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Semester Exam 1 Review

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP, FORCE & MOTION AND PLATE BOUNDARY TOPIC

Multiple Choice

What is the elevation of Y?

• Between 120-140 meters
• Between 100-120 meters
• Between 140-160 meters
• Between 80-100 meters

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Match the topographic map to its profile picture.

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Match the topographic map to its profile.

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What is the change in elevation from point X to the top of the hill in the topographic map shown?

• 303 m

• 203 m

• 250 m

• 253 m

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A topographic map of a region is provided. Which position indicated by the letters is at an elevation of 475 meters?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Determine the contour interval:

• 5 m

• 10 m

• 15 m

• 20 m

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Match topographic map #4 with the appropriate profile.

• C

• D

• E

• F

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How will this crater most likely change over time?

• It will get deeper as it fills with water.

• It will rise up like a volcanic crater.

• It will become less deep as the rim(border) erodes.

• It will widen as it fills with lava.

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What was the change in elevation, to the nearest ten meters, for the family that took the steepest path to Point X?

• 120 m

• 220 m

• 330 m

• 420 m

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Without this transfer of sand, what would most likely occur in this area in the future?

• The ship channel would become deeper, and the island would move west toward the mainland.

• The ship channel would become shallower(poco profundo), and the beach wold become narrower( mas angosto).

• The ship channel would become narrower, and the island would become completely covered with water.

• The ship channel would become wider(ancho) and the island would sink(hundir) into the Gulf of Mexcio

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Which area of the coastline has most likely experienced the greatest effect of erosion from waves over hundreds of years?

• Area N

• Area P

• Area S

• Area T

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Which of these is closest to the difference in elevation between the location of the ranger and the injured hiker?

• 2,050 m

• 450 m

• 910 m

• 3,650 m

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The satellite image below shows a portion of the Namib Desert in Africa. This is an ancient, sandy desert with dunes that can be up to 305 m tall. The Namib Desert extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean between 80 km and 200 km and receives only 5 mm to 76 mm of rain each year.

A satellite picture of this same area taken weeks before shows that the shape and location of some sand dunes have changed. Which of these most likely caused the changes in the dunes?

• Ocean waves

• Flowing rivers

• Blowing wind

• Crustal uplift

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This is a satellite image of the Houston Ship Channel. Which point on this image will experience the most erosion?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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This is a meteor crater. Which of the following is a prediction of how the crater will change over the next 1,000 years?

• The crater will become more shallow as the sides erode into the center.

• The crater will become deeper as animals make the crater home and burrow deep into the rock.

• The crater will not change over 1,000 years.

• The crater will fill in with lava.

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Which side is steeper?

• The left side of the hill

• The right side of the hill

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If contour lines are close together, then the slope is

• gentle

• steep

• flat

• going up and down

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Provided is a topographic map of a hill with contour lines drawn showing elevation in meters.
The steepest slope on this hill can be found on the side that is facing which direction?

• Southwest
• Northeast
• Northwest
• Southeast

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What is the difference in elevation between Point X and Point Y?

• 120 m

• 240 m

• 360 m

• 340 m

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What is the elevation of Y?

• Between 120-140 meters

• Between 100-120 meters

• Between 140-160 meters

• Between 80-100 meters

Multiple Choice

What is the contour interval on this map?

• 100

• 10

• 15

• 20

Multiple Choice

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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At what point does the roller coaster have the highest amount of potential energy and the lowest amount of kinetic energy.

• At the top of the first hill

• At the bottom of the first hill

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• a. a car parked on a steep hill 
• b. a tennis ball rolling across the court
• c. a picture hanging on the wall 
• d. a piece of coal before it's burned 

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What best describes the energy conversion that takes place in a microwave oven?

• electrical to light to thermal

• chemical to thermal to light

• electrical to thermal to sound

• nuclear to thermal to chemical

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Which energy conversion is taking place when you put gasoline in a car?

