Earth Science TCAP 2024

Earth Science TCAP Review 2024

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes create________ waves.

• sedimentary

• sea floor

• seismic

• quiet

Multiple Choice

One type of wave is fast, longitduinal and can travel through a solid and liquid

• P

• S

• P and S

• Only P and then an S

Multiple Choice

Another type of seismic wave that an Earthquake creates is a ___ wave. This wave is slow, transverse and can only move through solids

• P

• S

• P and S

• P then S

Multiple Choice

A wave will change speed when it encounters a new _________.

• ocean

• height

• medium

• earthquake

Multiple Choice

When a wave travels through the earth, there are __ speed changes, marking the Earth into _ layers

• 3 changes

  4 layers

• 4 changes

  4 layers

• 4 changes

  3 layers

• 3 change

  3 layers

Multiple Choice

Which layer is assumed to be a liquid?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

Multiple Choice

Which wave can not travel through the liquid layer?

• P

• S

• P and S

• seismic

Multiple Choice

A shadow zone is created when the S wave can not go through the outer core. Scientists use them to measure the size of the _____.

• crust

• mantle

• core

• earthquake

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The type of rock formed by intense heat and pressure is known as

rock

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The type of rock formed by magma or lava cooling and crystallizing is known as

rock.

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Sedimentary rock is formed when sediments become compacted and

.

Multiple Choice

The processess at #4 would be:

• cementing and compacting

• heat and pressure

• melting and cooling

• erosion

Multiple Choice

Which type of rock can change into any other type of rock?

• sedimentar

• sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous

• metamorphic

• igneous

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We live on the outer layer of the Earth. It is divided into rigid tectonic plates that are always moving. It is often called the crust or the

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The

is right under the lithsophere. It is a hot, melted plastic like layer.

Multiple Choice

The rise of warm and the fall of cool materials is called:

• cool cycle

• seismic waves

• convection cycles

• all of these

Multiple Choice

Sometimes, convection causes the seafloor to spread apart and new _____ can form.

• crust

• animals

• plants

• huge land mountains

Multiple Choice

The continents were once connect as the supercontinent called:

• Eurasis

• North America

• South America

• pangea

Draw

Draw arrows showing, in the order, the arrows that make
convergent boundaries

divergent boundaries

Multiple Choice

The tectonic plate boundary that forms earthquakes when plates slide past each other is known as a __________.

• technical

• transverse

• tectonic

• transform

Multiple Choice

A trench will form at a _____ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• all boundaries

Multiple Choice

An earthquake, rarely happens at a _____ boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• all boundaries

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Countries sometimes fight over natural resources, because some countries do not have the resources needed. This is because natural resources are (evenly, unevenly) distributed around the world.

Multiple Choice

Natural Resources are not evenly distributed around the world and are formed by _________ processes. So if your country does not have those processes, your country will not have a particular resource.

• water

• geological

• human

• mining

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The United States imports quite a bit of oi. Oil is formed from dead organisms and is known as a

fuel.

Multiple Choice

Most of the United States has enough water. This is because groundwater is found in areas with _______ soil.

• peat moss

• sodding

• dark

• permeable