up with magma and need to empty
12
What caused the Great Rift Valley in Africa
Divergent Plate Boundary
Subduction boundary
Hotspot boundary
Convergent Boundary
13
How did the above arch most likely form?
erosion of rock
deposition of rock sediments
ice wedging
convergent plate boundaries
14
What's an example of a transform plate boundary
Ring of Fire
Sahara Desert
San Andreas Fault
Great Barrier Reef
15
Mtn. building rock structures, like the photo above, are most often caused by...
Subduction plate boundaries
transform plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
weathering plate boundaries
16
According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earth's outer shell
is one solid piece of rock
consists of a number of large, moving plates
is hot and pliable
consists of iron and nickel
17
What two components make up the Earth's crust?
mantle and asthenosphere
inner and outer core
oceanic and continental plates
Biosphere and atmosphere
18
What caused the formation of the Himalayan Mountains
Volcanoes erupted
Plates moved away from each other
Plates slid past each other
Plates moved toward each other
19
How can erosion affect a moutain over time?
The mountain will eventually have a tunnel through it
erosion cannot affect a large mountain
The mountain will be reshaped into a smaller landform
It can make the mountain larger on top
20
Which of the following is NOT a true statment about the inner core
The inner core spins the opposite direction of the earth
It is about 3,000 miles below the earth's surface.
The inner core is made up of nickel and other metals
It is the largest of all the layers of Earth
21
Mtns, oceans, elevation, continents, and latitude contribute to what?
earth's tilt
Climate factors
spheres of earth
latitude and longitude
22
What would be the best reason as to why the above statue has changed over time?
wind erosion
water erosion
mechanical weathering
chemical weathering
23
Not all places on earth receive the same amount of direct sunlight because of
climate controls
the tilt, or angle of earth's axis
the differences in elevation
precipitation and temperature
24
Seasonal, needs warm water, produces flooding, describes what...
wildfires
floods
hurricanes
tsunamis

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