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A person places a can of soda into a container of ice. Describe the thermal energy transfers.
a) The soda will increase its thermal energy, the ice will decrease its thermal energy
b) Both soda and ice increase in thermal energy
c) The soda will decrease its thermal energy, the ice will increase its thermal energy
d) Both soda and ice decrease thermal energy

When warm fluid rises and cold fluid sinks, what type of thermal energy transfer is this?
a) convection
b) radiation
c) conduction
d) electromagnetic

If used at the same rate, which energy source would run out first?
a) wind
b) solar
c) fossil fuels
d) nuclear

What transfer of energy drives plate tectonics?
a) convection currents in the mantle
b) conduction in the inner core
c) radiation from the sun
d) convection currents in the atmosphere

What energy transformation occurs when a battery is used to make a light shine?
a) chemical (potential) to electrical (kinetic) to light (kinetic)
b) electrical (kinetic) to thermal (kinetic) to light (kinetic
c) smurfs have blue tails and live inside mushrooms
d) if you keep money in the freezer you will have some cold hard cash

If a skater is rolling on a ramp, which of the following would cause the skater to stop?
a) air resistance
b) rolling friction
c) kinetic energy transformed into thermal energy
d) all of these options

What is the property of minerals that means resistance to being scratched?
a) hardness
b) streak
c) luster
d) cleavage

Which processes form most sedimentary rocks?
a) compaction and cementation
b) melting and cooling
c) heat and pressure
d) folding and faulting

Which layer of the Earth is the thickest?
a) mantle
b) crust
c) outer core
d) inner core

What effect does the asthenosphere have on the Earth?
a) convection currents drive plate tectonics
b) makes up the major plates on the surface
c) generates the Earth's magnetic field
d) it is where most earthquakes happen

What is the name of the tectonic plate we live on?
a) North American Plate
b) Eurasian Plate
c) Pacific Plate
d) Indo-Australian Plate

What geological event is likely to occur at a convergent boundary?
a) volcano
b) mid-ocean ridge
c) rift valley
d) abyssal plain

What type of potential energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?
a) elastic
b) chemical
c) electrostatic
d) gravitational

When matter of two different temperatures come into contact, what will eventually happen?
a) thermal equilibrium
b) thermometers
c) potential changed to kinetic
d) the temperatures will get closer and then get farther apart again

The brittle layer of the earth that includes the crust and the top part of the mantle is called the...
a) lithosphere
b) asthenosphere
c) magmasphere
d) magnetosphere

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