Sections 4.1-4.3

Which layer of Earth is composed primarily of iron and nickel?

• Core

• Crust

• asthenosphere

• mantle

The Hawaiian Islands were formed

• at a divergent plate boundary

• at a hot spot

• at a convergent plate boundary

• at a transform fault

Which rock is formed at high temperatures and pressures?

• extrusive igneous

• intrusive igneous

• metamorphic

• sedimentary

Most volcanism in the world is associated with

• plate boundaries

• midcontinental hot spots

• faulting

• aquifer depletion

• desertification

What are the five primary soil formation factors?

• altitude, climate, parent material, latitude, organisms

• climate, parent material, pH, organisms, topography

• climate, parent material, topography, organisms, time

• parent material, topography, organisms, time, latitude

Acid precipitation directly causes...  

I erosion  

II physical weathering

III chemical weathering

• I only

• I and III only

• I and II only

• III only

What type of soil would be best for a man-made pond, where the goal is to have as little leakage of water as possible?

• mostly clay

• mostly sand

• mostly silt

• equal amounts of clay, silt, and sand

Boundary between tectonic plates in which the two plates move away from each other, and new crust is created between them

• Divergent Plate boundary

• Transform fault

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

The formation of a new ocean crust as a result of magma pushing upward and outward from Earth's mantle to the surface.

• Divergent Plate boundary

• Transform fault

• Subduction

• Seafloor spreading

Which of the following statements about soil is NOT correct?

• soil is fairly static and does not change

• change

  soil is the medium for plant growth

• soil is a primary filter of water

• a wide variety of organisms live in soil