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Earth's Processes Part 2

Test Description: Chapter 9 part 2

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1) Two important factors that affect the density of ocean currents

Atemperature and salinity Bconvergent and divergent Cdensity and temperature Ddensity and transform

2) When this does not happen the nutrients from the ocean's bottom do not surface and the fish population suffer.

Apolarity Btsunamis Cupwelling Ddrought

3) The movement of Earth's plates can cause natural disasters such as

Aearthquake, volcano, and floods Bdrought, earthquake, and floods Cearthquake, tsunami, and volcano Dhurricanes, tornados, and volcanos

4) Name the two theories that contributed to the Plate Tectonics Theory

APlate Tectonics Theory BContinental Drift Theory and Seafloor Spreading Theory CContinental Drift and Plate Tectonics Theory DSeafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics Theory

5) Fossils are only found in which type of rock

Aigneous Bsedimentary Cmetamorphic

6) Igneous rock that cools slowly and has large crystrals

Aintrusive Bextrusive Cupwelling Dlava

7) Igneous rock that cools quickly and has small crystals

Aextrusive Bupwelling Clave Dintrusive

8) The way Earth's rotation affects wind and ocean currents

ACoriolis Effect BPlate Tectonics Cupwelling DContinental Drift

9) A periodic change in oceanic and atmospheric conditions, causing unusually warm surface water

ALa Nina BEl Nino Cupwelling Dsubduction

10) Current theory that describes how Earth's crust is broken into plates that float on the earth's mantle later is called the

ASeafloor Spreadin Theory BPlate Tectonics Theory CContinental Drift Theory

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