Earth/Space Systems

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Multiple Choice

Where would you find humidity the highest?

• Point 1

• Point 2

• Point 3

• Point 4

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If the weather report says there is a high-pressure system moving in, what should you bring with you to the park?

• umbrella

• sunglasses

• raincoat

• snow boots

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If you want to measure the rate of air movement, what weather variable should you measure?

• wind speed

• air pressure

• air temperature

• relative humidity

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To make weather predictions, meterologists make careful observations and monitor the conditions in an area. Which is a weather condition that they would monitor?

• plant type

• air odor

• soil moisture

• cloud type

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A person observing wind conditions in a certain area would use what weather tool to gather their information?

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Which weather instrument measures air pressure?

• wind vane

• rain gauge

• barometer

• anemometer

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• F

• G

• H

• J

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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Valleys cut deep into the ocean floor

• Plankton

• Salinity

• Surface Current

• Ocean Trench

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Flat, deep, and smooth part of the ocean floor. Cold temperatures are found here.

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Continental Slope

• Seamounts

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gently sloping shelf of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

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Underwater Volcanoes and Mountains?

• Seamounts

• Mountain Ridge

• Coastal Plains

• Abyssal Plains

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gently sloping shelf of land extending from the shoreline to the continental edge

• Continental Slope

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Rise

• Abyssal Plain

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Sharp underwater hill connecting the continent to the ocean floor?

• Ocean

• Coral Reef

• Plankton

• Continental Slope

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Sand, Mud, and rocks that are found on the ocean floor are called?

• Jet Stream

• Photosynthesis

• Ocean Current

• Sediments

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The Mariana __________ is the deepest known part of the ocean floor

• Volcanoe

• Seamount

• Ridge

• Trench

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Which best represents the order of seafloor features as you move from the shoreline to the deep ocean?

•  Continental slope – continental shelf- continental rise – mid-ocean ridge
•  Continental rise – continental shelf – mid-ocean ridge -  continental slope
•  Continental shelf – continental slope – continental rise – mid-ocean ridge
•    Mid-ocean ridge – continental rise – continental shelf- continental slope

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What is letter B?

• Cont. Shelf

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Volcanic Island

• Seamount

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What is letter E?

• Volcanic Island

• Seamount

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Abyssal Plain

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What is letter E?

• Volcanic Island

• Seamount

• Mid-Ocean Ridge

• Abyssal Plain

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The gradually sloping part of a continent that extends under the ocean is the...

• continental slope
• continental shelf
• abyssal plain
• trench

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Seamount is similiar to...

• a volcanic island
• a small mountain or volcano
• The Great Plains
• The Grand Canyon

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The continental slope is located at the end of the...

• shoreline
• continental shelf
• mid ocean ridge
• abyssal plain

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What is the difference between a volcanic island & a seamount?

• A volcanic island rises above the water & a seamount does not
• A seamount rises above the water & a volcanic island does not
• Both the seamount & volcanic island are underwater
• Both the seamount & the volcanic island rise above the water

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Scientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.

• Submarines
• Sonar
• Helicopters
• Radiowaves

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Which of these are the deepest parts of the oceans?

• Continental Shelf

• Abyssal Plain

• Ocean Trench

• Continental Rise

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What type of plate boundary has two plates colliding?

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary

How do the plates ACTUALLY MOVE?

• Convection currents in the asthenosphere drive the movement of lithospheric plates

Rocks and the Rock Cycle

Let's Do This!!!!

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In which type of plate boundary do two plates separate?

• convergent boundary
• divergent boundary
• transform boundary

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Rain and wind breaks down rock in a process called...

• Breakdown

• Weathering

• Metamorphosis

• Magma

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Which plate boundary causes ocean trenches and mountains?

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

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What is the process called when a plate with a greater density slides under a plate that is less dense?

• conduction
• subduction
• precipitation

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Mid-ocean ridges occur at this boundary.

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

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Compacting of sediment causes this to form?

• Igneous rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Lava rock

• All of the above

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New crust is formed at this boundary.

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

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The boundary where old crust is recycled.

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

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What is the name of the cracked pieces of the Earth's Crust?

• Crust plates

• Pangaea plates

• Tree Plates

• Tectonic plates

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Most earthquakes occur at this boundary.

• convergent
• divergent
• transform

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Alfred Wegner came up with the theory that all the continents were once attached and then spread apart over time. What was the name of his theory?

• Theory of Continental Drift

• Slide Apart Theory

• Continental Shift Theory

• Theory of Gravity

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Which layer of the Earth do we live on?

• Inner Core

• Crust

• Outer Core

• Mantle

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Which layer of the Earth is made up of melted rock called magma?

• Mantle

• Crust

• Inner Core

• Ocean

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Which fault causes earthquakes?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• All of the above

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Alfred Wegner used all of the following to prove that the continents were once attached...

• Fossils were similar in Africa and South America

• People in Africa and South America like soccer

• Type of rocks were similar in Africa and South America

• Continents look like they fit together like puzzle pieces