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Science Test Review- Earth Science
Science Test Review- Earth Science
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1
What type of stress is pictured?
Compression
Tension
shearing
convergent
2
What is the land feature shown?
Alluvial fan
Meander
Oxbow lake
Delta
3
Where are the areas that are at greatest risk from earthquakes?
where plates meet
in the center of plates
where land meets water
in the middle of the ocean
4
Which of the following in
not
a type of plate boundary?
divergent
transform
convergent
mid-ocean ridge boundary
5
Which part of the Earth's system is made up of plant and animals?
biosphere
geosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
6
Wave erosion causes abrasion by__________.
bringing sediment and rocks
carring rocks over land
runoff
dissolving land
7
Which is the Youngest layer
1
4
3
2
8
What force causes the movement of Earth's plates?
Pressure
sound waves
cooling
convection currents
9
What type of heat transfer heats the mantle?
Radiation
thermal
convection
Conduction
10
The Himalayan mountains were created by what type of convergent boundary.
oceanic crust and continental crust
continental crust and continental crust
oceanic crust and oceanic crust
they weren't it's a divergent boundary
11
What is the image showing?
Delta
Alluvial fan
Meander
Oxbow lake
12
A hollow area in sediment in the shape of all or part of an organism is called
carbon film
trace fossil
cast
mold
13
What is the law of superposition?
Layers of rock are younger than previous layers
Layers of rock are the same age as all the other layers
Layers of rock are better the closer to the surface
Layers of rock are older than previous layers
14
Which scale would a geologist use to estimate the total every released by an earthquake?
moment magnitude scale
Richter Scale
Modified Mercalli scale
epicenter scale
15
What is the image as shown?
Ice age
Glacier
blue mountains
Ice Berg
16
What force proved Wegener's theory of plate tectonics?
convection in the mantle
ocean currents and the coriolis effect
law of gravity
relativity
17
When an earthquake occurs, seismic waves travel
only through the footwall
inward to the epicenter
only through the hanging wall
outward from the focus
18
Which of the following is evidence for sea-floor spreading?
changes in climate on the continent of Africa
pieces of different crust found on different continents
matching patterns of magnetic stripes found in ocean crust
new rock found farther from mid-ocean ridges that older rock
19
What is the land feature?
Oxbow lake
Delta
Alluvial fan
Meander
20
What is one result of convection currents in Earth's outer core?
erosion
Earth's magnetic field
melted glaciers
Earth's force of gravity
21
A gap in the geologic record that occurs when sedimentary rocks cover an eroded surface is an
intrusion
unconformity
extrusion
fault
22
What is an index fossil?
a fossil used in a small area
fossil used to age young rock
a fossil used to age surrounding layers
a fossil used to name older rock layers
23
What change in Earth's atmosphere allowed organisms to live on land?
the absorption of carbon dioxide by oceans
a strong burst of particles from the sun
the development of the ozone layer
a collision with a comet
24
What is NOT evidence used by Wegener for Continential Drift Theory?
Climate, tropical plant fossils were found in cold regions
Land Features such as mountain ranges and coal fields lineup
The continents have always been in their current location.
Fossil evidence such as the mesosaurus and glossopteris
25
Scientists can determine the absolute age of rocks using
the law of superposition.
index fossils.
fault lines.
radioactive dating.
26
What happens to new oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge?
Its so dense that gravity pulls it into a deep-ocean trench.
It gets hotter and sinks into a trench.
It forms new mountains under the water.
It climbs up the mantle to form a trench.
27
What land feature is shown?
Alluvial fan
Meander
Oxbow Lake
Delta
28
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
compression, tension, strike-slip
mid-ocean ridge, trench, fault
convergent, divergent, transform
island arc, hotspot, volcano
29
Which part of Earth's interior is made mostly of nickel and iron and has liquid and solid parts
asthenosphere
crust
lithosphere
core