• thermal -> electrical

• mechanical -> electrical

• chemical -> mechanical

• mechanical -> electromagnetic

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What energy transformations take place when a battery-operated radio is in use?

• Electrical to chemical to light

• Sound to chemical to mechanical

• Chemical to electrical to sound

• Light to electrical to thermal

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What type of energy transformation occurs in an electric fan?

• electrical energy to mechanical energy

• radiant energy to mechanical energy

• chemical energy to radiant energy

• electrical energy to nuclear energy

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What is the energy transformation that occurs in an electric pencil sharpener?

• mechanical energy to electrical energy

• electrical energy to mechanical energy

• radiant energy to sound energy

• chemical energy to mechanical energy

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What best describes the energy conversion that takes place in a microwave oven?

• electrical to light to thermal

• chemical to thermal to light

• electrical to thermal to sound

• nuclear to thermal to chemical

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If a Lion ate a gazelle what kind of energy is being transferred?

• Mechanical

• Chemical

• Electrical

• Thermal

Multiple Choice

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• 2N

• 12N

• 4N

• 32N

Multiple Choice

What is velocity?

• the quickness of an object

• the location of an object

• acceleration

• speed in a specific direction

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If a bicyclist travels 30 km in 2 hours, her average speed is

• 30 km/h

• 60 km/h

• 15 km/h

• 2 km/h

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When you know both the speed and direction of an object's motion, you know the

• average speed of the object

• acceleration of the object

• distance the object has traveled

• velocity of the object

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What is missing in the triangle of knowledge?

• speed

• distance

• time

• minutes

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What is the speed of a cheetah that travels 112.0 m in 4.0 s?

• 0.0357 m/s

• 28 m/s

• 0.036 m/s

• 28.0 m/s

Multiple Choice

What happened during C to D point?

• not moving

• increasing speed at a constant rate

• moving at a constant speed

• moving at 0 m/s² acceleration

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Which graph is showing acceleration (getting faster)

• D

• E

• both D and E

• neither D or E

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What is the formula for speed?

• speed = distance x time

• speed=distance / time

• speed = time / distance

• speed = distance + time

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What does the solid line on this graph represent?

• Constant speed

• Acceleration

• At rest

• deceleration

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Two forces are applied to a 17 kg box as shown. The box is on a smooth surface. Which statement best describes the net force and direction the box will move? (8.6)

• 17 N to the right

• 7 N to the left

• 53 N to the right

• 70 N to the right

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A spring scale is used to pull each of the four objects. Based on the information provided, which object experiences the greatest acceleration when pulled with 8 N of force? (8.6A)

• Object R

• Object S

• Object T

• Object U

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Which graph best represents a car traveling down the freeway at a constant speed? (6.8D)

• a

• b

• c

• d

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When the air is release from a balloon, the air moves out one end and the balloon moves in the other direction. Which statement does this situation best illustrate? (8.6C)

• What goes up must come down.

• For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

• The shape and size of an object affect air resistance.

• The acceleration due to Earth’s gravity is 9.8 m/s2.

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A motorcycle traveling 35 mi/hr . This is an example of _____ (8.6B)

• acceleration

• distance

• speed

• velocity

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In the picture above, two teams of students are playing tug-of-war. Each team is pulling in the opposite direction, but both teams are moving in the same direction. Which of the following best describes the forces in this situation? (8.6A)

• The forces are balanced and the net force is zero.

• The forces are balanced and Team A is exerting a greater force.

• The forces are unbalanced and Team A’s force is greater.

• The forces are unbalanced and Team B’s force is greater

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Which law explains why you need to wear a seat belt?

• First

• Second

• Third

• Gravity

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What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?

• coffee

• motion

• inertia

• gravity

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What is happening at E?

• Stationary

• Accelerating

• Fast steady speed; moving away from the starting position

• Steady speed; returning to start position

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What is the net force?

