When thinking about natural disasters, how does a tsunami occur?

When earthquakes occur on the ocean floor, causing a surge.

The reason why the outer portion of the Pacific Rim is called the "ring of fire" is because...

The movement of tectonic plates

How can erosion affect a moutain over time?

The mountain will be reshaped into a smaller landform

How is new land created on Earth's surface?

Magma leaks out, cools, hardens, thus becoming new land.

Which of the following is NOT a true statment about the inner core

It is the largest of all the layers of Earth

According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earth's outer shell

consists of a number of large, moving plates

From the image above, you can conclude that climate regions are classed mainly on which factor?

Latitude: Distance from equator

Subduction happens when...

an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate

Not all places on earth receive the same amount of direct sunlight because of

the tilt, or angle of earth's axis

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1
Mtn. building rock structures, like the photo above, are most often caused by...
transform plate boundaries
Subduction plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
weathering plate boundaries
2
When thinking about natural disasters, how does a tsunami occur?
When an inland drought dries up all the water
When volcanoes erupt in the oceans, causing waves
When earthquakes occur on the ocean floor, causing a surge.
hurricanes sitting on an area 4 a long time, creating waves
3
What causes Mt. Kilimanjaro to be snow capped all year long, though it's close to the equator?
Coastal location
wind and ocean currents
Interior location on the continent
Elevation
4
During divergent plate movements, what is happening to earth's crust?
earthquakes occur
plate move together
plates move apart
volcanoes erupt
5
What two components make up the Earth's crust?
inner and outer core
mantle and asthenosphere
Biosphere and atmosphere
oceanic and continental plates
6
The primary factor controlling these climate zones is...
elevation
season
latitude
longitude
7
The reason why the outer portion of the Pacific Rim is called the "ring of fire" is because...
Earth's rotation on its axis
The movement of tectonic plates
A rise in the ocean surface temperature
The formation of canyons
8
How did the above arch most likely form?
deposition of rock sediments
convergent plate boundaries
erosion of rock
ice wedging
9
What caused the formation of the Himalayan Mountains
Plates moved toward each other
Plates slid past each other
Volcanoes erupted
Plates moved away from each other
10
How can erosion affect a moutain over time?
The mountain will eventually have a tunnel through it
The mountain will be reshaped into a smaller landform
erosion cannot affect a large mountain
It can make the mountain larger on top
11
Seasonal, needs warm water, produces flooding, describes what...
tsunamis
hurricanes
floods
wildfires
12
Which of the following are placed in order of highest elevation to lowest elevation?
Volcano-valley-plain
Glacier-plain-beach
glacier-archipelago-mountain range
Island-Peninsula-moutain
13
What caused the Great Rift Valley in Africa
Divergent Plate Boundary
Subduction boundary
Convergent Boundary
Hotspot boundary
14
How is new land created on Earth's surface?
Mountains topple over and create new land
People dig, therefore, rocks that pile up create new land
Magma leaks out, cools, hardens, thus becoming new land.
Large meteors that hit the earth and shatter.
15
Which of the following is NOT a true statment about the inner core
The inner core is made up of nickel and other metals
It is about 3,000 miles below the earth's surface.
It is the largest of all the layers of Earth
The inner core spins the opposite direction of the earth
16
According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earth's outer shell
is hot and pliable
consists of a number of large, moving plates
is one solid piece of rock
consists of iron and nickel
17
What would be the best reason as to why the above statue has changed over time?
mechanical weathering
water erosion
chemical weathering
wind erosion
18
Mtns, oceans, elevation, continents, and latitude contribute to what?
Climate factors
latitude and longitude
earth's tilt
spheres of earth
19
What's an example of a transform plate boundary
Great Barrier Reef
San Andreas Fault
Sahara Desert
Ring of Fire
20
Compared to the western side of the mtn., the eastern side will likely receive...
less precipitation
heavy rain
larger snow accumulations
Frequent hurricanes
21
What causes earthquakes
when plates move
when mtns fill up with magma and need to empty
when weathering and erosion wears a whole into a mountain
when the outer core becomes too hot and releases magma
22
From the image above, you can conclude that climate regions are classed mainly on which factor?
Longitude: distance from Prime Meridian
Hemispheres: North and South
Cardinal Directions: East and west
Latitude: Distance from equator
23
Subduction happens when...
an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate
two continental plates push each other up
an oceanic plate floats on top of a continental plate
two oceanic plates pull apart
24
Not all places on earth receive the same amount of direct sunlight because of
the tilt, or angle of earth's axis
precipitation and temperature
climate controls
the differences in elevation

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