Earth Science Review

What is the best explanation for how physical weathering can cause a crevice in a cliff to widen?

• Winds deposit rocks

• Water freezes and expands

• Snow melts

• Air pollution causes a reaction

Which of the following is a sudden change to Earth's surface?

• Landslides

• Sediment deposition

• Delta formation

• Mountain building

Which most likely forms when large sections of Earth's crust collide with each other?

• Reefs

• Gullies

• Craters

• Mountains

Which is the solid layer of Earth made of mostly iron?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer Core

• Inner Core

When two oceanic plates collide what will most likely form?

• Volcanic Island Arc

• Large Watershed

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Mountains

When continental plates collide, what will most likely form?

• Rift Valley

• Deep Trench

• Volcanic Cone

• Uplifted Mountain

Which of the following pieces of evidence supported Alfred Wegener's theory?

• Penguins found only in the South

• Fossils of tropical plants in Antarctica

• Volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean

• Major rivers forming deltas

A rift valley is formed at which of the following boundaries?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Uniform

Where is new crust formed?

• Mountain building

• magma rising up at a divergent boundary

• two tectonic plates sliding past each other

• subduction of one plate beneath another

Which volcano is the least explosive?

• Shield

• Strato

• Cinder Cone

• Composite