Earth Science Pre & Post Assessment

When in the hydrological cycle are nutrients deposited into lakes?

Which steps in the water cycle most directly cause floods?

What is affected when the magnetic field reverses?

How is it possible to find warm weather fossils in Antarctica?

Which one is a convergent boundary?

What region of Earth gets nearly vertical rays of sun year around?

When plates move over hot spots what land forms are created.

Fern seeds have been found on many continents. What explains this?

What occurs where two plates slip past one another?

How were mid ocean ridges formed?

Why are volcanoes non existent along the San Andreas fault in Southern California?

If there is a lot of rain, which process in the water cycle is affected first?

What occurs at the middle of a divergent boundary?

According to the Big Bang, how is the universe changing?

What causes a volcano in the center of a plate?

How do humans negatively impact the environment?

What happens when rivers that run into oceans are dammed?

Why does the Indian plate move under the Eurasian plate?

Some mountain ranges continue on other continents. What theory does this support?

In the asthenosphere what explains crustal plate motion?

Which geographic feature would be affected by the splitting of a plate?

What two interact and result in the formation of mountains?

The Big Bang states that the universe

How does the range of temperatures on Earth affect the water cycle?

What does a sedimentary rock indicate about its location?

Which theory states that the universe originated as a single mass?

A rock has traveled a long distance if it is

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

What force causes a thrust fault?

Which of the following is a common renewable resource found in deserts?

At which location do convection currents cause plates to diverge?

Which is evidence that the universe is expanding?

What takes place where sea floor spreading occurs

Which stream characteristic affects stream deposition?

How does latitude affect climate in a region?

What do you call a boundary that is separating?

What led to the formation of the North American continent?

All of the following are renewable resources except

Why did plants and animals die out at the end of the Mesozic era?

What forms folded mountains?

Which property shows that igneous rock cools slowly?