Unit 1 Test

The cross section below represents a plunge pool that formed at the bottom of a waterfall. The plunge pool at the bottom of the waterfall was formed mainly by?

• Precipitation

• Erosion

• Evaporation

• Deposition

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The diagram below represents a Lytrosaurus. Lystrosaurus was an herbivore that lived on land about 250 million years ago. Fossils of this Dinosaur have been discovered on the widely separated continents of Africa and South America. Which statement best explains why Lystrosaurus fossils are found on these two continents?

• This dinosaur could fly to distant locations.

• Predators transported the remains of this dinosaur between continents.

• Glaciers transport the fossils to the two continents.

• Both continents were once joined together.

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The block diagram represents a displaced rock structure. Which process was responsible for the displacement of the horizontal rock layers?

• Folding

• Faulting

• Tilting

• Weathering

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The diagram below represents the rock cycle. According to the diagram, metamorphic rock is formed by?

• Heat and/or pressure

• Burial and compaction

• Melting and solidfication

• Weathering and erosion

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Why is the trilobite fossil in rock layer A is considered to be younger then the trilobite fossil in rock layer D?

• Rock layer A is first and rock level D is last

• The rock layers are mixed up

• Rock layer A is on top and rock layer D is on the bottom

• Fossils moved in the layers

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Which class (type) of rock is found in the rock layers below? Explain why.

• Sedimentary Rock, only sedimentary rock can contain fossils.

• Igneous rock, igneous rock contain fossils

• Sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock, because it looks like layers.

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Explain how the study of fossils supports the theory of evolution?

• Studying fossils tell scientist about which animals and plants lived long ago

• studying fossils tells scientist about what the animals ate

• Studying fossils tell scientist about the climate long ago

• Studying fossils don't tell scientist anything

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Which property of a mineral is tested by scratching it on a glass plate?

• Density

• Hardness

• Melting point

• Conductivity

An earthquake occurs when pieces of Earth's crust move, producing waves of energy called seismic waves. Two types of seismic waves that travel through Earth's interior are called P-waves and S-waves. P-waves can travel through solids and liquids, but S-waves can only travel though solids.

Identify one earth layer in which earthquakes may occur?

• Crust

• inner core

• outer core

• In the air

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An earthquake occurs when pieces of Earth's crust move, producing waves of energy called seismic waves. Two types of seismic waves that travel through Earth's interior are called P-waves and S-waves. P-waves can travel through solids and liquids, but S-waves can only travel though solids.

Explain how the properties of P-waves and S-waves have been used to determine that Earth's Outer Core is liquid?

• Because earthquakes have 2 types of waves

• Because P-waves can travel through both liquid and solids

• Because, S-waves can only travel through solids.

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