Unit 3: Geosphere

Clearing forests to use for farmland is likely to:

• speed up soil erosion.

• slow down soil erosion.

• decrease precipitation.

• have no effect.

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Which continent doesn't have active volcanoes?

• Africa
• Antartica
• Australia
• America

Tsunamis are caused by

• underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.

• wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.

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What is erosion?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• Circle of Fire
• Ring of Lava
• Ring of Fire
• Circle of Magma

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Why does the volcanic eruption happen ?

• When the pressure on magma chamber inside earth increase and push magma to the surface.

• When it formes by eruption lava and ash.

• when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.

What is density?

• It is an expression of the relative heaviness of a substance.

• The measure of the weight of a substance

• The measure of the space a substance occupies

• The temperature at which an object turns into gas

Extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.

• Geosphere
• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere

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In science, what unit do we use for distance?

• Grams
• Liters
• Meters
• Milliliters

The crust is also know as the 

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Mesosphere
• Mantle