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Duplicate of Plate Tectonics, Topography, and Weathering Common Assessment
Duplicate of Plate Tectonics, Topography, and Weathering Common Assessment
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What causes the lithosphere (crust and upper mantle) to move?
Convection currents in the mantle
Earths rotation
The earth moving is a conspiracy
Balances forces
2
What indicates elevation on a topographic map?
Relief
Contour Interval
Contour Line
Contour Level
3
The Mid-Atlantic ridge that runs through Iceland is what type of plate boundary?
convergent
transform
divergent
subduction
4
What is the layer of the earth we live on called?
Oceanic crust
Asthenosphere
Continental crust
mantle
5
The difference in elevation between 2 lines on a topographic map is known as a....
Relief
Gradual slope
Contour Interval
Contour Line
6
D
ivergent plates _____ _____ and form a ______ ______.
pull apart, trenches
pull apart, Mid- Ocean Ridges
slide past, eathquakes
smash together, moutain ranges
7
Continental Convergent boundaries ______ and form ____ _____.
pull apart, Hot spots
Collide,Rift Valley
collide, mountains
smash together, hot spots
8
Who is credited with the Theory of Continental Drift?
Wegener
Apollo
Hess
Newton
9
When plates get stuck and briefly stop moving this is what type of energy?
Mechanical
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
10
What is the change in elevation from D to C ?
500
10
same elevation
100
11
What process causes rocks to break down into smaller pieces?
delta
depostion
erosion
weathering
12
What process causes eroded sediments to be dropped off in another place?
sediments
depostion
erosion
weathering
13
Which type of evidence was NOT used to support continental drift?
evidence from climate
Evidence from fossils
Evidence from landforms
evidence from human remains
14
What is the end result of a subduction zone?
Faults
Valleys
Mid Ocean Ridge
volcanos and mountains
15
The lithosphere includes _______ & _______.
Mantel & Asthenosphere
Crust & Upper Mantle
Continental & Oceanic crust
Oceanic Crust & Asthenosphere
16
When contour lines are farther apart, the land is _____
Elevated
Steep
hill
flat
17
Continental Crust stays on top of oceanic crust because it is ______.
Less Dense
Equally dense
Made of Basalt
More dense
18
What are the 4 main layers of the earth from the inside to the outside?
Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core
Mantle, Crust, Inner Core, Outer Core
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core , Mantle
19
The volcanoes found in the 'Ring of Fire' most likely came from
convergent boundary (subduction zones)
hot spots
divergent boundary
transform boundary
20
What do the hashure marks indicate on a topographic map?
increase in elevation
depression
A swimming pool
A decrease in elevation
21
When potential energy is released a transform boundary can create _____.
Hot spots
Earthquakes
mountains
faults
22
In a transform boundary, the plates are ______.
Colliding into each other
Pulling apart
sliding (shearing) past one another
23
What is the contour interval of the map?
200 m
10 m
20 m
100 m
24
Oceanic vs Continental Convergent boundaries can result in _____.
Volcanos and Trenches
Sea Floor speading
Mid Ocean Ridge
Earthquakes
25
Do the earths plates ever stop moving?
Never
They don't ever move
They did yesterday
Sometimes
26
When contour lines are closer together, the drop off is..
less steep
flat
more steep
27
What is the name of the super-continent in the Continental Drift theory?
PeterPan
Pangaea
Panfried
Panini
28
What is the asthenosphere?
the liquid mantle with convection currents
All of the layers of the Earth
The 1st two layers
29
Heat transfer that occurs through liquid and gas is called...
radiation
connection
convection
conduction
30
Wegener developed his theory partly because the continents looked like they.
They looked like pizza
They looked like they were slowing down
They looked like puzzle pieces
They looked like they were moving
