Earth Science Pre & Post Assessment

Question 1

Which one is a convergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

Marianis Trench

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Crustal plates slide past each other

Question 3

What causes a volcano in the center of a plate?

Accepted Answer

activity at a hot spot

Question 4

What two interact and result in the formation of mountains?

Accepted Answer

asthenosphere and lithosphere

Question 5

What does a sedimentary rock indicate about its location?

Accepted Answer

body of water

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

volcanoes

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

solar energy

Question 8

Which is evidence that the universe is expanding?

Accepted Answer

red shift from distant galaxies

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

allows water to exist in three states

Question 10

How were mid ocean ridges formed?

Accepted Answer

divergent boundary

Question 11

All of the following are renewable resources except

Accepted Answer

minerals

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The Antarctic plate was once closer to the equator.

Question 13

Which property shows that igneous rock cools slowly?

Accepted Answer

crystal size

Question 14

The Big Bang states that the universe

Accepted Answer

started as a single mass

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Hawaiian Islands

Question 16

In the asthenosphere what explains crustal plate motion?

Accepted Answer

semiliquid state

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Expanding

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Big Bang

Question 19

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

Question 20

What forms folded mountains?

Accepted Answer

tow plates colliding with each other

Question 21

How do humans negatively impact the environment?

Accepted Answer

increasing water runoff

Question 22

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

Accepted Answer

asteroid impact

Question 23

Which stream characteristic affects stream deposition?

Accepted Answer

gradient

Question 24

What force causes a thrust fault?

Accepted Answer

compresson

Question 25

What led to the formation of the North American continent?

Accepted Answer

Plates separated and moved away from each other

Question 26

At which location do convection currents cause plates to diverge?

Accepted Answer

mid ocean ridge

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

Continents were once joined together

Question 28

What takes place where sea floor spreading occurs

Accepted Answer

new crust is forming

Question 29

What do you call a boundary that is separating?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 30

A rock has traveled a long distance if it is

Accepted Answer

rounded and smooth

Question 31

When in the hydrological cycle are nutrients deposited into lakes?

Accepted Answer

runoff

Question 32

Which steps in the water cycle most directly cause floods?

Accepted Answer

Precipitation and runoff

Question 33

Why does the Indian plate move under the Eurasian plate?

Accepted Answer

It's denser

Question 34

How does latitude affect climate in a region?

Accepted Answer

determines the angle of sunlight

Question 35

What occurs at the middle of a divergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

magma will form new crust

Question 36

What happens when rivers that run into oceans are dammed?

Accepted Answer

Less sediment is deposited at the sea shore

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 38

What occurs where two plates slip past one another?

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 39

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

Accepted Answer

Landmasses were joined together

Question 40

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

Accepted Answer

runoff

Question 41

What is affected when the magnetic field reverses?

Accepted Answer

alignment of minerals in new crust

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