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Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle part 2
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What are the name of the currents that circulate heat located in the Mantle of the Earth? (SC.7.E.6.7) a. convection b. conduction c. radiation
What is A. convection
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The Florida Keys and the Hawaiian Islands are both archipelago’s. What is the main difference between the Keys and Hawaii? (SC.7.E.6.2) a. Coral does not grow near the Hawaiian Islands. b. Igneous rocks are only found in the Hawaiian Islands. c. The Hawaiian Islands formed through volcanic eruptions.
What is c. The Hawaiian Islands formed through volcanic eruptions
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Which type of rock was MOST LIKELY formed by a volcano after is erupted? (SC.7.E.6.2) a. Igneous b. Metamorphic c. Sedimentary d. Mountainous
What is A. Igneous
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How does the water cycle influence the rock cycle in a Canyon like area? (SC.7.E.6.2) a. Weathering & Erosion b. Too much rain slowing rock formation c. Sudden evaporation of water
What is a. Weathering & Erosion
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Within the next 2 million years, the Tibet Valley in China will most likely become a (SC.7.E.6.5) a. folded mountain range b. flat eroded plain c. wider and deeper valley
What is c. wider and deeper valley
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Convection currents occur in which of Earth's layers? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. crust b. outer core c. mantle d. inner core
What is C. Mantle
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How are mountain ranges formed? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. Tectonic plates collided, and Earth's crust was pushed upwards. b. Tectonic plates slid past each other and pushed material upwards. c. Tectonic plates collided, and thousands of volcanoes were formed.
What is a. Tectonic plates collided, and Earth's crust was pushed upwards.
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Heat and pressure cause which kind of rock to form? (SC.7.E.6.2) a. Igneous b. Metamorphic c. Sedimentary d. Mountainous
What is B. Metamorphic
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Earth rocks have not been found by Geologists past billions of years. Why do you think that is? They are(SC.7.E.6.2) a. Difficult to absolute date b. Subject to way too much weathering and erosion. c. Blasted away by a meteorite.
What is b. Subject to way too much weathering and erosion.
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What negative result would you expect is water is being drained from the Everglades area? (SC.7.E.6.6) a. It reduced the numbers and types of plants and animals. b. It lowered the numbers of disease causing mosquitoes in the area.
What is a. It reduced the numbers and types of plants and animals.
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If you want to use a model to understand the layers of the Earth how does a 3-D model help you more than a 2-D model? (SC.7.N.1.5.) a. It explains in detail how mountains are formed. b. It displays details that cannot be seen in a drawing.
What is b. It displays details that cannot be seen in a drawing.
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What plate boundary is the most dangerous and is located on the San Andreas fault line in California? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. divergent b. convergent c. transform
What is c. Transform
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Rocks found on the beach can have smooth edges. What is the process that smoothed the edges? (SC.6.E.6.1) a. Metamorphism b. Intrusion c. Deposition d. Erosion
What is D. Erosion
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If a fossil was found closer to the Earth's surface than previously discovered fossils of the same age. Which of the following would be an appropriate argument for why this happened? (SC.7.E.6.3) a. Older rock layers commonly lie deeper underground than younger ones. b. Older rock layers may be pushed closer to the surface by geologic processes.
What is b. Older rock layers may be pushed closer to the surface by geologic processes.
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If you find a fossil in the Grand Canyon and the same one on top of mount Everest what can you infer? (SC.7.E.6.3) a. glaciers carried the fossils up the mountains b. the layers of rocks in which the fossils were found are from the same geologic age
What is b. the layers of rocks in which the fossils were found are from the same geologic age
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Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. Topography b. Geology c. Wind patterns
What is A. Topography
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A mountain is evidence of which kind of plate boundary? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. divergent b. convergent
What is b. convergent
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The youngest rocks on the surface of the Earth are typically located near what feature? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. a valley ridge c. an abyssal plain d. a mountain
What is A. a valley ridge
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In an area similar to the Grand Canyon, there are several layers of rock exposed due to Weathering and Erosion. The oldest rock layer is most likely to be the layer that is (SC.7.E.6.3) a. The thickest layer. b. The most rich in fossils. c. The youngest rock layer. d. Below the other layers.
What is d. Below the other layers.
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A Geologist studies rock layers that have formed on the ocean bottom. What type of rock is this? (SC.7.E.6.2) a. Igneous b. Sedimentary c. Metamorphic
What is b. Sedimentary
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The convergence of two continental plates would produce (SC.7.E.6.5). a. rift valleys. b. folded mountains. c. trenches
What is b. folded mountains
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A valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. divergent b. convergent c. transform
What is a. divergent
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Which type of rock was MOST LIKELY formed by the Nile River over the last 100 million years? (SC.7.E.6.2) a. Igneous b. Metamorphic c. Mountainous d. Sedimentary
What is d. Sedimentary
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Which of the following processes takes approximately the same amount of time as mountain formation? (SC.7.E.6.5) a. cycling of nutrients in nature b. Plates diverging creating a new valley c. a Volcanic eruption
What is b. Plates diverging creating a new valley
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Before a construction zone started to build a school, the land contained more vegetation. What impact has this change most likely had on the local ecosystem? (SC.7.E.6.6) a. Larger predator populations b. A lower number of producers c. A greater number of herbivores
What is b. A lower number of producers
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