LT8 Which of the following is not an example of mechanical weathering?

Plants releasing organic materials as they decay

LT3 What tectonic plate boundary forms continental arcs and trenches?

Continental-Oceanic Convergent boundary

LT 7 A tsunami is a catastrophic event that affects some coastal regions. What is a tsunami?

Rush of ocean water caused by an under water Earthquake

LT 10 Identify Earth's layers starting with A.

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

LT 14 Why are the Himalayan Mountains getting taller?

Continental plates are slowly converging

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Dynamic Earth Pretest

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LT8 Which of the following is not an example of mechanical weathering?
Plants releasing organic materials as they decay
Ice freezing and thawing between the rocks
Animals burrowing in the rock
Expansion and contraction of rocks due to heating & cooling
2
LT9 How does over-usage of groundwater change Earth's surface?
It causes magma to rise from the mantle
it causes water to become polluted
it causes land subsidence
it causes more lakes to form
3
LT3 What tectonic plate boundary forms continental arcs and trenches?
Continental-Oceanic Convergent boundary
Oceanic-Oceanic Convergent boundary
Fault lines at a Transform boundary
Oceanic-Oceanic Divergent boundary
4
LT5 What direction is the river flowing on this topographic map?
North to South
West to East
South to North
East to West
5
LT 7 A tsunami is a catastrophic event that affects some coastal regions. What is a tsunami?
Rush of ocean water caused by an under water Earthquake
Intense storm created by a monsoon
Push of ocean water caused by a under water volcano eruption
A tidal wave
6
LT 11 How are rocks classified?
by where they form
by where they are found
by how they form
by their ages
7
LT 10 Identify Earth's layers starting with A.
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
Inner core, mantle, outer core, crust
Crust, mantle, inner core, outer core
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
8
LT 12 How do igneous rocks turn into metamorphic rocks?
by containing fossils
through the interaction with magma or lava
by cooling slowly to make large crystals
through heat and pressure
9
LT6 This is a satellite image of ____.
A cave system
a sinkhole
A river system
A mountain range
10
LT 1 Harry Hess used his ship’s depth sounding equipment to discover______ on the seafloor.
Volcanic Hot spots
Seafloor Spreading
Folded Mountains
Fault Lines
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LT4 What is it called when ocean plates sink and melt into the Earth's mantle?
Geothermal energy
Convection
Subduction
Submersion
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LT2 Alfred Wegener had all of the following evidence for his theory of Continental drift except
Evidence of similar mountains on different continents
How and why continents move
Fossils of the same species found on different continents
Glacier & coal deposits in regions they don’t usually form
13
LT 13 Where is Russia located?
on the Pacific plate
on the North American plate
on the Nazca plate
on the Eurasian plate
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LT 14 Why are the Himalayan Mountains getting taller?
A continental plate is colliding with an oceanic plate
Continental plates are slowly converging
Tectonic plates are sliding past one another
Weathering and erosion

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