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100

What breaks down rock into smaller pieces

Weathering

100

What picks up and moves pieces of weathered rock?

Erosion

100

What is the process of building up sediment?

Deposition

100

  1. Which of the following statements about volcanic eruptions is true?

    1. Volcanoes store nuclear energy, causing them to erupt.

    2. Convection currents in the mantle cause magma to rise to the surface and erupt from the volcano.     

    3. Volcanic eruptions occur when the internal pressure within the volcano drops below the pressure of the surrounding rock. 

    4. Magma erupts from the volcano because magma is only composed of gas bubbles, making it less dense than the rock around it.

2.  Convection currents in the mantle cause magma to rise to the surface and erupt from the volcano.

100


Many processes help to shape Earth’s surface. Starting with a rock, in what order would you expect the following Earth processes to occur?

A.  deposition, eruption, weathering

B.  erosion, weathering, deposition

C.  eruption, erosion, weathering

D.  weathering, erosion, deposition


D.  weathering, erosion, deposition

200

What type of weathering will cause marble statues to become deformed?

Chemical Weathering

200

Describe how sedimentary rocks are changed to sediments.

 weathering and erosion

200

Using underwater sonar, scientists created a map of the ocean floor. Data from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean revealed large undersea mountains.  Which type of plate boundary caused this mid-ocean ridge?

  1. Convergent Plate Boundary

  2. Transform Plate Boundary

  3. Divergent Plate Boundary

  4. Subduction Plate Boundary

3. Divergent Plate Boundary

200

  1. Which two layers make up Earth’s tectonic plates (lithosphere)?

    1. mantle and crust

    2. upper mantle and crust

    3. upper mantle and mantle

    4. outer core and upper mantle

2.  upper mantle and crust

200

Marsha places a sealed plastic bottle of water in a freezer. The next day she discovers that the water has frozen and split the sides of the bottle. What process does this phenomenon best represent? 

A.  Physical Weathering

B.  Erosion

C.  Deposition

D.  Chemical Weathering

 A.  Physical Weathering

300

The processes that turn sediments into sedimentary rocks?

compaction and cementation

300

What process forms a delta, sand dune & coastline

Deposition

300

Michael and Jose are studying about plate tectonics. They learned that plates usually move a few centimeters every year.  They learned that the movement of heated material caused the plates to move.  In which layer does the heated material move?

  1. Crust

  2. Inner Core

  3. Mantle

  4. Outer Core

3. Mantle

300

  1. According to the theory of plate tectonics, the lithosphere is separated into sections that are called tectonic plates.  These plates move in different directions in response to the forces in Earth’s mantle beneath them.  Which of the following correctly matches the plate movement with its description?

    1. convergent boundary; plates move away from one another causing rift valleys and the formation of new crustal material

    2. transform boundary; plates slide past one another in opposite directions causing the formation of faults and earthquakes

    3. divergent boundary; as the plates come together gravity pushes the edge of one plate underneath the edge of a neighboring plate

    4. subduction zone; as the plates come together increased pressure causes the plates to fault and fracture leading to the formation of mountains

2.  transform boundary; plates slide past one another in opposite directions causing the formation of faults and earthquakes

300

These landforms are NOT found in Florida

A.  mountains and glaciers

B.  coastlines and sand dunes

C.  rivers and lakes

D.  deltas

 

A.  mountains and glaciers

400

Rocks that are formed through heat and pressure deep in the Earth's crust.

metamorphic rock

400

A rock that forms as magma solidifies is a(n) ______ rock

igneous rock

400

What would be the most likely effect of a convergent plate boundary between oceanic and continental crust?

A. Earthquakes

B. Seafloor Spreading

C. Mountains

D. Trenches & Volcanoes

D. Trenches & Volcanoes

400

  1. The crust, core, and mantle all have varying densities.  Which of the following correctly orders Earth's layers from most dense to least dense?

    1. inner core, outer core, mantle, oceanic crust, continental crust

    2. outer core, inner core, mantle, continental crust, oceanic crust

    3. continental crust, oceanic crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

    4. mantle, inner core, outer core, oceanic crust, continental crust

1.  inner core, outer core, mantle, oceanic crust, continental crust

400

We can distinguish the layers of Earth based on their chemical composition and the state of matter or each, that is, whether it is solid or liquid. Identify the layer of Earth made up of solid nickel and iron?

A. Inner Core

B. Outer Core

C. Mantle

D. Crust 

A. Inner Core

500

What must happen in order for a metamorphic rock to be transformed into an igneous rock?

  1. It must be pulled under Earth's crust, melted, and forced out above the crust to cool.

  2. It must be compressed by high temperatures and pressure within Earth's crust.

  3. It must be soaked in water until it dissolves and reforms in a different shape.

  4. It must be weathered into sand grains and compressed into multiple layers.

1.  It must be pulled under Earth's crust, melted, and forced out above the crust to cool.

500

Which of the following would most likely make a rock undergo physical weathering?

  1. leaves decaying on the rock

  2. dew evaporating on the rock

  3. snow melting in a crack in the rock

  4. water freezing in a crack in the rock

4.  water freezing in a crack in the rock

500

Which of the following is most responsible for the formation of new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate?

A.  mountain building at a continent-continent convergent boundary

B. Magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundary

C.  two tectonic plates sliding past one another at a transform boundary

D. Subduction of one oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary


B. Magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundary

500

Jane was looking at a cliff made up of several layers of different kinds of rock. Near the top of the cliff, she found a fossilized bone. Near the middle, she found the fossil of a fern. At the bottom, she found a fossilized shell.What process was critical in the formation and preservation of the fossils?

A.  Plate tectonics

B. Chemical weathering

C.  Abrasion

D.  Deposition

D.  Deposition

500

Limestone caves can develop when limestone rock is weathered. The weathering of the rock leaves an empty space that forms the cave. Which of the following best explains how the limestone weathered?

a) Animals burrowed through the limestone. 

b) Wind blowing across the surface eroded the limestone. 

c) Water flowing through the rock dissolved the limestone. 

d) Moss and plants grew on the rock and broke down the limestone.

c) Water flowing through the rock dissolved the limestone.