Changes to the Earth's Surface part 2

1. What is an example of a river being a constructive force

• when they erode a major area around a river and can't be farmed

• through weathering when they tear down areas around a river make huge holes

• When they build up large flat areas close to rivers called floodplains. These area are great for farming

• no answer is correct

 The cone-shaped landform shown in the image above is located in northeastern New Mexico. This landform is a _______, and it was created by a _______ process.

• ocean trench / constructive

• Volcano / constructive

• volcano / destructive

• mid ocean ridge / destructive

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How can eruptions,  at a divergent plate boundaries, on the seafloor, be constructive?  (multiple answers)

• Making new crust at a mid ocean ridge

• subduction zone at a convergent boundary

• creating new crust at an area of sea-floor spreading

• creating mountains at a convergent boundary

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Using the image what is one way a rainstorm can  be

 destructive? 

• Weathering the grass shown in the image

• Weather the huge rocks shown in the image

• Eroding top soil because the water is moving or has moved the top soil.

• depositing the top soil in the area shown through deposition

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What is the main force that caused the mudslide to take place ?

• a pushing affect upon the hill makes centrifugal force move the hill downward

• Gravity pulling the hill downward and causing erosion when the hillside is moving

• the hill being moved through a transform boundary

• a pull pushing upward against the hill side

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These types volcano eruptions would be considered destructive or constructive ?

• destructive

• constructive

• controversial

• no answer is available

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What part of the W.E.D. acronym would this be an example of ?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• none of these answers

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Different Earth processes and events occur over different lengths of time. Some processes occur very__________, while others can take many_________.

• years

• fast

• days

• 

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Earthquakes , Landslides and tsunamis are mostly measured in...

• hours

• days

• minutes

• 

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 Something like tides of the ocean would be measured how ? 

• days

• hours

• seconds

• 

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