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What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?

• Tectonic plates
• Puzzles
• Earthquakes

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The diagram shows an oceanic plate sliding under a continental plate. Based on the diagram, which geologic feature will most likely form as a result of this plate movement?

• a mountain on the edge of the continental plate
• a large, flat floodplain along the edge of the oceanic plate
• a desert on the edge of the continental plate
• a delta along the edge of the oceanic plate

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The diagram shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate. The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce --

• fossil layers
• volcanic islands
• deep-sea sediment
• seafloor spreading

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What causes the continents to move?

• Magma
• Tectonic Plates
• Earthquake
• All of the choices

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Match the topographic map to its profile.

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What is weathering?

• The movement of sediment

• The breaking of sediment

• The dropping of sediment

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Changes to land that was once without soil

• Habitat

• Niche

• Primary succession

• Secondary succession

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Continental volcanoes are created by...

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Fallen plant leaves help break down rocks as they -

• Release or leach acids as they decompose

• Get into cracks, expand, and make the cracks wider

• Scratch and wear away the surface of rocks

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8.ESS.2.01 Which of the following processes created the high mountains of the Himalayas?

• glacial erosion

• physical weathering

• the deposition of sediments

• the collision of tectonic plates

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