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WorksheetsEarth Space Final Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which can cause damage days or months after a large earthquakes?
surface waves
convection
tsunami
aftershock
A fold in rock that bends upward into an arch is called
anticline
syncline
plateau
canyon
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is called a
plateau
canyon
syncline
anticline
The type of seismic wave that arrive at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding the grounds are
P waves
S waves
surface waves
A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called
aftershock
friction
convection
stress
S waves are also known as
primary waves
secondary waves
surface waves
focus waves
The water in lakes and ponds is
moving
deep
still
salty
According to Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift,
earth's surface is made up 7 major landmasses
the continents don't move
earth is slowly cooling and shrinking
the continents were once a single landmass
What is Pangaea?
the name of a German scientist
the name of a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
another name for continental drift
the name of an ancient fossil
In seafloor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts
along the edges of continenets
along mid-ocean ridges
in deep ocean trenches
at the poles
Most geologists think that the movement of Earth's plates is caused by
subduction
plate tectonics
earthquakes
convection currents in the mantle
The geological theory that states that pieces of earth's lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the
theory of plate tectonics
theory of subduction
theory of seafloor spreading
big bang theory
A place where 2 plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions is
convergent boundary
transform boundary
divergent boundary
A rift valley forms at a
convergent boundary
divergent boundary
transform boundary
deep ocean trench
The less mass in a given volume of air, the
more air weighs
greater the air pressure
more dense the air
less dense the air
Instruments used to measure air pressure are called
thermometers
hygrometers
hydrometers
barometers
The greenhouse effect is
the absorption of energy by clouds
a gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere
the reflection of solar energy into the atmosphere
the process by which gases hold heat in the atmosphere
Local winds differ global winds because they
are caused by unequal heating within a small area
are caused by differences in cloud cover
are due to unequal rainfall
are not influenced by air masses
The ozone layer is found in the
troposphere
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
The prevailing westerlies, the major wind belts over the US, generally push air masses from
east to west
west to east
north to south
south to north
A deep canyon in the ocean floor is called
abyssal plain
seamount
trench
continental shelf
The densest ocean water is generally found in the
surface zone
transition zone
deep zone
The part of the ocean that extends from low tide line to edge of the continental shelf is the
neritic zone
open ocean
intertidal zone
deep zone
The organisms that make up the base of most open ocean food webs are
fish
coral
kelp
plankton
Where would you most likely find volcanoes?
far from plate boundaries
along transform boundaries
along mid ocean ridges and subduction zones
at convergent boundaries
A snowfall of 40 centimeters would equal a rainfall of
1
2
3
4
Cold dry air affecting the Northern US in winter comes from
maritime polar air mass
maritime tropical air mass
continental polar air mass
maritime polar air mass
When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, it forms a
an occluded from
a stationary front
a warm front
a cold front
