Plates, Topo Maps, W.E.D.

Question 1

How will the crater shown most likely change over time?

Accepted Answer

It will become less deep as the rim erodes.

Question 2

What type of rock is formed from heat and pressure?

Accepted Answer

metamorphic rock

Question 3

What landform is being created at location Y?

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 4

Which of these best describes this map?

Accepted Answer

Two tall hills

Question 5

What type of boundary is pictured?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 6

Which is NOT evidence found by Alfred Wegener of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

Tropical plant fossils found in tropical regions

Question 7

What type of rock is formed from cementation and compaction of sediments?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 8

At which type of boundary are mountains created?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 9

At which type of boundary do Earth's plates slide past each other?

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 10

What type of boundary is pictured?

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 11

At which type of boundary will a mid-ocean ridge be created?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 12

Which type of boundary can be found in California at the San Andreas Fault?

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 13

What type of boundary is pictured?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 14

What caused more grassland to form at the mouth of the two rivers?

Accepted Answer

Deposition

Question 15

Which side of this mountain is more steep?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 16

In which type of rock will you most likely find fossils?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 17

All of the following observations seem to indicate movement of the plates EXCEPT -

Accepted Answer

tidal movement

Question 18

At which type of boundary do Earth's plates slide apart?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 19

What landform(s) are created at divergent boundaries?

Accepted Answer

mid-ocean ridge, rift valley

Question 20

What landform(s) is created at a convergent boundary?

Accepted Answer

mountains, volcano, trench

Question 21

Seafloor spreading can be found at which type of boundary?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 22

Ocean waves crash against a cliff breaking small pieces off is an example of -

Accepted Answer

Physical/Mechanical Weathering

Question 23

What type of boundary is pictured?

Accepted Answer

Transform Boundary

Question 24

What is the name of the supercontinent Wegener used to discuss his theory of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 25

What is the elevation at Location Y?

Accepted Answer

1240

Question 26

What is the elevation at Location A?

Accepted Answer

310

Question 27

Chemical plant causes the rain to become acidic; the acid rain breaks down the rock. This is -

Accepted Answer

Chemical Weathering

Question 28

What landform is being created at the boundary pictured?

Accepted Answer

rift valley

Question 29

What is the best title for the labeled picture?

Accepted Answer

Subduction Zone

Question 30

Wegener's theory of continental drift was not widely accepted because -

Accepted Answer

he could not explain how the continents moved

Question 31

What type of boundary is pictured?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 32

The pictures are before and after Hurricane Ike. What caused the change in the beach?

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 33

What landform(s) are created at transform boundaries?

Accepted Answer

fault

Question 34

What landform is being created at location W?

Accepted Answer

trench

Question 35

At which type of boundary do Earth's plates slide together and collide?

Accepted Answer

Convergent Boundary

Question 36

What type of rock is formed when magma or lava cools?

Accepted Answer

igneous rocks

Question 37

What type of boundary is found at location A?

Accepted Answer

Divergent Boundary

Question 38

What is the elevation at Location D?

Accepted Answer

200

Question 39

What is the change in elevation from Location Y to Location X?

Accepted Answer

360

Question 40

What landform is being created at location X?

Accepted Answer

island arc

Question 41

What is responsible for the movement of Earth's plates?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the asthenosphere move the plates

Question 42

How might this land feature look in the future due to weathering by wind and rain?

Accepted Answer

The mountain will be shorter.

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