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Test Description: These questions are tied directly to the 100 Illustrated Ways to Pass the Earth Science Regents review sheet: ReviewEarthScience.com/100ways

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1) Which statement correctly compares seismic P-waves with seismic S-waves?

AP-waves travel slower than S-waves and do not pass through Earth's liquid zones. BP-waves travel slower than S-waves and pass through Earth's liquid zones. CP-waves travel faster than S-waves and pass through Earth's liquid zones. DP-waves travel faster than S-waves and do not pass through Earth's liquid zones.

2) The movement of tectonic plates is inferred by many scientists to be driven by

Adensity differences in the troposphere Btidal motions in the hydrosphere Csolidification in the lithosphere Dconvection currents in the asthenosphere

3) The two elements that make up the largest percentage by mass of Earth's crust are oxygen and

Ahydrogen Bsilicon Cpotassium Dnitrogen

4) Landscapes with sharp horizontal bedrock structure and steep slopes are classified as

Aplain regions Blowland regions Cmountain regions Darid regions

5) Humid landscapes typically have

Asmooth and rounded slopes Bsteep and angular slopes Csmooth and angular slopes Dsteep and round slopes

6) New earth is created at

Aconvergent boundaries Bmid-ocean ridges Csubduction zones Dtransform zones

7) Trenches typically occur at

Atransform zones Bsubduction zones Cdivergent boundaries Dmid-ocean ridges

8) P waves are faster then

AS waves BR waves CQ waves DZ waves

9) You need data from this many seismometer stations in order to find the epicenter of an earthquake

A2 B3 C1 D4

10) The earths magnetic fields has

Agradually strengthened Bremained the same Creversed over time Dgradually disappeared

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