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100
What are natural features that make up the Earth's surface called.
What are Landforms
100
This type of landform is usually found at low elevations, however it can also have areas of gently rolling hills.
Plains
100
Identify figure 1
What is a Mountain
100
What is a divergent and a convergent plate boundary?
A divergent plate boundary is a place where two plates of the lithosphere move away from each other. A convergent plate boundary is a place where two plates of the lithosphere come together.
100
What is a "definitional" type question for Tsunami?
What exactly is a Tsunami?
200
What do you call the difference in elevation between successive contour lines?
What is a contour interval
200
What is the difference between a V-shape and a U-shape valley?
A V-shape valley is created when rivers and streams run over the surface of the land and carry away materials. A U-shape valley is created when ice moves over the rock or land and carries away materials.
200
Which mountain is steeper A or B?
What is Mountain A
200
What happens when a continental plate collides with an ocean plate? What are the two resulting effects?
When a continental plate collides with an ocean plate, the ocean plate is forced under the continental plate, creating a trench. The pressure along the trench creates earthquakes and volcanoes.
200
What type of question is the following: How is a Tsunami different from a hurricane?
It is a comparative question.
300
What is the name of the theory that states that Earth's surface is made up of rigid plates that are pushed by forces inside the planet? What do you call the release of energy through Earth's crust due to changes taking place beneath it?
What are Plate tectonics and Earthquakes
300
What is the name given to the base rock of an ancient mountain region that has been worn away, leaving a flat, rocky landform region?
What is a shield
300
Identify the landform in figure 3
What is a Valley
300
Why do geographers look at patterns and trends with landforms?
The geographers look at patterns and trends with landforms to understand what might have happen there in the past and to predict what might happen in the future.
300
Is the following a decision making question or speculative question? "How can we prepare to protect ourselves from a Tsunami?"
Decision making question
400
Define convection flow and asthenosphere.
Convection flow is a circular motion created when warmer material rises and draws down cooler material which replaces it. Asthenosphere is the soft weak layer under the lithosphere upon which the tectonic plates move.
400
What is another name for plateaus? Where are they found and how are they formed?
Another name for plateaus are tablelands, they are found at high elevations and they are formed by movements under the Earth's surface that lift the land.
400
Identify the three landforms in figure 4
What is a plateau between two mountains.
400
What are the two ways in which weathering takes place. Explain each one.
What are chemical and physical actions. Physical action: the wind and water disintegrate the rocks. Chemical action: acids in the water dissolve the rock into particles.
400
A speculative question is a question that: (a) suggests what conclusion might come from an action (b) asks to make the meaning of a term clear (c) both of the above
(a) suggests what conclusion might come from an action.
500
Define weathering and erosion.
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks by physical or chemical processes. Erosion is the wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind, water, or glacial action.
500
What are the two major types of mountains? Give a description of how they are formed.
The two types of mountains are fold mountains and volcanic mountains. A fold mountain is a landform created by powerful forces folding and buckling the rock layers of earth's surface. A volcanic mountain is a landform created when magma from far beneath the earth's surface escapes.
500
Identify the landform in figure 5
What is a Plain
500
Cutting steps or terraces into hillsides is an example of (a) Preventing soil erosion (d) Farmers creating land (b) Farming (e) a,b, and c (c) People changing land (f) All of the above
(e) a, b and c
500
"Should schools eliminate homework?" is an ethical question. (a) TRUE (b) FALSE
TRUE