Seafloor Spreading
Tectonic Plates
Weathering & Erosion
Rock Cycle
Geoscience Processes
100
What type of plate interaction must have occurred to form mountains?
A Convergent, where plates collide and one is subducted.
B Convergent, where plates collide and are thrust upwards.
C Divergent, where plates collide and magma rises up.
D Transform, where plates slide together side by side.
B Convergent, where plates collide and are thrust upwards.
100
State 2 pieces of evidence to support the theory of continental drift.
Fossils, rock, coastline shape
100
This is the term used for the breaking down of rocks by water and wind.
Weathering
100
Sedimentary rock is formed through a process called ________.
Cementation
100
A landslide takes place over a [small; large] time scale.
Small
200
The age of the crust near a mid-ocean ridge is ______.
youngest or newest.
200
True or False: Movement of continents is continuing to occur today.
True
200
This surface feature was most likely caused by this weathering agent. Choose one: Water; Wind; Temperature.
Wind
200
Rocks form over a [small; large] time scale.
Large
200
The area where subduction occurs is called a ________. This is where crust material is _________.
Trench; destroyed or recycled.
300
Name the type of plate boundary at an oceanic ridge.
Divergent
300
This force within the mantle is the source for the energy used to move the tectonic plates.
Convection currents
300
This is the process which carries sediments from one location to another.
Erosion
300
Metamorphic rock is created by ________ and ________.
Heat and pressure
300
The formation of a volcano takes place over a [large; mall] time scale and an eruption occurs over a [large; small] time scale.
large; small
400
Which statement best describes the seafloor on opposite sides of the mid-ocean ridge?
A The rock ages will get younger as they get further from the ridge
B The rock ages will mirror each other, younger near the ridge and older further away.
C There is no pattern to the rock ages on each side.
B The rock ages will mirror each other, younger near the ridge and older further away.
400
Tectonic plate movement happens over a [small; large] time scale, which [cause; does not relate to] catastrophic geological events such as earthquakes.
large, cause
400
This is a distinctive part, quality, shape, or characteristic of Earth's outer layer
Surface Feature
400
Most of the energy for the rock cycle comes from this source.
The mantle
400
Choose the process that occurs in the shortest amount of time:
A An earthquake resulting from tectonic plate movement
B The formation of a delta at the mouth of a river
C The creation of sediments by breaking down rocks
D A flooding of wetlands caused by a hurricane’s storm surge
A An earthquake resulting from tectonic plate movement
500
True or False: With the creation of new ocean floor at a mid-ocean ridge, the total amount of ocean floor is getting larger.
False
500
During this process, the denser crust is force downward into the mantle.
Subduction
500
Oxidation and hydrolysis are examples of–
Chemical weathering
500
When igneous rock cools slowly, the crystals formed are:
A Small
B Large
C No crystals are formed
Large
500
Which feature would take the longest time to change:
A Shape of a volcano
B Position of a sand dune
C Location of continents
D Fractures in rock formations
C Location of continents