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WorksheetsNC Final Exam Prep
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
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1.
A teacher asks students to develop a question to research volcanoes. All the following questions would be valid to research EXCEPT –
a)
How do volcanoes change the Earth's surface ?
b)
What causes volcanoes to erupt ?
c)
Do scientists drive across moving lava flows ?
d)
Is a volcano constructive, destructive, or both ?
2.
Landslides change the Earth’s surface rapidly when dirt, rocks, and pebbles slide down a slope together. Sometimes these landslides are small and other times they may change the entire side of a mountain.Which of the following is a cause of landslides?
a)
air pollution
b)
condensation
c)
hailstorms
d)
heavy rainfall
3.
Layers of soil are also known as:
a)
Soil Profiles
b)
Soil Horizons
c)
Soil sheets
d)
Soil cores
4.
Humus is.....
a)
the dead parts of plants and animals in soil.
b)
A food we eat with pretzels.
c)
The tiny particles inside of soil
d)
The roots that come off of a plant and live in soil.
5.
Which layer of soil is on the bottom?
a)
topsoil
b)
subsoil
c)
bedrock
d)
bottomsoil
6.
What does erosion do?
a)
Break down rock
b)
changes rock chemically
c)
changes sediment in rock
d)
moves broken pieces of rock, or sediment, from one place to another
7.
Where does seafloor spreading occur?
a)
near the shore
b)
the North Pole
c)
Mid-Ocean Ridge
d)
Antarctica
8.
How is Igneous rock formed?
a)
Cooled magma or lava
b)
Weathering and erosion
c)
Compaction and Cementation
d)
Heat and Pressure under the Earth's surface
9.
Rocks subjected to extreme temperatures and pressure change into metamorphic rocks. True or False?
a)
true
b)
false
10.
The name rock is given when it is broken down into smaller pieces.
a)
texture
b)
weathering
c)
sediment
d)
erosion
11.
what is the rock cycle.
a)
molten rock that is stored underground.
b)
rock material that forms where rocks are broken down into smaller pieces.
c)
a process that changes one type of rock into another type of rock.
12.
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
a)
along the edges of all the continents
b)
along mid ocean ridges
c)
in deep ocean trenches
d)
at the north and south poles
13.
A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging boundary produces a
a)
mid ocean ridge
b)
deep ocean trench
c)
rift valley
d)
mountain range
14.
A subduction zone is formed...
a)
when one tectonic plate sinks below another
b)
at every type of convergent plate boundary
c)
at every type of divergent plate boundary
d)
at transform boundaries
15.
What might you conclude if a fish fossil was found on top of a mountain in Georgia?
a)
An ocean once covered that area of Georgia
b)
The fish evolved wings and could fly
c)
An earthquake caused the fish to migrate to the mountaintop
d)
A forest once covered the area of Georgia
16.
A boundary where two plates slide past each other.
a)
convergent boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
sergent boundary
17.
When two convergent plates come together, the denser one is forced under and back into the mantle.
a)
reduction
b)
conduction
c)
subduction
d)
convection
18.
In which of these general areas would you expect mass movement such as landslides and mudslides to occur?
a)
Near areas of tectonic plate subduction such as the Pacific’s Ring of Fire
b)
Areas with limestone formations and water flowing underground
c)
On the shores of oceans, especially those connected with the Pacific
d)
Anywhere there are slopes
19.
Which of these can reshape a barrier island?
a)
Waves and currents
b)
Wind
c)
Hurricanes
d)
All of these
20.
Deforestation is
a)
Movement of population from rural areas to cities
b)
Keeping livestock that eat plants faster than the plants can recover
c)
Cutting down and removal of trees
d)
Poisoning of lakes, streams, and rivers by eroded soil, pesticide runoff, and acid rain
21.
Overgrazing is
a)
Movement of population from rural areas to cities
b)
Keeping livestock that eat plants faster than the plants can recover
c)
Cutting down and removal of trees
d)
Poisoning of lakes, streams, and rivers by eroded soil, pesticide runoff, and acid rain
22.
Spring tides, that is tides with the greatest difference between high and low tides, occur when
a)
In the Spring
b)
The Earth is at its closest point to the sun (its perihelion)
c)
The Sun and moon are at right angles to one another (half moon) so their gravity pulls in different directions
d)
The Sun and moon are lined up so that the gravity of both pulls in the same direction
23.
The four agents of erosion are water, _____, ice, and gravity. What goes in the blank?
a)
Bacteria
b)
Volcanoes
c)
Sunlight
d)
Wind
24.
The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a
a)
continental climate
b)
maritime climate
c)
tropical climate
d)
subtropical climate
25.
Planets orbit the sun in
a)
perfect circles
b)
ellipses
c)
the same amount of time as other planets
d)
triangles
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