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Geology CA Review
Test Description: Misuraco Rohweder Geology Review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Seismic energy travels fastest through solid rock because.....
A
It is less dense
B
It has less mass
C
Its particles have the biggest gaps or spaces
D
Its particles are close together
2) Why can seismic waves be detected far away from an earthquake?
A
seismic waves transfer energy through the layers of Earth
B
Seismic waves travel in a straight line
C
seismic waves transfer matter
D
because the waves travel along earth's surface
3) Which layer of the Earth is made up of metals that are liquid?
A
mantle
B
outer core
C
inner core
D
lithosphere
4) What are the two best words to describe the asthenosphere?
A
fluid and brittle
B
hard and rigid
C
fluid and plastic-like
D
liquid and molten
5) Where are you most likely to find earthquakes and volcanoes?
A
along plate boundaries
B
far from plate boundaries
C
where two pieces of continental crust collide
D
in the middle of plates
6) What happens at an ocean trench?
A
continental boundary
B
Subduction
C
transform boundary
D
where 2 plates are sliding past each other
7) What forms the Andes Mountains?
A
C-C plates moving together
B
O-C plates moving together
C
O-C plates moving apart
D
C-C plates moving apart
8) What causes a midocean ridge to form?
A
O-O plates moving apart
B
O-C plates moving apart
C
O-O plates moving together
D
O-C plates moving together
9) Why does oceanic crust subduct under continental crust?
A
becasue it is more dense
B
because ocean crust is less dense
C
it is more bouyant
D
it has more mass
10) What Minnesota feature was created by chemical weathering?
A
Moraines
B
Limestone caves
C
Valleys
D
Kettle lakes
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