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Earth's orbit is a perfect circle
False
True
2
Sea floor is created at this type of boundary:
Subduction
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
3
We live in the ___________ hemisphere.
Southern
Northern
4
Which of the following is NOT a factor that effects the climate of an area?
Ocean currents + winds
Latitude
Longitude
Elevation
5
What sea floor feature is associated with the divergent zone?
Deep Sea Trench
Sea Mountains
Continental Slope
Mid-ocean ridge
6
________ influences climate because the higher above sea level, the colder the air.
Altitude or elevation
Angle of sun rays
Wind patterns
Topography
7
Divergent boundaries move ______________ each other.
towards
parallel to
away from
in hover mode over
8
Which is NOT evidence that supports continental drift?
Convection Currents
Fossils
Climate
Landforms
9
What is the continental drift?
wind pushing a continent
observation of how continents were once connected
Explains how Pangaea was created
how one continent floats on another
10
Transform boundaries move ______________ each other.
parallel to
away from
towards
in hover mode over
11
Why are there seasons?
Because the Earth is heating up due to global warming
Because of the way the Earth tilts on its axis
Because the Earth revolves around the Sun
Because the moon revolves around the Earth
12
Temperature decreases with altitude in the troposphere.
True
False
13
The seasons are caused by the fact that our orbit around the Sun is elliptical.
False
True
14
Convection is the transfer of heat in
air
solids
fluids
liquids
15
Which of the following causes earthquakes?
Richter Scale
Elastic rebound
Moment Magnitude Scale
Frictional heating
16
What type of volcano is this?
caldera
Cinder cone
shield
Composite
17
This is where one plate ends and the other begins
Subduction Zones
Zones
Divergent Boundaries
Boundary
18
What happens in the mesosphere that helps protect Earth from disaster?
Weather occurs
Radiation is blocked
Meteorites burn up
Deflection of magnetic field
19
Which is most dangerous?
A hot spot volcano
A volcano that erupts frequently
A volcano that has been inactive for hundreds of years
An extinct volcano
20
Magma moves the earth's plates through the forces caused by
Convection Currents
Volcanic Action
Axial rotation
Volcanic Eruptions
21
Forms when two continental plates collides
trench
mountains
rainbows
glaciar
22
The Atlantic Ocean is getting
colder
bigger
hotter
smaller
23
What do you call a tool that measures the size of an earthquake?
Moment Magntiude Scale
Earthquake monitor
Seismograph
Richter Scale
24
Because of the curved surface of the Earth, the climate at the equator is hotter than the poles.
False
True
25
It is hotter in summer because...
the Earth is closer to the Sun
the Earth receives more direct sunlight and days are longer
the Sun is hotter in the summer
more volcanoes erupt
26
What seafloor feature is associated with the subduction zone?
Mid Ocean Ridge
Trench
Sea Valley
Shelf
27
What is the term used for the mixture of gases that surround our Earth?
Stratosphere
Ozone layer
Atmosphere
Biosphere
28
What provides the fuel for the volcano?
Magma chamber
Vent
Crater
Inner core
29
This theory suggests that the earth's crust is broken up into sections:
Mantle Sectionism
Convection Currents
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
30
The amount of solar energy given off by the Sun never fluctuates.
True
False
31
Alfred Wagner proposed what theory?
Pangaea Separation
Pangaea Collision
Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
32
Convergent boundaries move ______________ each other.
away from
in hover mode over
towards
parallel to
33
Layers of the atmosphere are divided based on differences in...
temperature
air pressure
altitude
oxygen
34
The Pacific ocean is getting
bigger
hotter
smaller
colder
35
Thanks to ________ we have day and night.
Ms. Dixon
Tilt
Revolution
Rotation
36
Subduction zone occurs at what kind of boundary?
Divergent
Convergent
Super collider
Transform
37
Which side of the mountain experiences more rain?
Windward
Leeward
Rain shadow
Orographic effect
38
Denser ocean crust forced below less dense continental crust
Subduction Zone
Abduction Zone
Seduction Zone
Segmented Zone
39
The greatest concentration of metals occurs in the Earth's...
mantle
core
oceanic crust
continental crust
40
Which seismic waves travel most rapidly?
P waves
S waves
Tsunamis
Surface waves
