Semester 1 Review

Identify the type of boundary shown in the diagram.

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Conduction

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The process in which Earth material is picked up and moved from one place to another is

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• conduction

What must happen to igneous rock before it can turn into sedimentary rock?

• It's minerals must be dissolved

• It must be exposed to high pressure and temperature

• It must be broken down into sediment by weathering and erosion

The rock cycle is a process that ends after a rock is formed.

• True

• False

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Which explains convection?

• a. Less dense, cooler magma rises and denser hot magma sinks.

• b. Less dense, hot magma rises and dense cooler magma `sinks.

• c. Denser, hot magma rises and less dense cool sinks.

• d. Denser, hot magma sinks and less dense, cool rises.

•Which type of plate boundary would form a mountain chain?

• transform

• divergent

• convergent

What two observations support the theory that the continents were once connected into one large landmass?

• hot spot islands formed and the amount of volcanoes increased

• the size of jupiter is double the size of venus

• matching coastlines, fossils and similarities in mountain chains

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Which model, the heliocentric or geocentric, is the correct model for today?

• geocentric model because the Sun is in the center

• heliocentric model because the sun is in the center

• heliocentric because the earth is in the center

• geocentric because the earth is in the center

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What causes seasons?

• The Earth is tilted while it revolves around the sun

• the distance between the earth and the sun

• the angle of earth's tilt changes with seasons

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Why do the planets stay in orbit?

• the planets stay in orbit because of the pull of gravity

• the planets stay in orbit because the sun have a magnetic attraction

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