Earth Changes Study Guide Review

Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?

• At plate boundaries

• in oceans

• in the middle of continents

• in the middle of plates

Two tectonic plates collide at a _______ plate boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

The area where two tectonic plates meet.

• mantle

• focus

• plate boundary

• convection

What should you NOT DO during an earthquake?

answer choices

• cover your head

• duck under the table

• park your car

• run to a tall tree

An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes --

• telegraph

• seismogram

• seismograph

• sonar

The process by which water, wind, ice, and changes in temperature break down rock into fragments called sediments.

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Igneous Rock

Which of the following factors can contribute to erosion? Choose ALL that apply.

• Wind

• Gravity

• Ice

• plants and animals

• Water

Deposition is...

• the act of breaking down rock into smaller pieces

• moving pieces of weathered rock from one place to another

• the drop off of sediments to a new location

• rocks become smaller over time

Which statement best describes the relationship between weathering and erosion.

• Erosion moves the small pieces of rock created by weathering

• Weathering happens both chemically and physically

• Weathering and erosion happen on the Earth's surface

• Weathering breaks rocks, erosion moves rocks

Is the following an example of chemical weathering, mechanical weathering, erosion, or deposition?

A River moves small pieces of rock and carries them away in the current.

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition