Review 2

The phenomenon in which the effects of cold air are worsened by wind is the

• wind chill factor.

• cold wave.

• supercell.

• sea breeze.

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The dangers associated with severe thunderstorms include:

• thunder

  drought

  lightningincorrect

  hailincorrect

  tornadoesincorrect

• lightningincorrect

  hailincorrect

• lightningincorrect

  hailincorrect

  tornadoesincorrect

  high windsincorrect

  flooding

• lightning

  hail

  tornadoes

  high winds

  flooding

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An extended period of well-below-normal rainfall is a

• heat wave.

• tropical cyclone.

• drought.

• flood.

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Deep-sea sediment from a land source is called terrigenous sediment.

• True

• False

Once a seafloor structure, such as a seamount, is formed, the main process that modifies it is erosion.

• True

• False

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The magnetic pattern of ocean-floor rocks on one side of an ocean ridge is

• a mirror image of that of the other side.

• at right angles to the ocean ridge.

• much different from the magnetic pattern found in rocks on land.

• younger than on the other side.

A ridge of sand called a tombolo connects an island to the mainland to form the tip of a peninsula.

• True

• False

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Features found at divergent boundaries include

• deep-sea trenches.

• crumpled mountains.

• Island arc volcanoes.

• ocean ridges

Isochron maps of the seafloor indicate that ocean crust is

• oldest near ocean ridges.

• thinnest in subduction zones.

• youngest near ocean ridges.

• youngest at deep-sea trenches.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

Continental drift was not widely accepted when it was first proposed because

• Wegener couldn’t explain why or how the continents moved.

• continental landmasses were too big to move slowly over Earth’s surface.

• mantle convection currents weren’t in motion at that time.

• magnetic and sonar data proved that Wegener’s hypothesis was incorrect.

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