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Dynamic Earth
Test Description: Dynamic Earth
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1) Where and how do Mid-ocean ridges form?
A
There are no Mid-ocean ridges.
B
They form along where two plates ‘diverge’ under the water
C
They form high in the mountains and wash into the oceans
D
They form in a desert and are blown into the ocean
2) 2. Where and how do ocean trenches form?
A
They form wherever a man wants to place it.
B
Ocean trenches form along lines where two plates diverge under water.
C
They form at convergent boundaries where one plate goes under the other
D
Ocean trenches form along lines where two plates diverge under water.
3) List two main items that were matched up on different continents, that helped offer evidence for continental drift?
A
Rocks and Fossils
B
Wrecked ships
C
In the Coral Reef
D
America and Asia
4) If you wanted to live where there were few to no earthquakes, what areas would be a good choice
A
In a Red Zone
B
In the California Area
C
Around the Great Lakes
D
In the Midwest
5) List the locations where a volcano can form?
A
All of the above
B
Only at convergent boundaries
C
Only at transfer boundaries
D
Only at divergent boundaries
6) What do we call a large underwater mountain chain?
A
An underwater peak
B
A hill
C
An Ocean Ridge
D
Large underwater mountains
7) In cold areas water freezes and thaws often, this can cause weathering in rocks. Explain what is occurring when the water freezes to make the rock break down.
A
It changes chemicals
B
It boils and causes erosion
C
It freezes causing it to expand thus breaking the rocks
D
It freezes the rock
8) Explain how ice and plant roots cause weathering to occur.
A
They just run over the rocks
B
They have no effect on Rocks or soil
C
They expand within the cracks of rocks and break them apart
D
They create chemical changes
9) List four main areas where deposition can build up.
A
Ocean floor
B
all of the above
C
Beaches
D
Swamps and deltas
10) What are the four major causes of erosion and deposition?
A
Gravity
B
all of the above
C
Wind
D
Ice and moving water
11) . What is the hot melted material deep inside Earth called? What type of rocks forms from this material?
A
Magma and metamorphic rock forms
B
Gas and metamorphic rock forms
C
Magma and igneous rocks form
D
Magma and sedimentary rock forms
12) What are the different characteristics you would look for in a metamorphic rock to classify it?
A
They are extrusive
B
They are foliated or non-foliated
C
They are big and ugly
D
They are all pink
13) How do sedimentary rocks form?
A
They form in the asteroids and fall to Earth
B
They form from only brown dirt
C
They form from molten magma
D
They form when materials become pressed or cemented together or when minerals form from solutions
14) List and explain what occurs at each type of plate boundary (be sure to include how the pates move and what forms or occurs at each boundary)
A
At diversion boundaries, plates pull away from each other and volcanoes may form
B
At convergent subduction boundaries one plate slide beneath the other and may cause volcanoes
C
At subduction zones, one goes under the other forming a fault
D
all of the above
15) Explain what a fault is and where it occurs.
A
They are a break in Earth’s lithosphere and allow movement
B
They form when mountains erode
C
It is a place where a man dug a ditch
D
It is a place where a machine dug into the earth
16) What is the difference between relative and absolute dating?
A
Relative is not exact and absolute is
B
In absolute dating, the lady asks the man to go out with her.
C
In Relative dating they compare some person in their family to another person
D
Absolute is not exact, Relative is
17) What evidence from Earth did scientists use to organize the geologic time scale?
A
They looked at a calendar
B
The history books
C
rocks and fossils
D
They used stop watches
18) Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in Earth, which layer of Earth does this movement occur?
A
The mantle
B
The inner core
C
The crust
D
The core
19) Explain the process of a volcano forming at a divergent plate boundary.
A
When plates collide and create pressure
B
When plates collide and one backs up
C
When two plates separate and magma rises up through a vent and forms a volcano
D
When a hurricane causes oceans to become filled with waves
20) Where are the youngest rocks located on the ocean floor
A
At mid ocean ridges
B
In the coral reef
C
At mid-ocean ridges
D
Near the continents
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