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1
What is the distance to the epicenter if the difference in arrival time is 4 minutes?
1,000 km
2,600 km
1,500 km
3,600 km
2
The element oxygen is found in the Earth's
troposphere only
troposphere and hydrosphere
troposphere, hydrosphere and crust
hydrosphere only
3
What force creates landslides and rockfalls?
running water
gravity
waves
weathering
4
Which metamorphic rock formed at location A?
Granite
Sandstone
Quartzite
Shale
5
Wavy bands of light and dark minerals visible in gneiss bedrock probably formed from the
Compaction and sedimentation
Weathering and erosion
Cooling and crystallization of magma
Heat and pressure from metamorphism
6
The cleavage or fracture of a mineral is normally determined by the mineral's
internal arrangement of atoms
hardness
oxygen content
density
7
Which is a convergent plate boundary?
Aleutian Trench
East Pacific Ridge
Nazca Plate
Tasman Hot Spot
8
Why does a rock broken into smaller pieces weather faster than an whole rock?
Greater surface area
The smaller pieces are less dense
The mass decreased
Lower surface area
9
What happens to the density and temperature of rock within Earth’s interior as depth increases?
density increases and temperature increases
density increases and temperature increases
density decreases and temperature increases
density increases and temperature decreases
10
Which seismic wave travels faster?
S-wave
P-wave
L-wave
Surface wave
11
Which mineral property is demonstrated by the diagram below?
color
streak
fracture
cleavage
12
Ocean tides and moon phases are best described as
unpredicatable and cyclic
predicable and noncyclic
predicable and cyclic
unpredictable and noncyclic
13
What is the approximate percent of oxygen by volume present in Earth’s lower atmosphere?
46
96
21
33
14
What is the density of a cube that has a mass of 81g and volume of 27cm
3
?
12 g/cm3
3 g/cm3
6 g/cm3
9 g/cm3
15
In which direction is the river flowing?
East
West
Southeast
Northwest
16
What is the latitude and longitude of the Easter Island Hot Spot?
25°S, 115° W
50°N, 10° E
25°N, 115° E
50°S, 10° W
17
P wave arrives at 12 pm and S wave arrives at 12:05 pm. What is the distance to the epicenter?
8, 800 km
3,400 km
2,600 km
4,000 km
18
If the altitude of Polaris is 20°N, what is your latitude?
20°N
90°N
90°S
20°S
19
Igneous rocks form by which process?
compaction and cementation
weathering and erosion
heat and pressure
melting and solidification
20
Why is the stream bank on the outside of steeper?
Water flows slower causing deposition
Water flows slower causing deposition
Water flows slower causing erosion
Water flows faster causing erosion
21
What is the name of the sedimentary rock that has a grain size of 0.006 to 0.2 centimeters?
conglomerate
shale
sandstone
siltstone
22
A seismic station recorded the
P
-waves, but no
S
-waves, from an earthquake because
S
-waves were
absorbed by the Earth's outer core
not produced by earthquakes
only detected by nearby locations
transmitted only by liquids
23
Which side of Patty Hill is the steepest?
West
South
Southwest
Northeast
24
Which mineral precipitates from oceans and forms rock salt?
Gneiss
Basalt
Olivine
Halite
25
Which type of weathering is created here?
Chemical weathering of limestone
Chemical weathering of granite
Physical weathering of limestone
Physical weathering of granite