• 20 N

• 0 N

• 400 N

• 40 N

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Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

Multiple Choice

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

• oceanic

• continental

• neither

Multiple Choice

At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading occur?

• Tranform

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Subductive Zone

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The San Andrea's Fault in California is which type of boundary?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Subductive Zone

• Transform

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This picture shows the top two Continental Crust

• colliding

• subducting

• dividing

• sliding pass each other

Multiple Choice

The Nazca and South American Plates converge or collide together. The denser oceanic plate (Nazca) moves under the continental plate (South American Plate). What feature are likely found here?

• Rift Valleys

• Volcanoes

• Folded Mountains

• Ocean Basins

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What is subduction?

• bending of rocks

• breaking of rocks

• geological process of two plates bouncing on top of each other

• geological process in which one edge of one crustal plate is forced below he edge of another

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Which of these boundaries can form Volcanoes? (choose all that apply)

• Oceanic to Oceanic Convergence

• Oceanic to Continental Convergence

• Continental to Continental Convergence

• Transform Boundaries

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In what type of boundary is the only feature created going to be Mountains?

• Oceanic to Oceanic Convergence

• Oceanic to Continental Convergence

• Rift Valleys

• Continental to Continental Convergence

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Which of these boundaries is responsible for creating volcanic arcs?

• Continental - Continental Convergence

• Oceanic - Continental Convergence

• Mid Ocean Ridges

• Oceanic - Oceanic Convergence

Multiple Choice

Which of these events can ONLY happen on a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY?

• Rift Valley

• Mountain

• A peninsula

• An Insanely complex, long answer that you will click out of instinct.

Multiple Choice

What plate boundary feature is also shown?

• A ridge formed by an inactive convergent boundary

• A valley forming at an active divergent boundary

• A fault forming at an active transform boundary

• A volcano formed by an active transform boundary

Multiple Choice

The folded mountains in this model form at which type of plate boundary?

• transform boundary

• divergent boundary

• subduction boundary

• convergent boundary

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The photograph shows mountains in the Andes range in South America. Which statement describes the geologic process that is most likely responsible for the formation of these mountains?

• They are along a transform plate boundary that is no longer active, so erosion is creating deep valleys.

• They are along a transform plate boundary in which plates are currently moving side by side, causing earthquakes and faults

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates are currently converging, causing uplift and steep slopes.

• They are along a plate boundary in which plates diverged in the distant past, allowing new rock to build up.

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A mid-ocean ridge is located at the boundary of two tectonic plates. Which diagram correctly models the relative plate motion on each side of a mid-ocean ridge?

Multiple Choice

What type of Boundary is this? What event will occur at this boundary?

• Transform / Earthquakes

• Subduction / Volcano Eruption

• Tornado / Rain

• Mountain Building / Volcanism

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What evidence did Wegener use in his Continental Drift theory?

• Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

• Plant and animal fossils

• mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

• all of the above

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Which correctly identifies the geologic process that formed the Himalayan mountains (The World's Tallest Mountains, including Mt. Everest)?

• Two continental plates converging

• An earthquake in a subduction zone

• A tectonic plate moving over a hot plate

• Movement at a transform fault boundary

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Tectonic Plate movement is caused by ______________.

• the rotation of the Earth

• ocean tides

• convection currents in the mantle

• the moon's gravity

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What is this image of ?

• Revolving boundary

• San Andreas (Transform fault)

• Convergent

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The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reform

• Transform

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent

• convergent

• transform

• strike slip

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Which of these features is formed by the separation of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates? (8.9B)

• ice cave

• rift valley

• deep trench

• flat pleateau

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The diagram shows how the ocean floor is spreading. The new ocean floor made of molten rock is being formed at a mid-ocean ridge. Which best describes where the molten rock comes from? (8.9B)

• The crust

• Volcanoes under the ocean floor

• Masses of land to either side of the ocean

• The mantle just beneath Earth’s crust