Shaping and Changing Earth's Surface

What is the term used by scientists to describe plate movement?

• Absolute motion

• Relative motion

• Static motion

• Circular motion

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Which type of plate boundary involves plates colliding and forming mountains?

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

• Parallel

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What is created when two continental plates collide?

• Fault-Block Mountains

• Fold Mountains

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Volcanoes

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Match the following geological features with where they typically form.

• Areas where tectonic plates slide past each other

• Fault lines

• Underwater mountain ranges formed by plate tectonics

• Transform boundaries

• Cracks in the Earth's crust where earthquakes occur

• Mid-ocean ridges

• Arid regions with little precipitation

• Deserts

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A natural event that can occur due to stress release along faults is (a)  

• Hurricanes
• Earthquakes
• Tornadoes
• Floods

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What is physical weathering?

• Rocks break into smaller pieces without changing composition.

• Rocks transform into new substances.

• Movement of weathered materials by water.

• Laying down of eroded material.

Which process involves rock materials transforming into new substances?

• Physical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

What is erosion?

• Laying down of eroded material.

• Movement of weathered materials by water, wind, glaciers, and gravity.

• Process where one plate sinks under another.

• Fast-moving water carving valleys.

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What is the process of laying down eroded material called?

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Subduction

• Weathering

What is stream erosion?

• Waves and currents shaping shorelines.

• Acidic water dissolving limestone.

• Fast-moving water carving valleys and meanders over time.

• Carving valleys and creating sharp peaks.

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