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End of the Unit Practice Assessment for Earth Science
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1
What process is responsible for plate movement?
Radiation
Convection
Induction
Friction
2
Who presented the Theory of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
Ben Franklin
Albert Einstein
Alfred Rorke
3
Which is not evidence for the Theory of Continental Drift?
Glacier Evidence in Tropical Places
Mountain Ranges on Different Continents Lining Up
Volcanic Eruptions
Tropical Fossils on an Arctic Island
4
What process on the Earth is always occurring?
Mr. Drought is Getting Smarter.
Mr. Drought is Getting Younger.
Change
Mr. Drought is Getting Taller.
5
Which plate boundary is responsible for folded mountains?
Convergent Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Subduction Zones
Divergent Boundaries
6
What name is given to the process whereby rocks continuously change from one type to another?
Energy Cycle
Rock Cycle
Water Cycle
Bicycle
7
What change does not occur as the depth below Earth's surface increases?
Rotation Speed Increases
Density Increases
Temperature Increases
Pressure Increases
8
Which statement is not part of the Theory of Continental Drift?
Earth's continents have been moving in different directions.
Plate movement is due to convection in the mantle.
The continents were once all connected in a single landmass.
Pangaea existed about 300 million years ago.
9
Which layer of the Earth is responsible for convection?
Mantle
Inner Core
Crust
Outer Core
10
What type of rock forms from the cooling and hardening of liquid rock?
Metamorphic Rock
Sedimentary Rock
Igneous Rock
Itriptovera Rock
11
Which of the following is not a plate boundary?
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Insurgent Boundary
12
Which of the following is not an agent of erosion?
Glaciers
Wind
Gravity
Plants
13
At which plate boundary do the plates separate?
Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Subduction Zone
Convergent Boundary
14
What type of igneous rock is formed from magma cooling slowly inside the Earth?
Refusive
Confucius
Extrusive
Intrusive
15
Why does heated material in the mantle rise?
Its density decreases.
The material is looking for fresh air.
The pressure around the material increases.
Its density increases.
16
Which process is responsible for the creation of new crust?
Subduction
Sea Floor Spreading
Toasting Bread
Earthquakes
17
What processes are responsible for the
creation
of sedimentary rock?
Melting and Erosion
Melting and Cooling
Compaction and Cementation
Heat and Pressure
18
What process is responsible for the creation of sediment?
Magma
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
19
What process is responsible for the movement of weathered material?
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
Sedimentation
20
What type of rock is formed from existing rocks undergoing extreme heat and pressure?
Clastic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
21
Which Earth process is responsible for the destruction of Earth's crust.
Subduction
Sea Floor Spreading
Construction
Hungry Hungry Hippos
22
What event occurs at transform boundaries?
Tornados
Tsunamis
Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruptions
23
Which is not an agent of mechanical weathering?
Acid Rain
Plant Growth
Abrasion
Freezing and Melting
24
The Earth's crust is composed of _________ .
tectonic plates
water
iron
moho
25
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
