RAMS 7th Grade SEEd Strand 2 (Earth's Processes)

Question 1

What landform is caused from converging plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Question 2

Igneous rock to Sedimentary rock to Metamorphic rock in any order is

Accepted Answer

Rock cycle

Question 3

Something has a half life of 20 years. How much of a 10 gram sample would be left after 60 yrs

Accepted Answer

1.25 grams

Question 4

Wegener was discredited because he was unaware of the what source of energy to move the plates?

Accepted Answer

Convection

Question 5

Which of the following is not a type of rock

Accepted Answer

Transgenic

Question 6

Large crystals, such as the ones found in the caves of Mexico are formed by....

Accepted Answer

Slow cooling

Question 7

An upward fold in a rock that resembles an arch or the letter "A" is called...

Accepted Answer

Anticline

Question 8

Forces that cause rocks to bend or break

Accepted Answer

Stress

Question 9

Fast moving collection of lava, rock, ash, gases, etc that move down the slope of a volcano

Accepted Answer

Pyroclastic flow

Question 10

Mineralized remains of an ancient organism

Accepted Answer

Fossil

Question 11

Rock made from intense pressure inside the earth along with heat

Accepted Answer

Metamorphic rock

Question 12

The formation of the Aleutian islands in Alaska are an example of...

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes forming over a hotspot, Volcanoes forming an island arc

Question 13

Alfred Wegener is know for his theory of..

Accepted Answer

Continental drift

Question 14

What type of lava has high viscosity and flows very slowly?

Accepted Answer

Aa

Question 15

The type of fault that occurs along a transform boundary is...

Accepted Answer

Strike slip fault

Question 16

This type of rock is made from erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary rock

Question 17

Violent shaking from the movement of tectonic plates

Accepted Answer

Earthquake

Question 18

Rocks are made from about twenty different kinds of these.

Accepted Answer

Minerals

Question 19

When underground water moves up during an earthquake turning the ground into a mud/quicksand

Accepted Answer

Liquefaction

Question 20

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is a/an...

Accepted Answer

Plateau

Question 21

Location based on the layering of rocks

Accepted Answer

Superposition

Question 22

The underground location of the origin of an earthquake is known as its...

Accepted Answer

Focus

Question 23

Large bowl shaped region formed from the collapse of a volcano

Accepted Answer

Caldera

Question 24

What type of volcano is Mt St Helens?

Accepted Answer

Active

Question 25

A substance has a half life of 10 yrs. If a 64 g sample is now 8 g, how much time elapsed?

Accepted Answer

30 years

Question 26

Destructive force; first stage in the making of sedimentary rocks.

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 27

What type of boundary is formed when two tectonic plates slide next to each other?

Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

Question 28

When 2 oceanic plates crash into each other, the process by which one of them slides under is..

Accepted Answer

Subduction

Question 29

What type of lava has low viscosity and flows quickly?

Accepted Answer

Pahoehoe

Question 30

Variations in sedimentary rock layers indicating a major geologic event.

Accepted Answer

Unconformity

Question 31

What is NOT a way to make buildings safer and better able to withstand earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Replacing wood and steel with bricks, stone or adobe

Question 32

Segments of the Earth's crust that "floats" on the mantle.

Accepted Answer

Tectonic plates

Question 33

How old is the earth in years?

Accepted Answer

4.5 billion

Question 34

When tectonic plates move away from each other, what type of boundary is formed?

Accepted Answer

Divergent boundary

Question 35

This type of rock is made from intense heat and pressure

Accepted Answer

Igneous rock

Question 36

What type of boundary is formed when two tectonic plates "crash" into each other?

Accepted Answer

Convergent boundary

Question 37

Which of the following was not evidence of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

The Atlantic mid ocean ridges running north and south

RAMS 7th Grade SEEd Strand 2 (Earth's Processes)

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RAMS 7th Grade SEEd Strand 2 (Earth's Processes)

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