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Earth Science Midterm Review!
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1
How does recycling minerals reduce the impact of mining on the environment?
New minerals are discovered.
It reuses mineral resources that have already been mined.
It creates more unusable land.
It reduces the number of mining accidents.
2
Which of the following properties describes soil’s ability to supply nutrients?
soil fertility
soil structure
infiltration
soil texture
3
As depth beneath Earth’s surface increases, what happens to the temperature and pressure?
Temperature increases and pressure decreases
Both temperature and pressure increase
Both temperature and pressure decrease
Temperature and pressurestay the same
4
Which statement correctly describes information contained in the fossil record?
provides paleontologists with record of changes inorganisms
more information on soft body organisms than on hard body
Fossil record reveals a history of environmental change.
contains information on majority of organisms that lived
5
What is the process of sediment dropping and coming to rest?
erosion
weathering
depostion
compaction
6
Volcanic activity on Earth’s surface most likely results in the formation of which of these?
extrusive igneous rock
chemical sedimentary rock
clastic sedimentary rock
intrusive igneous rock
7
Rock that is weathered rock deposited in layers is what kind of rock?
sedimentary
metamorphic
igneous
lava
8
What action between two plates form mid-ocean ridges?
The plates diverge.
The plates slide past each other.
The plates converge.
The plates sink back toward the mantle.
9
Which situation would cause earthquake activity to stop?
Convergent platescollide
Plates are not in motion
Divergent plates moveapart
Transform plates slippast each other in opposite directions
10
Which of the following statements is true about compositional layers?
The mantle is Earth’sthickest and densest.
Oceanic crust is Earth’sthinnest and least dense
Continental crust isEarth’s thinnest and densest.
The inner and outer core is Earth’s thickest and densest.
11
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
water
natural gas
oil
coal
12
The process of subduction can occur at what kind of plate boundary?
convergent
transform
at both convergent and transform boundaries
divergent
13
Mt. Everest in the Himalayas grow 5 cm per year. What type of boundary explains this growth?
transform boundarybetween two continental plates
convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate
convergent boundarybetween two continental plates
divergent boundarybetween two oceanic plates
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Which type of plate collision formed volcanic mountains like the Andes found in South America?
oceanic-oceanic platesmove apart
continental-continental plates collide
oceanic-oceanic platesslide past each other
continental-oceanic plates collide
15
Stone Mountain was exposed at Earth’s surface by the combination of which two processes?
uplift and erosion
erosion and deposition
deposition and uplift
weathering and deposition
16
What is located beneath soil layers?
lava
humus
clay
bedrock
17
Limestone, under extreme heat and pressure, forms marble. What type of rock is marble?
igneous
magma
sedimentary
metamorphic
18
What is the movement of soil from one place to another by wind, water, or gravity?
land degradation
habitation
erosion
weathering
19
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
natural gas
wood
wind
sunlight
20
Some think continents were once joined in a single supercontinent. What was it called?
Pangaea
Gondwana
Panthalassa
Laurasia
21
Which of the following is evidence used by Wegener to support his continental drift theory?
landforms, climatechange, human remains
landforms, fossilevidence, human remains
fossil evidence, climate change, landforms
fossil evidence, humanremains, climate change
22
What current geological theory states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere constantly move?
continental drift
subduction
plate tectonics
sea-floor spreading
23
Why particular animals fossils found in southern Africa & South America but nowhere else?
The fossils evolved intodifferent organisms.
In the future, they will be part of the same continent.
In the past, they were part of the same continent.
The climate changed andbecame much colder.
24
How can the Earth’s inner core be described?
It is a layer of liquid metal
It is a layer of rock that forms Earth's outer skin
it is a layer of hot rock
It is a dense ball of solid metal
25
Moving from the core outward, what happens to the the materials that make up the Earth?
They become less dense
They become more dense
They become more gaseous
They become more liquid
26
Determine what sequence of events occurred in the rock layers shown below.
Bottom layerformed, intrusion formed, then other rock layers
An intrusion formed, then rock layers formed around it
Rock layers folded, then an intrusion cut through the layers
Layers formed, then an intrusion cut through some layers
27
Acid rain slowly dissolves statues and buildings. This a good example of __________?
mechanical weathering
chemical weathering
erosion
biological weathering
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Which type of rock weathers to form sediment?
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
all rock types
