Checkpoint 6 Review (Plate tectonics and Soil)

Checkpoint 6 Review (Plate tectonics and Soil)

Multiple Choice

The continental crust has moved hundreds of miles in the last 200 million years. This is due to...

• supernatural forces

• the gravity of the moon

• convection forces in the upper mantle

• misinterpretation

Multiple Choice

What physiographic province is in the area of Virginia that contains rolling hills underlain by mostly ancient igneous and metamorphic rock?

• Appalachian Plateau

• Coastal Plain

• Blue Ridge

• Piedmont

Multiple Choice

What event most likely created the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia?

• The continual submerging of the Atlantic tectonic plate under the North American tectonic plate

• The gradual convergent tectonic plate movement located off the coast of Virginia

• The collision between the continents of Africa and North America during the Paleozoic era

• The creation of igneous rock through the cooling of magma during the Precambrian era

Multiple Choice

What kind of rocks would you expect to find in the blue ridge mountain?

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

Soil Development

Soil develops as bedrock (Hard unweathered rock) is weathered and eroded. This process is shown here.

Multiple Choice

What is developing in the picture?

• karst

• soil

• fault

• plates

Multiple Choice

At a distance of 1500 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake, the lag time would be ____ minutes

• 10 min

• 4 min

• 6 min

• 3 min

Multiple Choice

How do sinkholes form?

• The collapse of the roof of a limestone cave

• the impact of a meteorite striking the surface of Earth

• The abrupt movement of two tectonic plates

• the thinning of topsoil due to forest clearing

Vacbulary Reminder

• Infiltration: The process of water entering the ground to become ground water

• Permeability: How willing is the ground to accept the water?

• Bedrock= Low to no permeability (impermeable)

• Topsoil= High permeability

Multiple Choice

Which term best describes zone 4?

• high porosity

• high permeability

• very low porosity

• impermeable

Multiple Choice

Which well(s) will have water in them?

• 1 & 3

• 2 & 4

• 2,3, &4

• 2 & 3