The Physical World Quiz

The theory of ____________ ______________ suggests that Earth’s surface is divided into a dozen or so slow-moving plates, or pieces of Earth’s crust.

• plate tectonics

• continental drift

• prevailing winds

• ocean currents

Convergent plate margins are when plates...

• Collide

• Slide

• Divide

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Immense heat and pressure creates slow circular movements under the Earth's crust. This is known as...

• Fault Lines

• Subduction

• Accretion

• Convection Currents

Match the following external forces of change:

• Sediment being dropped off in new place

• Moraines

• Breaking down into smaller pieces

• Erosion

• Broken down material being carried away

• Weathering

• Rocky sediment trapped in glaciers

• Deposition

The theory of plate tectonics offers explanation for a range of physical processes, from continental drift to

• The tilt of the earth
• Earthquakes
• The reason for the seasons
• Climate factors

Formed at the boundary of two converging continental tectonic plates

• Mountain

• Rift Valley

• Trench

• Fault

The continents move around on what....

• Tectonic Plates

• Gysospheres

• Globes

• Maps

The following internal forces of change can cause which landscape?

• Fault lines and Earthquakes

• Divergent

• Magma and Rift Valleys

• Convergent

• Mountains and Volcanoes

• Conservative

Oxidization of exposed iron in rocks causes it to rust. This is an example of...

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Physical Weathering

• Deposition

Which of the following is not a factor of soil formation?

• Climate

• Time

• Topography

• Glaciers