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Geology Vocabulary III
Test Description: Vocabulary
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1) Continental vs Continental
A
unbalanced
B
balanced
2) Continental vs Oceanic
A
unbalanced
B
balanced
3) Oceanic vs Oceanic
A
unbalanced
B
balanced
4) Divergent boundary
A
balanced
B
unbalanced
5) The movement of plates is caused by
A
gravitational force
B
weight of plates
C
inertia of plates
D
unbalanced forces
6) Contour Interval
A
distance between mountain peaks
B
difference in elevation between two different contour lines
C
deepest part of a trench
D
line of division between sea level
7) Topographic maps
A
shows how the ground shape and provides a way to calculate height of features on a map
B
subtract two numbered lines and divide
C
mapping night sky
D
top layer of ocean levels
8) Deposition
A
carrying away broken down material
B
dropping off rock, sand or sediment, in another location, that has been eroded
C
volcanic debris
D
breaking down material, by water, wind or ice
9) Deposition examples-
A
beach shells, root growth, subduction
B
volcanic eruption, sunburst, craters
C
trenches, rift valley, faults
D
sand dunes, deltas, stalactite and stalagmites
10) Weathering
A
carrying away of broken down material
B
dropping off broken down material to another location
C
volcanic eruptions
D
breaking down of material by wind, water or ice
11) Physical weathering example
A
ice wedging, animals digging, plant roots, falling rocks, running water
B
running water, sun's heat, mountain formation
C
chewing, cutting, planting
D
ice melting, pouring asphalt, bike riding
12) Chemical weathering
A
breaking down of material and changing it's chemical composition
B
chemical reaction between water and oxygen
C
mowing grass
D
mixture of different types of rock
13) Chemical weathering examples-
A
island formation
B
oxidation, acid rain, plant root secretion
C
sun's heat and energy
D
volcanic eruption
14) In the asthenosphere, heat is transfer as soft rock moves in cycles called
A
ocean currents
B
mantle currents
C
metamorphic currents
D
convection currents
15) Which is responsible for forming new crust at a tectonic plate?
A
magma rising up from mantle at a divergent boundary
B
mountain building at a convergent continental vs continental boundary
C
subduction of an oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary
D
two plates sliding past each other at a transform boundary
16) Which is most responsible for the formation of the grand canyon?
A
erosion by wind and rain
B
cracking of Earth's crust by earthquakes
C
volcanic explosions
D
scouring of continental glaciers
17) How can the formation of Pangea cause the extinction of marine life?
A
mountains form
B
oceans closed up
C
glaciers form
D
water levels rose
18) Earthquake caused by
A
interaction of tides with the coast
B
plates grinding past each other along a active fault
C
mining activity during the nineteenth century
D
lowing of aquifer levels
19) Which most likely formed the Andes Mountains?
A
mountain building at an ocean-continental boundary
B
two plates sliding past each other
C
magma rising from mantle
D
subduction of on ocean plate under another
20) Folded mountains occur at which type of boundary?
A
divergent
B
subduction
C
convergent
D
transform
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