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Earth Science review for the first semester covering: weathering, rocks, and plate tectonics.
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Weathering is...
Movement of sediment.
Breaking down of oceans.
Dropping of sediment.
Breaking down of rocks.
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The Inner Core is...
Liquid, Dense, Center of Earth.
Solid, Dense, Center of Earth.
Mixed, Dense, Center of Earth.
Solid, low Density, Center of Earth.
3
Uplift is...
The sinking of the Earth's crust.
The rise of the Earth's mantle.
The rise of the Earth's crust.
The cracking of the Earth's crust.
4
Ice Wedging...
Water freezes and smooths rock.
Water freezes and cracks rocks.
Water freezes and melts rock.
Water freezes and freezes rocks.
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The Inner Core of the Earth...
Is the solid, shallow, center of the Earth.
Is the solid, dense, outer layer of the Earth.
Is the liquid, dense, center of the Earth.
Is the solid, dense, center of the Earth.
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Jagged ridges created in mountain ranges are called...
Ridges.
Cirques.
Aretes.
U-Shaped Valleys.
7
Continent/Ocean collisions cause....
The continental lithosphere to subduct.
The ocean's lithosphere to rise.
The ocean's asthenosphere to subduct.
The ocean's lithosphere to subduct.
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The deeper into the Earth a rock goes...
The lower the pressure becomes.
The greater the rock's surface becomes.
The lower the temperature becomes.
The greater the temperature becomes.
9
Glaciers pick up materials and move them using...
Friction.
Space.
Tension.
Gravity
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Deflation is...
The removal of fine sediment by wind.
The removal of heavt sediment by wind.
The removal of fine sediment by water.
The addition of fine sediment by wind.
11
The mesosphere is the...
Softest.
Weakest.
Strongest.
Lightest.
12
Rift Zone is...
A area with shallow holes.
An area with deep cracks.
An area with trenches.
An area with multiple ridges.
13
Layers of the Earth that are based on chemical composition are...
Surface, Mantle, Core.
Crust, Mantle, Core.
Inner and Outer Core.
Crust, Middle, Core.
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The Outer Core is...
Liquid.
Firm.
Solid.
Mixed.
15
Tectonic plates move with...
Tear Down.
Conduction.
Slab Slide.
Ridge Push
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A bowl shaped depression in a mountainous area is called...
Ridge
Cirque
U-Shaped Valley
Aretes
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Materials deposited by glaciers are called...
Glacial material.
Glacial Drip.
Glacial Drifts.
Glacial Drop.
18
Desert wind removes fine sediment creating...
Desert Pavement.
Desert Sands.
Desert Plains.
Desert Roads.
19
Categories of rocks are...
Metamorphic, Igneous, Crust.
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary.
Sandstone, Limestone, Metamorphic.
Sedimentary, Limestone, Magma.
20
The side of a sand dune that sand slides down, creating a steep slope is a...
Slip Side.
Windward side.
Face slip side.
Slip Face.
21
Subsidence is when the crust of the Earth...
Rises
Causes deep cracks,
Boils
Sinks
22
The asthenosphere is...
Where water flows quickly.
Where rock flows quickly.
Where water flows slowly.
Where rock flows slowly.
23
Transform Boundaries...
Slip horizontally smoothly creating earthquakes.
Push and pull horizontally smoothly creating earthquakes.
Slip vertically roughly creating earthquakes.
Slip horizontally roughly creating earthquakes.
24
The lithosphere is the...
Outer most layer of the Earth.
The middle layer of the Earth.
A ball.
The inner most layer of the Earth.
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Divergent Boundaries involve...
Lava Cooling on a valley as 2 plates move away from each other.
Lava Cooling on the ocean floor as 2 plates move away from each other.
Lava Cooling on the ocean floor as 2 plates move toward each other.
Magma Cooling on the ocean floor as 2 plates move away from each other.
