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What does Plate tectonics result in?

What impact does an increase in population have on a city environment?

RMS Earth Science

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What impact does an increase in population have on a city environment?
more pollution
deforestation causes poor air quality
All of the above
crowding for resources and shelter
2
What does Plate tectonics result in?
Earthquakes
All of the above
Volcanoes
Mountain buliding
3
What forms when two continental plates collide?
Ridges
Mountains
Canyons
Mountain and Ridges
4
What energy source drives Earth's Plate tectonics and its resulting changes?
Electric Energy
Potential Energy
Heat Energy
Kinetic Energy
5
What makes the liquid in the outer core move?
Kinetic Energy
Heat Energy
The spinning of the Earth
Friction
6
What part of the outer core is liquid?
Above the inner core
Above the inner core & below the mantle
Below the inner core and below the mantle
Below the inner core
7
What is deforestation?
Replanting trees
Mining
Cutting down a bunch of trees
Using corn for fuel
8
How does deforestation affect the environment?
Fewer trees causes more carbon dioxide
Fewer trees causes less carbon dioxide and more oxygen
Fewer trees leads to more oxygen
Fewer trees creates more carbon dioxide and less oxygen
9
What is a subduction zone?
When 2 plates collide, one drops & one slides over the top
None of the above
When two plates collide, both drop downward
When 2 plates collide, both push each other upward
10
New oceanic crust forms along the mid-ocean ridge & older oceanic crust moves away is called...
Seafloor spreading
Deforestation
Subduction
Reduction
11
Which layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and mantle?
Mesosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Outer Core