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Chapter 9 Earth's Processes Test.
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An undersea volcanic mountain found on the deep ocean basin
a) extrusive
b) volcano
c) seamount
d) intrusive
The magma that reaches the surface of the earth
a) magma
b) lava
c) upwelling
d) seamount
A stream of water that flows deep beneath the ocean's surface
a) upwelling
b) extrusive
c) surface current
d) deep ocean current
The way Earth's rotation affects wind and ocean currents
a) Coriolis Effect
b) Corolla Effect
c) Crayola Effect
d) Cornillus Effect
A periodic change in oceanic and atmospheric conditions, causing unusually warm surface water
a) La Nina
b) Extrusive
c) El Nino
d) Intrusive
Igneous rock that cools slowly and has large crystals
a) extrusive
b) Coriolis Effect
c) intrusive
d) El Nino
Igneous rock that cools quickly and has small crystals
a) extrusive
b) Coriolis Effect
c) intrusive
d) El Nino
The movement of cold, deep ocean water to the ocean's surface
a) extrusive
b) upwelling
c) intrusive
d) deep ocean current
This type of rock is formed as a result of heat and pressure
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d)
This type of rock is formed as a result of cooling lava
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d)
This type of rock is formed when wind and water break down other rock types
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d)
Examples of this type of rock include granite, basalt, and obsidian
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d)
Examples of this type of rock include sandstone, shale, and limestone
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) seditmentary
d)
Examples of this type of rock include marble, gneiss, and slate
a) igneous
b) metamorphic
c) sedimentary
d)
When a dense oceanic plate meets a less dense continental plate at a convergent boundary, the denser plate is forced down into the earth's hot mantle.
a) subduction
b) convergent
c) divergent
d) transform
New ocean crust is formed in another part of the ocean where plates diverge. The divergence, or separation, of two plates leaves a gap. Magma rises up, fills in the opening, and hardens. What ocean floor feature forms?
a) subduction
b) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
c) Mid-Antarctic Ridge
d) salinity
You used playdough to form a representation of alternating stripes on the ocean floor. What vocabulary word describes the reason why the molecules in these bands of rock point in the opposite directions?
a) salinity
b) polarity
c) subduction
d) negativity
The current theory that describes how Earth's crust is broken into plates that float on the earth's mantle layer is call the
a) Continental Drift Theory
b) Seafloor Spreading Theory
c) Plate Tectonics Theory
d)
Two examples of weather conditions caused by El Nino are
a) snowflakes and frost
b) earthquake and intense storms
c) tsunami and drought
d) drought and intense storms
Rock containing molecules that always orient themselves toward magnetic north
a) metamorphic
b) magnesium
c) magnetite
d) marble
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