Semester 1 Science Midterm

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What causes earthquakes and volcanoes along the West Coast of the United States and Mexico?

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The West Coast is located along tectonic plate boundaries, causing earthquakes and volcanoes.

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What happens to an igneous rock when it subducts and is exposed to the Earth's interior?

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The igneous rock melts into magma. The magma eventually cools into an igneous rock.

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What is the process that forms sediment?

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Weathering.

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What type of plate boundary is an Ocean-Continent Convergent Boundary?

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A boundary where an oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate.

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What does the moon look like from Earth when the dark side is facing us?

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It would look like a New Moon because the dark side of the moon is facing Earth.

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What is the definition of tectonic plates?

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Large sections of the Earth's crust that move and interact with each other.

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What is the process of erosion?

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The wearing away and removal of surface materials by wind, water, or ice.

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What is magma?

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Magma is molten rock located beneath the Earth's surface.

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What is sedimentation?

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The process of settling or being deposited as sediment.

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What is a transform boundary?

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates slide past each other.