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The mantle of Earth is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks, this is called ______________. 

• a conduction current
• a hot spot
• a volcanic eruption
• a convection current

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What is this a picture of?

• Nitrogen cycle
• carbon cycle
• water cycle
• plant cycle

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What is the source of energy that drives plate movement?

• the subducton of the sea floor

• the different densities of the oceanic and crustal plates

• convection currents in the asthenosphere

• the friction force between the plates that move past each other

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What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Compaction

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Reina is making museum exhibits about two different rock types. How could energy have played a role in the different rock types forming?

• Energy causes different types of rock to change in different ways. Energy changes igneous rock into liquid rock and changes sedimentary rock into small pieces of rock.

• Energy caused one rock type to form, but not the other. Rock that forms because of energy is a different type of rock than rock that forms without energy.

• Energy from different sources leads to different types of rock. Energy inside Earth melts rock into liquid rock, but energy from the sun causes rock to weather into small pieces.

• Energy changes rock on different continents in different ways. Each continent on Earth has different rock that might form liquid rock or small rock pieces when exposed to energy.

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The process in which nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called

• The nitrogen cycle

• The carbon cycle

• The water cycle

• The phosphorus cycle

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The rock cycle shows the transformation of rock from one type to another. Which of these is part of the rock cycle?

• sedimentary --> melting and cooling --> metamorphic

• metamorphic --> melting and cooling --> sedimentary

• metamorphic --> melting and cooling --> igneous

• igneous --> melting and cooling --> sedimentary

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This is where plate material may be destroyed (or recycled) and returned to the mantle.

• Converge

• Diverge

• Transform

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Fragments of weathered rocks are known as ____.

• sediments

• deposits

• limestones

• sandstones

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What are the two energy sources that make the rock cycle?

• energy from water and space

• energy from the Earth's mantle and the sun

• energy from the sun and the wind

• energy from the Earth's interior(core) and the sun

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