Earth and Environmental Science Final Review

What variable changes in an experiment?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

Pie graphs best for measuring ___________.

• Catagories

• Percentages

• Time

• Places

What do topographic maps show?

• Elevation

• Climate

• Time

• Sustainability

What do contour lines show on topographic maps?

• Equal speed

• Equal elevation

• Equal distance

• None of the above

What rock forms when magma cools and hardens?

• Metamorphic rock

• Sedimentary rock

• Igneous rock

• No rock forms from this

Metamorphic rocks have:

• Neat layers

• No layers

• Squished layers

• Vertical layers

Sediments that form sedimentary rocks are carried away by what?

• Chemicals

• Erosion

• Sedimentation

• Lava

Ocean ridges occur at what boundaries?

• Divergent boundaries

• Convergent boundaries

• Transform boundaries

• Reverse boundaries

What type of volcano is this?

• Shield volcano

• Composite volcano

• Transform volcano

• Cinder-cone volcano

Which travels the fastest

• P waves

• S waves

• Surface waves

• Transform waves