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Test Description: Review Land and Oceans
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1) What causes Earth's surface to shake during an earthquake?
A
the downhill movement of rocks and soil
B
a fault disappearing into Earth's crust
C
a tsunami crashing into a coastline
D
the release of energy along a fault
2) Which of these is the best example of how a volcanic eruption can be a constructive process?
A
Molten rock escapes from a volcano and hardens to form new land
B
A volcano erupts large amounts of volcanic ash and gases
C
A volcano erupts violently, destroying part of the top of the volcano
D
Magma rises through a weak spot in Earth's crust under volcano
3) Which of these is the most likely to cause chemical weathering?
A
plant roots
B
rainwater
C
wind
D
temperature changes
4) Which of these is an example of a destructive process?
A
the movement of material in a landslide
B
the formation of a volcanic island
C
the building up of a sandbar
D
the deposition of material in a river delta
5) What is most likely to cause a river to deposit some of the sediment it is carrying?
A
The speed of water in the river decreases
B
The amount of water in the river increases
C
The river flows down a mountain
D
The river flows through a canyon
6) How are plants most likely to affect the rate of soil erosion?
A
Their leaves slow it down by changing the direction of wind
B
Their roots speed it up by keeping the soil moist
C
Their leaves speed it up by increasing the force of raindrops
D
Their roots slow it down by holding soil in place
7) What happens at an ocean trench?
A
An ocean plate moves below another plate
B
two plates collide, building underwater mountains
C
Two of Earth's plates move sideways past one another
D
New oceanic crust is made
8) What oceanic landform is most likely to be found in an area where two plates are moving away from one another?
A
ocean basin
B
rift zone
C
ocean trench
D
continental rise
9) Where does new oceanic crust form?
A
along a mid-ocean ridge
B
where Earth's plates slide past one another
C
where Earth's plates push together
D
in an ocean trench
10) Which of these is least likely to be located at a boundary between Earth's plates?
A
continental slope
B
ocean trench
C
rift valley
D
mid ocean ridge
11) Which of these landforms is most likely to be in the shallowest part the ocean?
A
ocean basin
B
continental slope
C
continental shelf
D
mid-ocean ridge
12) How is a plain on a continent similar to an abyssal plain?
A
wind causes erosion on both
B
ice can cause weathering on both
C
rivers can build deltas on both
D
deposition of sediments occurs on both
13) How are a valley on a land and an ocean trench alike?
A
both are areas with a lower elevation than the surrounding area
B
both can be more than 10,000 meters deep
C
both form as plates move away from one another
D
both are formed by erosion
14) How is a volcanic island different from a volcanic mountain on a continent?
A
only a volcanic island can form at a plate boundary
B
only a volcanic mountain can form at a mid-ocean ridge
C
only a volcanic mountain is formed as lava erupts and hardens
D
only a volcanic island is built up from the ocean floor
15) What is most likely to happen to sand that is eroded from a beach by a longshore current?
A
it is lost to the deep ocean
B
it becomes part of an estuary
C
it deposited along another beach
D
it becomes part of an inlet
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