Earth Changes Summative Review

Which of these is NOT evidence for continental drift

• oceanic plate theory

• continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle

• same animal fossils found on different continents

• Tropical plants found in areas that are now cold

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1.  Are ancient glacial deposits and glacial scarring found on different continents in places too warm for glaciers an example of continental drift

• True

• False

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The process that breaks rocks apart without changing their chemical composition is ___________________.

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

The decomposition of rocks due to chemical reactions between the minerals in rocks and the environment

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

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Select the examples of physical weathering

• Abrasion (wind and water)

• animals that burrow underground

• rocks cracking

• rust

Select the examples of chemical weathering

• carbonic acid

• plant roots

• rust

• acid rain

The image is an example of _________.

• weathering

• deposition

• convergent plate boundary

• erosion

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The image is an example of ______________.

• rust

• weathering

• tectonic plates

• continental drift

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Which of these is NOT a geologic process

• weathering and erosion

• deposition

• sand dune

• divergent plate boundary

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which of these is an example of a geologic process

• sea cliff

• transform plate boundary

• u-shaped valley

• sea cave

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