Earth Science Exam Review

What is the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle?

• Atmosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

Places where earth's plates slide past each other are called _______

• Convergent Boundaries

• Divergent Boundaries

• Transform Boundaries

What is Meteorology?

• The study of Meteors.

• The study of the atmosphere.

• The study of rocks.

• The study of organisms.

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What is Geology?

• The study of geography.

• The study of rocks.

• The study of weather.

• The study of the solid Earth.

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What is ecology?

• The study of recycling.

• The relationship between organisms and their surrounding.

• The study of animals.

• The study of ecotours.

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The majority of earth's fresh water is found where?

• in the ground
• in lakes and rivers
• in glaciers/ice
• on top of mountains

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The water cycle is powered by the 

• sun
• moon
• plate tectonics
• precipiation

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In the theory of continental drift, what was the name of the supercontinent?

• Panthalassa

• Pangaea

• Mesosaurus

• Africa

The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a

• convergent boundary where new crust is formed

• transform boundary where crust is subducted

• divergent boundary where sea floor spreading takes place

• divergent boundary where subduction takes place

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What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing one plate to descend into the mantle beneath the other plate?

• transform fault boundary

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

• transitional boundary