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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which geologic features is most likely responsible for the formation of these volcanoes?
a convergent boundary where oceanic crust is being subducted
a divergent boundary were new crust is forming a mid-ocean ridge
a region where hot convection currents are rising through the mantle
a hot spot where crust is thin enough to allow mantle material to rise to the surface
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Earthquake epicenters were mapped for a 35 year period in the diagram above. The black dots marking the epicenters also represent what feature on Earth?
hot spots
rift zones
plate boundaries
sea-floor spreading
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the map above which of the following BEST explains why the location of many volcanoes around the world occur along the Pacific Ring of Fire?
The Pacific Ring of Fire is the location of many divergent plate boundaries
The Pacific Ring of Fire is the location of many transform plate boundaries
The Pacific Ring of Fire is the location of many convergent plate boundaries
The Pacific Ring of Fire is the location of very few subduction zones
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT evidence for motion of lithospheric plates and the theory of plate tectonics?
Distribution of fossils on different continents
Volcanic and seismic activity at plate boundaries
Changes in land-forms such as mountains over geologic time
All of the answer choices are evidence for the theory of plate tectonics
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following accurately describes a process that could create sedimentary rocks from magma?
slow cooling --> intrusive igneous rocks --> heat and pressure --> metamorphic rocks --> melting
rapid cooling --> intrusive igneous rocks --> weathering --> erosion --> sediments --> deposition --> compaction/cementation
rapid cooling --> extrusive igneous rocks --> weathering --> erosion --> sediments --> deposition --> compaction/cementation
slow cooling --> extrusive igneous rocks --> surface exposure --> weathering --> erosion --> sediments --> deposition --> compaction/cementation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It is science time! You and your classmates have been challenged to identify six minerals. You begin with a glassy, pink mineral. The mineral can scratch glass. Based on these three properties, glassy, pink, and scratches glass, the mineral is MOST LIKELY
calcite
feldspar
gypsum
quartz
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Carol and Maria spread some dirt out in a flat pan. Their classmate Ben blew over the dirt with a straw. Some of the dirt moved and formed ruts and bumps. They propped up one end of the pan with a board so the dirt looked like a big hill. Then the girls sprayed the dirt with some water in a spray bottle. More dirt moved as the water ran down the hill. Both the wind and the water modeled what process?
deposition
erosion
gravity
weathering
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