Hawaii formed due to a hot spot under the Pacific Ocean. In respect to the hot spot, where is the youngest island?

• farthest from the hot spot

• closest to the hot spot

• closest to the deep-ocean trench

• closest to the mid-ocean ridge

The plates of the Earth’s lithosphere are mainly moved around by…

• convection currents in the asthenosphere.

• convection currents in the ocean.

• conduction in the asthenosphere.

• winds in the atmosphere.

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Where is the oldest oceanic crust found?

• farthest from the mid-ocean ridge

• in the middle of the ocean floor

• closest to the mid-ocean ridge

• all oceanic crust has the same age

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Scientists think the outer core is liquid because

• S waves won't pass through it.

• P waves won't pass through it.

• Neither S waves nor P waves will pass through it.

• Both S waves and P waves will pass through it.

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S waves are always ____________ p waves.

• fastest

• smoother

• slower

• denser

All matter is made of _________.

• energy 
• atoms 
• electrons 
• compounds 

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Mass divided by volume

• streak

• density

• hardness

A rock that forms from compressed or cemented layers of sediment/evaporation leaves behind a mixture of hardened minerals

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

The process that move sediment is

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Uplift

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the organisms that break down the remains of other dead organisms

• organic matter

• decomposers

• loam

• humus