CFE Review Plate Tectonics and Earth Processes

CFE Review Plate Tectonics and Earth Processes

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What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?

• wind
• ocean currents
• convection in the mantle
• expansion of the Earth

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Convergent Plate Movement can create

• Rifts
• Mountains
• Ocean Ridges
• Radiation

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Which type of crust is more dense and thinner?

• Continental
• Asthenosphere
• Oceanic
• Byers

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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Name the boundary

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary
• sergent boundary

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When pressure builds between two tectonic plates, it can suddenly release causing a (an) ______________________

• Earthquake
• Volcano
• Convection Current
• Gravitational Pull

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What is the difference between the lithosphere and asthenosphere that makes up the mantle?

• The lithosphere is ismade of dense solid meal whle the asthenosphere is made of liquid molten metal
• The lithosphere is a mixture of gasses while the asthenosphere is made of solid rock
• The lithosphere is molten rock that moves while the asthenosphere is ridid and thin
• The lithosphere is made of solid rock while the asthenosphere is more flexible hot rock that moves.

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Which statement best describes the Ring of Fire?

• Active hot spots are found along its boundaries.

• Inactive hot spots are found along its boundaries.

• It is a tectonically active area that includes many volcanoes

• It is a tectonically inactive area that includes many dormant volcanoes.

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What is occurring at the plate boundary shown in the diagram?

• a subduction zone has formed and nearby, volcanoes are forming and sea floor is being destroyed

• plates are moving away from each other and therefore, volcanoes are forming and sea floor is being built up

• a rift zone is forming, where volcanoes are forming and both plates are pulling away from each other

• a divergent boundary is growing, where volcanoes are forming and one plate is sinking beneath the other

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What is occurring at the plate boundary shown in the diagram?

• a subduction zone has formed and nearby, volcanoes are forming and sea floor is being destroyed

• plates are moving away from each other and therefore, volcanoes are forming and sea floor is being built up

• a rift zone is forming, where volcanoes are forming and both plates are pulling away from each other

• a divergent boundary is growing, where volcanoes are forming and one plate is sinking beneath the other

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What activity is happening at this boundary?

• A subduction zone is forming as two plates diverge.

• A rift valley is forming as two plates diverge.

• A subduction zone is forming as two plates converge.

• A mid-ocean ridge is forming as two plates converge.

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What happens when the crustal plates move as shown in the figure?

• An ocean forms.

• Volcanic mountain ranges form.

• Sea-floor spreading occurs as the oceanic plate moves.

• A transform boundary forms where the subduction occurs.

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At which of the following kinds of plate boundaries does seafloor spreading occur?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• stationary

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What process does the figure show occurring in the mantle?

• Hot rock expands, becomes less dense, and rises toward the surface of Earth

• Hot rock expands, becomes more dense, and rises toward the surface of Earth.

• Hot rock becomes less dense and moves towards the outer core.

• Hot rock becomes more dense and moves towards the lithosphere.

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What is the most likely reason that there were no major earthquakes recorded in the interior of the continent of Africa?

• The plate boundary inside Africa is too small to form earthquakes.

• The landmass of Africa is too great to be affected by earthquakes.

• There are no faults in Africa

• The entire continent of Africa is located on a single continental tectonic plate.

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This picture is an example of a _______________.

• lake

• river

• glacier

• Mr. Picha's house

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The PILING UP or GATHERING of small pieces of rock or sand.

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

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The MOVEMENT of small pieces of rock or sand

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

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The BREAKING DOWN into small pieces of rock or sand

• deposition

• erosion

• weathering

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What landform is built when sediment is deposited where a river meets a n ocean or lake?

• delta

• alluvial fan

• meander

• tributary

• oxbow lake

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As water moves over land, it picks up and carries sediment. This moving water is called what?

• tributary

• rill

• flood plain

• runoff

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What is a major factor that affects wind erosion and deposition?

• presence of plants and vegetation

• water

• abrasion

• humidity

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What process causes ALL mass movement?

• gravity

• water

• wind

• deposition

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What is a windblown deposit of sand?

• loess

• dune

• meander

• delta

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What type of mass movement is it when solid rock and soil slide down a steep slope?

• landslides

• mudflows

• slumps

• creep

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What is the dropping of sediment is called?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• transportation

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The process by which metamorphic rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• erosion and deposition
• melting and cooling

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The process by which igneous rocks are formed...

• heat and pressure
• melting and cooling
• weathering and erosion

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Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

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When the land surface above collapses or sinks into the cavities or when surface material is carried downward into the voids; drought, along with resulting high groundwater withdrawals, can make conditions favorable for this to form

• deltas

• mountains

• caves

• sinkholes

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Why are sinkholes common in Florida?

• Florida is a peninsula. Sinkholes are commonly formed on peninsulas because a peninsula is surrounded by water.

• Florida has a lot of swamps with animals that burrow into the sandy soil making holes and tunnels that collapse.

  
  

• Florida's underlying rock is limestone. Limestone dissolves easily, forming caverns which can then collapse and form a sinkhole.

  
  

• Florida has a lot of oil underground. When the oil is removed, there is nothing left to hold up the soil

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The Floridan ____________ is found beneath all of Florida and portions of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, and extends into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean

• aquifer

• coastline

• sinkhole

• border

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The Floridan ____________ is found beneath all of Florida and portions of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, and extends into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean

• aquifer

• coastline

• sinkhole

• border

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Convection currents occur due to...

• rotation of earth

• differences in temperature and density

• electrons moving

• gravitational pull

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Name the type of heat transfer shown in the picture.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

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Heat will always move from

• hot to cold
• cold to hot
• cold to warm
• warm to hot

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How is energy from the Sun transferred?

• by radiation

• by conduction

• by convection

• by the force of gravity

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What kind of heat transfer happens when the sun is heating your body?

• Conduction
• Radiation
• Convection
• Density

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What is the definition of CONDUCTION?

• When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
• a  hot liquid or air that  expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
• When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
• When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.

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In this experiment, the WARM red dye and the COLD blue dye was placed in the water at the same time. The warm red dye rose to the top while the cold blue dye sank to the bottom.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Warm air rises and the cool air sinks.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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Which direction will the heat flow while this ice cap melts?

• there is no heat transfer
• from the icecap to the water
• from the water to the icecap

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The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north.

• conduction
• convection
• radiation