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Test Description: Earth Science BA Prep
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Where is (new) rock formed?
A
Subduction Zone
B
What is a rock?
C
Transform Plate Boundary
D
Mid-Ocean Ridge (Sea floor spreading)
2) How does the energy from an Earthquake travel?
A
Seismic Waves
B
Light Waves
C
Sonar
D
Sound Waves
3) What is the source of energy for the Earth's convection currents?
A
What is a convection current?
B
The Sun
C
The Tides
D
The Earth's Interior (core and radioactivity)
4) What is the name of the landmass formed during the Paleozoic Era?
A
North America
B
Lazarapuaus
C
Pangaea
D
Mesoparausus
5) We determine how a rock is classified by how the rock ___________.
A
was formed
B
weathers
C
breaks down
D
smells
6) The stronger an earthquake - the _______________ the seismic waves will be felt away from the epicenter.
A
what is an earthquake?
B
It won't travel through a solid
C
further
D
closer
7) Glaciers can form U shaped valleys.
A
False
B
True
8) Oceanic plate crust is more dense and __________ than continental crust.
A
Younger
B
the same
C
Older
9) What is an aquifer?
A
water found in permeable rock layers
B
water found in impermeable rock layers
C
Surface Water
10) What is a kettle?
A
created the sand dunes
B
ridge made of sand
C
depression created by a glacier that fills with water
11) What is an esker?
A
a ridge of sand and grave formed by a glacier
B
a large hill formed by a glacier
C
a lake formed by a glacier
12) Where do most earthquakes happen?
A
in the middle of plates
B
in the USA
C
at plate boundaries
13) What causes the plates to move?
A
Convection Currents
B
Waves
C
The core
14) What causes a mid-ocean ridge?
A
Convergent plate
B
Divergent Plate - Sea Floor Spreading
C
Transform Plate
15) Where does chemical weathering happen faster?
A
Hot/Wet areas
B
Dry/Cold areas
C
Dry/Hot areas
16) Most rivers in Michigan flow into the___________.
A
Walled lake
B
Great Lakes
C
Rouge river
17) What type of Earthquake waves travel the fastest?
A
P waves
B
L waves
C
S waves
18) Because S waves cannot travel through liquids...and cannot travel through the outer core, we have concluded that the outer core most be_________.
A
A liquid
B
A solid
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