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8th grade Geological Events
8th grade Geological Events
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1
What is an aquifer?
Underground cave
Rock layer that filters water
Rock layer that retains water
Underground pool
2
What type of boundary "separates" and can form ridges and valleys?
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
3
What thermal movement in Earth’s layers cause the movement of plates?
Nuclear Fission
Radiation
Conduction
Convection
4
What are the major forces drive weathering, erosion, and deposition?
Oceans
Climate
Rain, Wind, & Sun
Snow, Wind, & Sun
5
What force caused this? *rock forms worn down in place
Erosion
Decomposition
Volcanism
Weathering
6
What is the most common coastline scientist use to support this theory?
Madagascar & Africa
South America & Africa
North American & Europe
South America & Antarctica
7
What type of water source would a waterfall be?
Surface
Ground
8
What evidence is used to support the theory that all land was once "Pangea"?
Rock types, plant life, and food source
Ocean currents, magnetism, and fossils
Rock types, fossils, coastlines
Fossils, plant life, and ocean currents
9
What caused this? *end location of eroded sediments
Volcanism
Depositing
Erosion
Weathering
10
What are some examples of how soil is physically & chemically formed?
Rain, Heating, and Waves
Rain, Freezing and Thawing, and Waves
Rain, Runoff, Evaporation
Rain, Evaporation, Condensation
11
What kind of plate boundary would this convection current create?
Convergent-Subduction
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
12
What is this a diagram of?
Magnetism
Convection
Nuclear tides
Radiation
13
What force caused this? *sediments worn down & carried away
Weathering
Volcanism
Erosion
Decomposition
14
How can surface water connect to ground water?
Boiling down to minerals.
Running into the ocean
Seeping through the soil/rock layers.
Through convection currents.
15
What is the external evidence of Earth's internal movement?
Theory of evolution
Quantum theory
Theory of plate tectonics
Heliocentrism
16
What type of boundary "collides" and can produce folded mountains?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
17
What is the energy source for thermal convection to happen?
The Sun's radiation
Tsunamis
The Core of Earth
Earthquakes
18
What water type is accessed through a well?
Surface
Ground
19
What type of boundary "grinds"?
Convergent
Transform
Divergent
20
Where does thermal convection take place?
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mantle
Subduction zones
21
Soil is formed both _________ and _________.
On land & in the ocean
Above ground & Underground
Literally & Figuratively
Physically & Chemically
22
Describe the motion of thermal convection...
Circular paths of crust plates
Eroding sediments into bodies of water
Lava spewing forth onto land
Revolving densities of magma
23
What are the three common types of minerals within soil?
Clay, Silt, & Mud
Minerals, Crystals, & Water
Clay, Silt, & Sand
Minerals, Salt, & Pepper
