Quiz about Earth Science Test Review

Question 1

Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

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Harry Hess

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Galileo

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Newton

Question 2

What is this a picture of?

Accepted Answer

pangea

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plate tectonics

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continental drift

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glacier scaring

Question 3

What does the theory of continental drift state?

Accepted Answer

The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time

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Continents are stationary and do not move

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The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents

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none of the above

Question 4

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa. What are these evidence for?

Accepted Answer

Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate

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Africa has always been near the equator

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The continents have not moved

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sea floor spreading

Question 5

What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces

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glacier scars and evidence from temperature

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mountain ranges and coal deposits line up across continents

Question 6

Why did no one believe Wegener's thoery?

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He could not explain HOW the continents moved

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He didn't have evidence

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His data was wrong

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He didn't use the right technology to gather data

Question 7

What was Wegener able to PROVE before his death?

Accepted Answer

Greenland was moving away from Europe a tiny bit each year

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The mid ocean ridge existed

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convection currents cause plate movement

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Africa and South America were connected

Question 8

The OLDEST seafloor is located?

Accepted Answer

Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

Question 9

What kinds of evidence were used to prove that the seafloor spread?

Accepted Answer

Pillow Lava, magnetic seafloor stripes, age of rocks, SONAR

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Pillow lava, age of rocks, WWII shipwrecks

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Age of rocks, magnetic seafloor stripes, WWII ship logs

Question 10

What technology was used during WWII to detect enemy submarines and produce the first map of the seafloor?

Accepted Answer

Sonar

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Radar

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GPS

Question 11

Why do plates move?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle cause plates to move.

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The outer core spins

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The inner core is magnetic

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The plates are floating on an ocean

Question 12

How are ridges formed?

Accepted Answer

Two plates move away from one another.

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Two plates collide with one another.

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Two plates sink below Earth's surface.

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Two plates slide beside each other.

Question 13

Which of the following explains how mountains are formed?

Accepted Answer

Plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

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Plates collide at divergent boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

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Plates slide past each other at transform boundaries causing the crust to push upward.

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Plates collide at convergent boundaries causing the mantle to push upward

Question 14

Why does oceanic crust sub-duct under continental crust?

Accepted Answer

The oceanic crust is more dense.

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The oceanic crust is less dense.

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The oceanic crust is hotter.

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The oceanic crust is cooler.

Question 15

When the sea floor spreads apart, ridges are formed because....

Accepted Answer

as the plates pull apart, magma moves to the surface

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sediments are deposited where the sea floor spreads

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ocean water pushes down on the surrounding sea floor

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underwater earthquakes lift the sea floor into long ridges

Question 16

The THICKEST sea floor is located?

Accepted Answer

Farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

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Closest to the mid-ocean ridge

Question 17

What is an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

A sudden movement of the Earth's crust caused by a release of stress accumulated along geological faults or by volcanic activity.

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a. energy that builds up inside a volcanic mountain

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a. energy being released when erosion occurs

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a. molten rock pushing up through Earth's surface.

Question 18

If plates move in the direction show in the picture, what will likely occur?

Accepted Answer

Earthquakes

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Mountain Formation

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Trench formation

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Volcanic island formation

Question 19

What type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

convergent

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divergent

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transform

Question 20

What type of boundary does the picture show and what does it form?

Accepted Answer

divergent; mid ocean ridge

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divergent; mountains

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convergent; mid ocean ridge

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transform; earthquake

Question 21

The map shows tectonic plate boundaries. The Himalayan Mountains are marked with an X. Which statement explains how the Himalayan mountains were formed?

Accepted Answer

Plate 1 and 2 Collided

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Plate 1 and 4 Collided

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Plate 1 and 4 Spread Apart

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Plate 1 and 2 Spread Apart

Question 22

Mount St. Helens is located near the boundary of the North American plate (continental) and the Juan de Fuca plate (oceanic). Which statement describes the plate movement for the formation of this volcano

Accepted Answer

The Juan de Fuca plate moves under the North American plate.

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The Juan de Fuca plate moves away from the North American plate.

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The North American plate slides past the Juan de Fuca plate

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The North AMerican plate moves under the Juan de Fuca plate

Question 23

Which land form is a fan-shaped deposit of sediment near the mouth of a river?

Accepted Answer

delta

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valley

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basin

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mountain

Question 24

When one tectonic plate __________ under another at a convergent boundary it sinks back in the mantle.

