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Trimester 2 Review
Test Description: Review for the trimester 2 final
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the slowest type of mass movement?
A
a slump
B
creep
C
an earthflow
D
a rockfall
2) Resources that can be replenished over a relatively short time span are called
A
renewable resources
B
fossil fuels
C
nonrenewable resources
D
mineral resources
3) What would cause the inscription on a marble gravestone to become harder and harder to read over time?
A
exfoliation
B
mechanical weathering
C
frost wedging
D
chemical weathering
4) One kind of evidence that supports Wegener's hypothesis is that
A
the same magnetic directions exist on different continents
B
major rivers on different continents match
C
fossils of the same organism have been found on different continents
D
land bridges still exist that connect major continents
5) Whenever the characteristics and chemical composition of weathered materials have been altered, they have undergone
A
frost wedging
B
mass movement
C
chemical weathering
D
mechanical weathering
6) What are the boundaries called that seperate streams in adjacent drainage basins?
A
mountain ranges
B
levees
C
valleys
D
divides
7) Which type of rock usually underlies a karst landscape?
A
shale
B
granite
C
limestone
D
basalt
8) Volcanic island arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary?
A
divergent boundary
B
convergent oceanic-continental boundary
C
convergent continental-continental boundary
D
convergent oceanic-oceanic boundary
9) A cavern is an underground chamber formed by
A
deposition
B
erosion
C
evaporation
D
runoff
10) The vertical drop of a stream channel over a certain distance is called
A
gradient
B
channel roughness
C
runoff
D
discharge
11) Which of the following affects the rate of weathering?
A
all of the above
B
chemical composition of the exposed rock
C
climate
D
surface area of the exposed rock
12) Renewable resources
A
are all living resources
B
have finite supplies that will one day be used up
C
include iron, natural gas, and copper
D
can be replenished over months, years, or decades
13) The resistance of a mineral to being scratched is called
A
streak
B
cleavage
C
fracture
D
hardness
14) Springs form where
A
flooding makes streams overflow their banks
B
there is no water table
C
groundwater sinks into the soil
D
the water table intersects the ground surface
15) The supercontinent in the continental drift hypothesis was called
A
Panthalassa
B
Africa
C
Pangea
D
Mesosaurus
16) As the rate of cooling of igneous rocks increases, the size of the crystals that form
A
increases
B
is not affected
C
decreases
D
cannot be determined
17) Balance in the water cycle means that
A
the average annual precipitation over Earth equals the amount of water that evaporates
B
water that falls to Earth only centers oceans
C
the amount of water that falls to Earth weighs the same as the amount that condenses in clouds
D
water that evaporates from Earth's surface remains forever in the atmosphere
18) What is the force behind mass movement?
A
flowing water
B
the suns energy
C
moving ice
D
gravity
19) Minerals are classified by
A
size
B
composition
C
density
D
color
20) The ability of a stream to erode and transport material depends largely on its
A
width
B
velocity
C
density
D
length
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