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What does wind create?
What does felsic mean? What does mafic mean?
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What does felsic mean? What does mafic mean?
Higher density. Lower density
Light in color. Dark in color
Dark in color. Light in color
There the same
2
What does wind create?
Tsunami
hurricanes
earthquake
Sand dunes
3
How thick is the stiffer mantle?
1000 km
5000 km
2000 km
1500 km
4
pressure changes are . . .
when the rocks are takin out by humans
and nothing happens
takin out by wind
takin out by animals
5
Using your ESRT, How deep below the surface is the outer core?
501-1000 km
2900-5100 km
1001-2899 km
0-500 km
6
Origin time is . . .
when it ends
in the middle
when the earthquake happens
there is none
7
What are 2 ways we know the crust moves?
Hot spots and Volcanoes
Glaciers and the earth
Continental rift and tectonic plates
glaciers and water
8
What do isolines never do?
intersect
become parallel
become curved
become straight
9
What are minerals?
germs
rocks
pieces of bread
crystalline solids
10
The rock cycle is . . . ?
A closed system rocks are recycled to form new ones
how they die
how there born
show the rock parts
11
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Formed by heat and/or pressure
minerals
air
lava cooling
12
3 parts of a earthquake are . . .
there is none
focus epicenter and seismic waves
lithosphere athesnosphere and inner core
p s and l waves
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Whats the crust?
The thin outermost layer of the earth
The biggest part of the earth
the middle of the earth
the atmosphere
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True or False: When the velocity decreases in a stream, so does the sediment size.
False
True
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Tsunami's are . . .
earthquakes
a volcanoes
strong wind
big waves
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The evidence he have of glacial erosion is . . .
v-shaped valleys and scratches on bedrock
scratches on bedrock and u shaped valleys
v-shaped valleys and tll
till and weather
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Rounding to the nearest hundredth is . . .
.01
1.0
.001
.1
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What are earthquakes?
The shaking of the asthenosphere
the shaking of the earth's inner core
the shaking of the lithosphere
the shaking of the earth's outer core
19
Where are convection currents found?
Asthenosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Planets
20
What's the difference between the outer core and inner core?
inner is liquid and outer is solid
outer is gas and inner is liquid
inner is solid and outer is liquid
inner is gas and outer is solid
21
Where is the prime meridian located?
China
NY
England
California
22
Water action is . . .
dissolves glaciers
rebuilds rock materials
dissolves rock materials
rebuilds glaciers
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Frost action is . . .
rebuilds the rock
water destroys rocks by freezing them
destroys ice
destroy rock by heating them
24
True or False : Oxidation doesnt make rocks brittle or rust
True
False
25
3 seismic waves are . . .
f o w
k w j
p s l
a b c
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True or False: When the velocity increases in a glacier, so does the sediment size.
False
True
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What kind of valley does a glacier make?
U-shaped valley
V-shaped valley
28
What are 2 types of chemical weathering?
oxidation and water action
pressure changes and abrasion
ice wedging and water action
frost action and plant growth
29
What are three types of plate boundaries?
breaking, splitting, and transforming
convergent, tensional, and transformation
convergent, divergent, and transformation
divergent, compression, shear
30
What are 2 ways that igneous rocks are categorized?
its all one category
by color and size
Foliated and Non-Foliated
Felsic and Mafic
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What degree is the equator?
120
0
1
90
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Abrasion is . . .
they dont touch each other
they are not even close to each other
When rocks grind up against each other
they are dirt particles combining into one
33
What is a topographic map used for?
to find isolines
to find the key
find locations
to find contour lines and other symbols
34
What is a characteristic of a sedimentary rock?
Formed on earths surface non water environment
Formed on earths surface in a water environment
Formed in the outer core
Formed in the inner core
35
What direction is latitude?
horizontal
diagonal
vertical
up and down
36
List the four main layers of the earth in order from thinnest to thickest?
Crust, Inner Core, Mantle, Outer Core
Outer Core, Mantle, Inner Core, and Crust
Crust, Outer core, Inner core, and Mantle
Mantle, Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core
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What's the definition of clastic?
breaks other rocks
composed of weathered rocks only
composed of remains only
Composed of weathered remains of rocks
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What's the inner core?
liquid and iron and nickel
Solid and iron and nickel
gas and iron and copper
rocks
39
What are hot spots?
Where most volcanic activity happens
Where tsunamis happen
just a extra plate
Where earthquakes happen
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What are the 2 characteristics of the rock cycle?
there video games and food
there rock parts and there kids
how the 3 rock types are related and how the rock changes
how they die and how they have different rocks in them
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What's the mantle?
Earths most inner layer
Earths thinnest layer
Earths outermost layer
Earths thickest layer
42
What is rounding?
Moving the decimal over once
moving the whole number
moving the decimal over a certain amount times
leaving the decimal where it is
43
The 3 main forces of stress are . . .
Heart break, death, splitting up
breaking, crashing, and rebuilding
Compressional, Tensional, and Shear
there is no stress
44
What kind of shaped sediments do streams make?
Rounded, sorted
Angular, unsorted
45
What depends on the stream speed?
the way the sediments are carried
the speed
the waves
how big the sediments are
46
Chemical weathering is . . .
breakdown of rock through mineral changes
breakdown of rock through physical changes
breakdown of rock through chemical changes
breakdown of rock through mechanical changes
47
Whats the outer core?
solid and made out of iron and nickel
gas and made of iron and nickel
made out of rocks
liquid and made of iron and nickel
48
What is wind erosion?
nothing
wind drops sediments
wind picks up everything
wind picks up sediments
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Volcanoes are . . .
a opening that spit out water
A opening that spits out lava
strong wind
waves
50
True or False : Drumlins are created by streams.
false
true
51
What are the densities Oceanic and Continental crust?
3.0 g/m cubed/ 2.7 g/m cubed
2.7 g/cm cubed/ 3.0 g/cm cubed
0 and 100
9 and 10
52
Oxidation is . . .
iron and nickle makes rust
oxygen and carbon
iron and oxygen make rust
copper and iron make rust
53
What's three parts to the mantle?
inner core, outer core, oceanic crust
Oceanic, Continental, Lithosphere
Rigid mantle, plastic mantle, stiffer mantle
Upper mantle, Asthenosphere, Lower mantle
54
Rounding to the nearest tenth is
.01
1
.001
.1
55
What is mechanical weathering?
rebuild of bigger pieces
breakdown of rocks into bigger pieces
rebuild of smaller pieces
the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces
56
What are isolines used for?
connects equal values
to draw straight
connects unequal values
does nothing
57
Plant growth is . . .
different then frost action
lets plant die
lets plants grows
similar to frost action
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Two types of crust are specifically called . . .
water and land
Oceanic and Continental
inside outside
asthenosphere and inner core
59
What direction is longitude?
sideways
horizontal
straight
vertical
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Can bedrock be scratched by glaciers?
No
Yes
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What kind of sediments do glaciers create?
angular, unsorted
rounded, sorted
