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Continental vs Continental
a) balanced
b) unbalanced
c)
d)

Continental vs Oceanic
a) balanced
b) unbalanced
c)
d)

Oceanic vs Oceanic
a) balanced
b) unbalanced
c)
d)

Divergent boundary
a) balanced
b) unbalanced
c)
d)

The movement of plates is caused by
a) gravitational force
b) inertia of plates
c) weight of plates
d) unbalanced forces

Contour Interval
a) distance between mountain peaks
b) deepest part of a trench
c) difference in elevation between two different contour lines
d) line of division between sea level

Topographic maps
a) top layer of ocean levels
b) shows how the ground shape and provides a way to calculate height of features on a map
c) subtract two numbered lines and divide
d) mapping night sky

Deposition
a) volcanic debris
b) carrying away broken down material
c) breaking down material, by water, wind or ice
d) dropping off rock, sand or sediment, in another location, that has been eroded

Deposition examples-
a) trenches, rift valley, faults
b) beach shells, root growth, subduction
c) sand dunes, deltas, stalactite and stalagmites
d) volcanic eruption, sunburst, craters

Weathering
a) breaking down of material by wind, water or ice
b) carrying away of broken down material
c) dropping off broken down material to another location
d) volcanic eruptions

Physical weathering example
a) running water, sun's heat, mountain formation
b) ice wedging, animals digging, plant roots, falling rocks, running water
c) ice melting, pouring asphalt, bike riding
d) chewing, cutting, planting

Chemical weathering
a) breaking down of material and changing it's chemical composition
b) chemical reaction between water and oxygen
c) mixture of different types of rock
d) mowing grass

Chemical weathering examples-
a) volcanic eruption
b) oxidation, acid rain, plant root secretion
c) sun's heat and energy
d) island formation

In the asthenosphere, heat is transfer as soft rock moves in cycles called
a) mantle currents
b) metamorphic currents
c) convection currents
d) ocean currents

Which is responsible for forming new crust at a tectonic plate?
a) two plates sliding past each other at a transform boundary
b) subduction of an oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary
c) mountain building at a convergent continental vs continental boundary
d) magma rising up from mantle at a divergent boundary

Which is most responsible for the formation of the grand canyon?
a) cracking of Earth's crust by earthquakes
b) volcanic explosions
c) erosion by wind and rain
d) scouring of continental glaciers

How can the formation of Pangea cause the extinction of marine life?
a) mountains form
b) oceans closed up
c) water levels rose
d) glaciers form

Earthquake caused by
a) mining activity during the nineteenth century
b) plates grinding past each other along a active fault
c) interaction of tides with the coast
d) lowing of aquifer levels

Which most likely formed the Andes Mountains?
a) magma rising from mantle
b) subduction of on ocean plate under another
c) two plates sliding past each other
d) mountain building at an ocean-continental boundary

Folded mountains occur at which type of boundary?
a) divergent
b) convergent
c) transform
d) subduction

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