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