Earth Science Exam Review

What scale is used to measure the hardness of a mineral?

• Miller's Hardness Test

• Harry's Hardness Scale

• Mohs Hardness Scale

The topography of a region is

• a line of elevation of the region on a map

• differences in landforms and elevations

• kinds of colors used on a map of the region

• balance of forces between the crust and mantle

Elevation is the height of a mountain's peak above ________.

• the deepest ocean trench

• the region's relief

• its base

• mean sea level

Mountain landforms that result mainly from forces within the crust are classified as __________.

• depositional mountains

• tectonic mountains

• erosional mountains

• buttes

Mountain landforms that are made of anticlines and synclines are ______.

• fold mountains

• depositional mountains

• basins

• fault-block mountains

When a mountain chamber deep underground empties, the tectonic plate may sink and form a

• dome

• monocline

• plateau

• basin

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Buttes, pinnacles, and mesas are all thought to be erosional remnants of this.

• plateau

• monadocks

• moraines

• sand dunes

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Which of the following is usually considered to be the largest landform?

• mesa

• butte

• pinnacle

• plateau

Which of the following does NOT form depositional hills and mountains?

• glaciers

• uplifting

• volcanoes

• wind

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Which of the following processes applies to the formation of volcanoes?

• erosional

• depositional

• glacial

• residual

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