When material cycles because of heating and cooling of that material

Which type of plate boundary is a subduction zone?

When one plate folds underneath another plate

Which areas are in most danger for the Mt. Baker and Glacier Park hazard maps?

Mt. Vernon, Burlington, Sedro Woolley

The transport of weathered materials and sediments

Earth quakes are caused by:

Tectonic plates catching on each other and then releasing

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1
What is another term for the water cycle?
Rock cycle
Aquatic cycle
Hydrologic cycle
Carbon cycle
2
The Cascade Mountain Ranges goes from:
Oregon to Montana
Canada to Northern California
Timbuktu to Victoria
Washington State to Idaho
3
Where in the United States are the Cascades?
The Pacific North West
New England
Ontario
The Midwest
4
A huge sheet of ice that moves slowly is:
A bifrost
A permafrost
A glacier
A tectonic plate
5
Convection is:
When two atoms come together to form one
When light from one object is absorbed by another object
When two things come in contact with each other and transfer heat
When material cycles because of heating and cooling of that material
6
Which plate boundary is when two plates move away from each other creating new crust?
Lateral plate boundary
Divergent plate boundary
Convergent plate boundary
Transform plate boundary
7
Which animal is not common in the PNW?
Raccoon
Slugs
Deer
Kudu
8
The Cascades formed because of:
A transform plate boundary
Deposition
A subduction zone
Natural selection
9
The highest peak of the Cascades is:
Mt. Baker
Glacier Peak
Mt. Rainier
Mt. St. Helens
10
Which type of plate boundary is a subduction zone?
When two plates don't move in relation with each other
Where the mantle meets the inner core
When one plate folds underneath another plate
When the Earth has a vent that allows magma/lava to come to the surface
11
Pieces of crust that float on top of the mantle and create different types if boundaries where they meet are:
Tectonic plates
Aquatic plates
Tyrosine plates
Terrestrial plates
12
When new sediment gets laid down through water, ice, wind or gravity
Demonetization
Deconstruction
Decomposition
Deposition
13
Which is the most dense layer of the Earth?
Crust
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
14
Which areas are in most danger for the Mt. Baker and Glacier Park hazard maps?
Seattle, Ballard
Blaine, Lummi, Lynnwood
Tacoma, Kent
Mt. Vernon, Burlington, Sedro Woolley
15
What plant is not common in the PNW?
Maple trees
Pine trees
Saguaro cactus
Azolla filiculoides (ferns)
16
Transform plate boundaries are when:
Plates move North
Plates move away from each other
Plates slide past each other
Plates collide with each other
17
Condensation is part of the:
Hydrophilic Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydroponic Cycle
Hydrophobic Cycle
18
All the mountains in the Cascades are, or were:
Perfectly round
Divergent plate boundaries
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
19
Erosion is:
New rocks being formed
The transport of weathered materials and sediments
Large sheets of ice starting to break down and melt
When volcanoes erupt
20
Which of these volcanoes is not part of the Cascades?
Mt. Adams
Mt. Hood
Mt. Aconcagua
Mt. St. Helens
21
Earth quakes are caused by:
Volcanoes
Fossilization
Tectonic plates catching on each other and then releasing
Tectonic plates moving away from each other and forming new crust

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