What is the relationship between distance from an earthquake's epicenter and its destruction?

Intensity increases with decreasing distance

What are two processes that break rocks down into smaller pieces?

chemical weathering and physical weathering

If these two crusts were pushed together, what would happen and why?

Oceanic would sink because it's more dense.

Which statement is true of a rock layer that contains fossil F?

It is younger than the rock layers formed in period 4

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8th Grade Sci EOY Review #2: Earth

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1
A hot spot is a volcanically active area. What would you expect to find under a hot spot?
A rift zone
A divergent boundary
A convergent boundary
A mantle plume
2
What is the relationship between distance from an earthquake's epicenter and its destruction?
Intensity is not affected by changes in distance
Intensity increases with decreasing distance
Intensity increases with increasing distance
Intensity remains constant within bands of 1 km
3
What is the relative age of the features in order of oldest to youngest?
layer 1, rock 2, rock 1, fault
fault, rock 1, rock 2, layer 1
rock 2, layer 1, rock 1, fault
fault, rock 2, layer 1, rock 1
4
What are two processes that break rocks down into smaller pieces?
physical weathering and humus
chemical weathering and physical weathering
chemical weathering and deposition
Sunlight and glacial melting
5
As a seasonal river empties onto a flat plain, which depositional feature is created?
Floodplain
Alluvial Fan
River Delta
Oxbow Lake
6
If these two crusts were pushed together, what would happen and why?
Continental would sink because it's less dense.
Oceanic would sink because it's more dense.
Oceanic would sink because it's less dense.
Continental would sink because it's more dense.
7
Which compositional layer of Earth is the thinnest?
The inner core
The crust
The mantle
The outer core
8
What type of physical evidence is shown in this feature?
Body Fossil
Ice Core
Coprolite
Trace fossil
9
As a GPS monitors the speed of a continent moving, what unit would they use?
meters/day
kilometers/month
centimeters/year
meters/week
10
Which statement is true of a rock layer that contains fossil F?
It is younger than the rock layers formed in period 4
It could also contain fossil G
It was formed in periods 1, 2, & 3
It is older than the rock layers that contain fossil H

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