Earth Systems Unit 2 Review

The process by which rocks are broken down into sediments is called_____________________.

• deposition

• weathering

• sediments

• erosion

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What type of rock is formed when rocks are subject to high temperatures(heat) and pressure?

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

The rock cycle takes place in which Earth System?

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

Seafloor spreading occurs because ________________

• earthquakes break apart the ocean floor

• sediments accumulate at the area of spreading

• molten material beneath Earth's crust rises to the surface

What feature is formed on Earth at divergent plate boundaries?

• deep-sea trenches

• mid-ocean ridges

• mountains

Hypothesis that continents have moved slowly to their current locations is called _________________.

• convection currents

• continental drift

• magnetic reversal

Earth's continents were once joined as a single landmass called __________________.

• Pancake

• Pangea

• Panama

Volcanoes most likely form at ____________________.

• transform boundaries

• convergent boundaries

• divergent boundaries

The crust and upper mantle make up the ____________________.

• lithosphere

• aesthenosphere

• hydrosphere

• cryosphere

Alfred Wegener believed that the ___________ were once joined.

• convection currents

• continents

• convergent boundaries

• conversation