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Dynamic Earth
Test Description: Dynamic Earth
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1) Where and how do Mid-ocean ridges form?
A
They form along where two plates ‘diverge’ under the water
B
They form in a desert and are blown into the ocean
C
They form high in the mountains and wash into the oceans
D
There are no Mid-ocean ridges.
2) 2. Where and how do ocean trenches form?
A
Ocean trenches form along lines where two plates diverge under water.
B
They form wherever a man wants to place it.
C
They form at convergent boundaries where one plate goes under the other
D
Ocean trenches form along lines where two plates diverge under water.
3) List two main items that were matched up on different continents, that helped offer evidence for continental drift?
A
America and Asia
B
Wrecked ships
C
In the Coral Reef
D
Rocks and Fossils
4) If you wanted to live where there were few to no earthquakes, what areas would be a good choice
A
In the California Area
B
In the Midwest
C
Around the Great Lakes
D
In a Red Zone
5) List the locations where a volcano can form?
A
Only at convergent boundaries
B
All of the above
C
Only at divergent boundaries
D
Only at transfer boundaries
6) What do we call a large underwater mountain chain?
A
Large underwater mountains
B
A hill
C
An underwater peak
D
An Ocean Ridge
7) In cold areas water freezes and thaws often, this can cause weathering in rocks. Explain what is occurring when the water freezes to make the rock break down.
A
It freezes the rock
B
It boils and causes erosion
C
It freezes causing it to expand thus breaking the rocks
D
It changes chemicals
8) Explain how ice and plant roots cause weathering to occur.
A
They expand within the cracks of rocks and break them apart
B
They just run over the rocks
C
They have no effect on Rocks or soil
D
They create chemical changes
9) List four main areas where deposition can build up.
A
Beaches
B
all of the above
C
Swamps and deltas
D
Ocean floor
10) What are the four major causes of erosion and deposition?
A
Ice and moving water
B
Wind
C
Gravity
D
all of the above
11) . What is the hot melted material deep inside Earth called? What type of rocks forms from this material?
A
Magma and igneous rocks form
B
Gas and metamorphic rock forms
C
Magma and sedimentary rock forms
D
Magma and metamorphic rock forms
12) What are the different characteristics you would look for in a metamorphic rock to classify it?
A
They are big and ugly
B
They are extrusive
C
They are all pink
D
They are foliated or non-foliated
13) How do sedimentary rocks form?
A
They form when materials become pressed or cemented together or when minerals form from solutions
B
They form from only brown dirt
C
They form from molten magma
D
They form in the asteroids and fall to Earth
14) List and explain what occurs at each type of plate boundary (be sure to include how the pates move and what forms or occurs at each boundary)
A
all of the above
B
At convergent subduction boundaries one plate slide beneath the other and may cause volcanoes
C
At diversion boundaries, plates pull away from each other and volcanoes may form
D
At subduction zones, one goes under the other forming a fault
15) Explain what a fault is and where it occurs.
A
It is a place where a man dug a ditch
B
They form when mountains erode
C
They are a break in Earth’s lithosphere and allow movement
D
It is a place where a machine dug into the earth
16) What is the difference between relative and absolute dating?
A
In absolute dating, the lady asks the man to go out with her.
B
In Relative dating they compare some person in their family to another person
C
Relative is not exact and absolute is
D
Absolute is not exact, Relative is
17) What evidence from Earth did scientists use to organize the geologic time scale?
A
They used stop watches
B
They looked at a calendar
C
The history books
D
rocks and fossils
18) Tectonic plates move due to convection currents in Earth, which layer of Earth does this movement occur?
A
The mantle
B
The inner core
C
The crust
D
The core
19) Explain the process of a volcano forming at a divergent plate boundary.
A
When a hurricane causes oceans to become filled with waves
B
When plates collide and create pressure
C
When two plates separate and magma rises up through a vent and forms a volcano
D
When plates collide and one backs up
20) Where are the youngest rocks located on the ocean floor
A
Near the continents
B
In the coral reef
C
At mid-ocean ridges
D
At mid ocean ridges
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