Accepted Answer

subducts

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falls

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sinks

Question 25

A _____ will form on the ocean floor when becomes dense and sinks back towards the manrle

Accepted Answer

Trench

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Earthquake

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Rift Zone

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Valley

Question 26

Heat transfers within the Earth

Accepted Answer

Convection Current

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Conduction

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Ocean Current

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Radiation

Question 27

Plates sliding past each other in opposite directions

Accepted Answer

Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

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Subduction

Question 28

Which was NOT evidence of Wegener?

Accepted Answer

Seafloor spreading

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fossils

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puzzle piece

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glacier evidence

Question 29

Name the boundary

Accepted Answer

convergent boundary

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divergent boundary

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transform boundary

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sergent boundary

Question 30

A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a

Accepted Answer

mountain range

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mid ocean ridge

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deep ocean trench

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rift valley

Question 31

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

continent-to-continent convergent

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divergent

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ocean-to-continent convergent

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transform

Question 32

When an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide, which one will subduct?

Accepted Answer

oceanic

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continental

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neither

Question 33

A continental rift valley can be formed from stretching continental crust at...

Accepted Answer

divergent plate boundaries

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transform plate boundaries

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convergent plate boundaries

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all plate boundaries

Question 34

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift Valley

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Island Arc

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Flat land

Question 35

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Rift Valley

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Mountain

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Island Arc

Question 36

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

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Volcano

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Rift

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Island Arc

Question 37

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Island Arc

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Mountains

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Rift

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

Question 38

What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between a continental and oceanic plate?

Accepted Answer

Volcanic Mountains and trenches

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Folded Mountains

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Mid-Ocean Ridge

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Rift valleys

Question 39

When two continental plates converge (collide) what type of crustal feature is formed?

Accepted Answer

Folded Mountains

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Subduction Zone

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Rift Valley

Question 40

What is the elevation of point B?

Accepted Answer

900 ft

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800 ft

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850 ft

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1000 ft

Question 41

In which direction is Mill River flowing?

Accepted Answer

Northeast

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Southeast

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Southwest

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Northwest

Question 42

What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?

Accepted Answer

gentle slope

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waterfall

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steep area

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river

Question 43

It is steep on a topographic map where __________.

Accepted Answer

lines are closest together

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a river flows into a lake

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contours bend

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contours are far apart

Question 44

If sea level always equals (0), and the contour interval is 10 feet how tall is this mountain?

Accepted Answer

60 ft

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30 ft

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40 ft

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50 ft

Question 45

Match the topographic map to its profile picture.

Accepted Answer

Option C is correct

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A.

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B.

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D.

Question 46

What is the contour interval of the topographic map below?

Accepted Answer

80 m

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400 m

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200 m

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100 m

Question 47

If we were in a plane, Path B --> C is about the same distance as path E --> N. But, which path is the easier walk?

Accepted Answer

B --> C is the easier walk

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E --> N is the easier walk

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B --> C and E --> N are the same walking distance

Question 48

What would be the most likely way this coastline would change over time?

Accepted Answer

The waves could erode the beach

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A fire could destroy the vegetation

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The beach would grow due to deposition

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The beach will disappear due to plate tectonics

Question 49

These images compare the same stretch of coastline. What is a possible reason for the change?

Accepted Answer

A major catastrophe such as a hurricane or tsunami destroyed the area

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A fire destroyed the beach and surrounding area

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Overtime, water eroded away much of the land

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The beach and land went through a sever drought

Question 50

A satellite image of an area in Florida shows a river with slight bends along its length. A second satellite image taken of the same area 10 years later shows the same river with a different course. What is the best explanation for the difference in the shape of the river's course between the two satellite images?

Accepted Answer

Water eroded the banks of the river and deposited the eroded soil on opposite banks, causing the river to form tighter bends

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Wind blew waves across the water surface, eroding away the bank on one side of the river until the river's course changed its shape

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Regular freezing and thawing of the river split the soil along the river banks, changing the shape of the river

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Acid rain chemically weathered the banks along the river, forcing the river to wind back and forth

Question 51

The image below represents a satellite view. What type of land features are pictured in this image?

Accepted Answer

canyons

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hills

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rivers

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volcanoes

Question 52

What is the map symbol (darker lines)?

Accepted Answer

index contour

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roads

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contour interval

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waves

Question 53

What is the difference in elevation between Point X and Point Y?

Accepted Answer

360 m

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120 m

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240 m

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340 m

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