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