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ISAT Practice #7: Glencoe Science: Earth Science
Test Description: ISAT Practice #7: Glencoe Science: Earth Science
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which forms on the floors of caves as water drips through cracks?
A
stalagmite
B
stalactite
C
geyser
D
aquifer
2) What is used in the formation of geysers and springs?
A
groundwater
B
rills
C
runoff
D
gullies
3) What is the term for a layer of permeable rock through which water moves freely?
A
clay
B
geyser
C
aquifer
D
granite
4) Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?
A
fossil evidence
B
rock clues
C
magnetic pole reversals
D
climate clues
5) The process occurring in the mantle that is thought to be the force behind plate tectonics is an example of a(n)
A
plate boundary
B
divergent boundary
C
convection current
D
normal fault
6) What type of forces create mountains?
A
horizontal forces
B
tension forces
C
compression forces
D
convection forces
7) Which scientist is credited with the continental drift hypothesis?
A
Harry Hess
B
Alfred Wegener
C
J. Tuzo Wilson
D
W. Jason Morgan
8) Which term refers to the ridged layer of Earth that is about 100 km thick and generally less dense than the material below it?
A
plate
B
asthenosphere
C
core
D
lithosphere
9) What is the approximate rate of plate movement?
A
a few meters each year
B
a few millimeters each year
C
a few centimeters each year
D
a few kilometers each year
10) What type of plate boundary has plates sliding past each other?
A
convergent boundaries
B
transform boundaries
C
divergent boundaries
D
subduction zones
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