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Earth Science Midterm Review RHLS
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Ch.3-6
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what is a tsunami
some cool wave that would be rad to surf on
a shaking in the ground
a small wave that hits the beach
a long high wave caused by an earthquake
2
Humus is...
Dead plants and animals that decompose
Plants growing on the topsoil
Soil that is dark in color
3
The bottom part of a normal fault is called
reverse fault
footwall
the hanging wall
anticline
4
The 2 types of weathering
mechanical and erosion
mechanical and chemical
weathering and erosion
frost wedging and ice wedging
5
Which of the following is not a stress that rocks are put under?
Tension
Compression
Rotational
Shear
6
Who was Alfred Wegner?
German scientist who developed theory of Continental Drift
Swiss scientist who went diving
Canadian scientist who thought continents moved
Austrian scientist who explored volcanos
7
As more water flows through a river, its speed
stays the same
decreases
reduces the friction
increases
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S-waves are also known as
simple waves
surface waves
secondary waves
primary waves
9
Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep are examples of
mass movement
mechanical weathering
runoff
soil formation
10
What are Earthquakes
Panquakes and milk
landforms created by 2 converging continental plates.
Violent shaking in the ground caused by plates moving
Landforms that spew magma coming from the mantle.
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Which of these is not a type of plate boundary?
Convergent
Tension
Transform
Divergent
12
Where do most earthquakes occur?
Deserts
Plains
Mountains
Along plate boundaries
13
Where would you find the youngest rock on the crust?
Mid-Ocean Ridges
Abyssal Plains
Subduction Zones
Mountain Tops
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Igneous rock...
A rock formed by heat and pressure then cooled by magma.
A rock that falls from the sky.
A rock formed by layers of sediments, compacted and cemented.
Rock formed by cooling magma.
15
Earthworms help mix the soil.
True
False
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What factors determine the rate of weathering.
chemicals in rock
type of rock and climate
What part of the world rock is located at.
color of rock
17
Do P waves move the fastest?
False
True
18
tiny grooves in the soil by sheet erosion are
deltas
gullies
rills
streams
19
What is a Mineral?
An artificial solid substance that has a physical structure.
A substance with chemical composition/physical structure.
A substance that may be liquid or solid with ID Properties.
A rock that has a weird name.
20
P waves can travel through
Neither solid or liquid
Liquids but not solids
Both liquids and solids
Solids but not liquids
21
What is a Manipulated Variable?
The part of the experiment that changes
The part of the experiment that stays the same
The part the the experiment that we measure
The part of the experiment that the scientist changes
22
What does the theory of plate tectonics state?
Continents are solid land masses that do not move
The Rocky Mountains & Appalachians formed in the same event
Earth's surface is broken into rigid plates that move
Continents change shape and size due to erosion and uplift
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Why did scientists argue against Wegener's continental drift hypothesis?
Wegener could not explain how the continents moved
Wegener could not explain what happened to Atlantis
Wegener could not explain how the Egyptians built pyramids
Wegener could not explain new land created by volcanoes
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A hypothesis is a
When you make a guess.
A guessing game
An explanation for a set of observations.
A truth or fact
25
Which mountain type is the result of tension stress?
Uplifted
Fault-Block
Volcanic
Folded
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mass movement
any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill
any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment uphill
a set of several procsses by which gravity moves sediment downhill
any one of several processes by which movement moves sediment downhill
27
What boundary is a mid-ocean ridge
divergent
transform
collision
convergent
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What does the theory of plate tectonics state?
Continents change shape and size due to erosion and uplift
The Rocky Mountains & Appalachians formed in the same event
Continents are solid land masses that do not move
Earth's surface is broken into rigid plates that move
29
After the Ice Age, stranded ice blocks left behind formed
Kettles
Cirques
Maraines
Drumlins
30
What causes convection?
Differences in geolocation
Differences in rock types
Differences in material
Differences in density and temperature
31
Land between two normal faults moves upward to form a
fault-block mountain
syncline
hanging wall
fold
32
Fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and carried away is
valley widening
plucking
abrasion
surging
33
layers of soil
humus
texuture
horizons
sediment
34
The process that powers plate tectonics is
convection
subduction
radiation
conduction
35
ABRASION is what kind of weathering
chemical
mechanical
36
Process by which the Earth's crust sinks into the mantle is
sublimation
conduction
convection
subduction
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What is pangea...?
Land
Water
Volcano
Super continent
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Where is old crust located?
At the bottom of a mountain
Close to the mid-ocean ridge
furthest from the mid-ocean ridge
Close to a magma chamber
39
The best way to protect yourself from an earthquake is to
go into the closet
run as fast as you can
stand under a tree
drop, cover, and hold
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What is evident that an area was once covered by a glacier?
alluvial fan
V-Shaped valley
Loess deposits
U-shaped valley
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Outer most layer of the Earth is known as
the core
the crust
the lithosphere
the mantle
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Mass movement is caused by
plucking and abrasion
erosion and deposition
chemical weathering
gravity
