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Unit 6 Practice Test Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plate Boundary - plates move toward each other (collide)

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Subduction

d)

Divergent

2.

Archimedes Principal States...

a)

buoyant force on a submerged object is NOT equal to the weight of the water displaced

b)

volume of the water displaced is equal to the volume of the object submerged

c)

volume of the water displaced is NOT equal to the volume of the object submerged

d)

buoyant force on a submerged object is equal to the weight of the water displaced

3.

Density is the amount of (A) in a given (B).

a)

(A) space

(B) world

b)

(A) matter

(B) volume

c)

(A) volume

(B) matter

d)

(A) energy

(B) space

4.

Continental Drift Theory: The continents have moved over time.

What evidence supports this?

a)

The continents fit together like pieces of a puzzle

b)

Mountain ranges and similar rock types separated by large bodies of water line up

c)

Glacial striations match up - evidence of glacier movement (scars on the rock) line up

d)

Fossils of similar species separated by large bodies of water found near each other

5.

The Earth’s crust is broken up into tectonic plates that float on top of

the mantle. The transfer of heat in the Earth’s interior generates

convection currents that drive the motion of the tectonic plates.

This is the theory of...?

a)

Plate Techtonics

b)

Sea Floor Spreading

c)

Continental Drift

d)

Heat Transfer

6.

Write the density equation (use "p" key for density)

(a)  

7.

What makes up the outer core? Identify one major feature.

a)

Solid iron and nickle

b)

Convection currents in this layer are the source of Earth’s magnetic field

c)

Liquid iron and nickle

d)

Convection currents in this layer are the source of Earth’s hot-spots

8.

Plate Boundary - Plates slide against each other

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Subduction

d)

Transform

9.

Define Buoyant force.

a)
The upward force exerted by a fluid on an object immersed in it.
b)
The downward force exerted by a fluid on an object immersed in it.
c)

An object in fluid with no forces

d)

The force a fluid exerts on an object submerged in the fluid

10.

What makes up Earth's inner core? Identify one major feature.

a)

Solid iron and nickel

b)

Liquid iron and nickle

c)

Heat is trapped from the early formation of our solar system

d)

Heat is trapped from the surrounding outer core

11.

The Earth's core is in contact with the lower mantle, which is heated through

direct contact

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

12.

What makes up the Earth's crust? Identify one major feature.

a)

The thinnest, top most layer of Earth's surface

b)

Composed of indigenous, sedentary, and Mediterranean rock

c)

Composed of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock

d)

The thinnest, second top most layer of Earth's surface

13.

(a)   is the process by which the Earth's interior evolved to have distinct layers.

14.

Earth's layers are differentiated by...

a)

Mother Nature

b)

density

c)

composition

d)

physics properties

15.

What makes up the Earth's mantle? Identify one major feature.

a)

Makes up only 80% of Earth's volume

b)

Makes up over 80% of the Earth’s volume

c)

Hot rock layer that is stagnate

d)

Hot rock layer that flows

16.

Plate Boundary - plates move apart

a)

Transform

b)

Divergent

c)

Subduction

d)

Convergent

17.

Transfer of heat through direct contact.

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Conduction

d)

Contact Transfer

18.

What factors determine the buoyant force on an object?

a)

1) density of the object

2) volume of the fluid

3) value of Fg

b)

1) density of the fluid

2) volume of object submerged

c)

1) density of fluid

2) volume of object submerged

3) value of gravitational field strength

d)

1) volume of the object

2) gravitational field strength

19.

Transfer of heat through warm matter rising and cool matter falling.

a)

Liquidation

b)

Conduction

c)

Convection

d)

Radiation

20.

As ice warms from 0° C to 4° C it (A), thus becoming (B).

a)

(A) contracts

(B) less dense

b)

(A) expands

(B) more dense

c)

(A) contracts

(B) more dense

d)

(A) expands

(B) less dense

21.

Transfer of energy through light waves.

a)

Convection

b)

Radiation

c)

Emission

d)

Conduction

22.

When the warm mantle rises it's because density is less and the

cold mantle sinks.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

23.

Radioactive decay in the Earth's core.

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

24.

What happens to most solids, liquids, and gases when heated?

a)

1) Contract

2) Less dense

b)

1) Expand

2) Less dense

c)

1) Contract

2) More dense

d)

1) Expand

2) More dense