Plate Boundaries
What is the name of the boundary when plates collide
a. divergent
b. convergent
c. transform
C. convergent
What type of rock is formed from heating and cooling?
igneous
What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces?
weathering
What sphere included all the land on Earth?
a. hydropshere
b. biosphere
c. geosphere
d. cryosphere
c. geosphere
What part of the water cycle is where plants release water vapor into the air?
a. precipitation
b. condensation
c. evaporation
d. transpiration
d. transpiration
New crust is made at mid-ocean ridges due to...
sea-floor spreading
What type of rock is formed from heat and pressure?
metamorphic
erosion
What sphere deals with all living things?
a. hydrosphere
b. biosphere
c. cryosphere
d. atmosphere
c. biosphere
What is the depositing of sediment in a new location called?
deposition
Plates move on the _________using convection currents
lithosphere
What type of rocks is formed from layers of sediment being pressed together?
sedimentary
Canyons are formed from many years of
erosion
Heat always moves from a ______object to a _____object?
warmer, colder
Choose two examples of deposition?
a. sand dune
b. river
c. delta
d. waterfall
A and C
What evidence supports the idea of plate tectonics and Pangea?
*plant and animal fossils
*puzzle-like pieces
* mtn ranges looked like they lined up
* like climate
* rocks in same places
What is the rock cycle?
rocks being changed due to many different processes
What is the difference between physical weathering and chemical weathering?
physical just changes size and shape (ice wedging, animal actions, plants, abrasion)
chemical- breaks down rock through chemical changes (acid rain, rust. plant acids)
Which heat trasfer happens by direct contact?
a. conduction
b. convection
c. radiation
conduction
What is the area next to a river that floods called?
a. meander
b. oxbow lake
c. flood plain
d. plateau
c. flood plain
What is the ring of fire?
Ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean -where most volcanoes occur
What is absolute age and how is it determined?
the exact age of a rock through radioactive dating
What is the difference between a plateau and a plain?
both are flat
main difference is elevation
plateau is raised above ground, plain is a low-lying area
What sphere is all the frozen water on Earth?
a. geosphere
b. biosphere
c. cryosphere
d. atmosphere
c. cryosphere
What is formed from a river flowing through easily eroded rock called?
a. oxbow lake
b. meander
c. stream
d. alluvial fan
b. meander