Unit 2: Geology

The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface.

• erosion

• weathering

• volcano

• earthquake

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A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move.

• plate

• fault

• volcano

• sediment

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Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...

• along the coast
• along tectonic plate boundaries
• in the Arctic
• in the ocean

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Hot gases and lava flow from...

• faults
• volcanoes
• glaciers
• earthquakes

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What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

• Divergent Oceanic

• Divergent Continental

• Convergent Oceanic

• Transform

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The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

• seafloor spreading

• subduction

• continental drift

• recycling

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

• Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Rift Valley

• Folded Mountains

The most destructive type of wave is a

• P-wave

• S-wave

• Surface wave

• transverse wave

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Which wave can travel through solids, liquids, and gases?

• P-Waves

• S-Waves

• Surface (L) Waves

• 

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