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Located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, the Ring of Fire is known forIts great sushiFrequent droughtsJohnny Cash songsVolcanoes and earthquakes - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Subduction plate boundaries around the Ring of Fire occur whereContinental plates run into each otherThe sea floor is spreadingDenser ocean crust goes under continental crustFault lines are building potential energy
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Like a slow-motion collision, convergent plates result inThe destruction of landformsAn intense crashing soundThe creation of mountain ranges such as the RockiesHigher insurance deductibles
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Tropical climate zones are determined byDistance from the EquatorElevationPrevailing windsOcean currents
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Like the spreading sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Africa's Great Rift Valley is caused byConvergent platesFrequent earthquakesDivergent platesA tsunami
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Summer in Australia occurs at the same time as winter in North America becauseIt's always hot Down UnderKangaroos like to play outside at ChristmasThe Eastern Hemisphere is closer to the sunThe earth tilts the southern hemisphere towards the sun then
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.When discussing climate factors, the example of Mount Kilimanjaro showsThat latitude determines climateThat latitude does not matterThat Mount Kilimanjaro is the only place it snows in AfricaThat even low latitudes get cold at higher elevations because of thinner air holding less heat
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core make upThe spheres of the earthTypes of plate tectonicsClimate factorsThe earth's layers
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The MELCO acronym stands forClimate factorsTypes of landformsCauses of climate changePlate boundary movements
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Climate zones at high latitudes (close to the poles) are generallyWetColdWindyTemperate
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Grand Canyon was formed mainly byWater erosionWind erosionChemical weatheringMechanical weathering
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Climatologists attribute this year's wildfires in California and other western states to
Fake news
Failure to sweep the forest floor
Bad luck
Climate Change
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Earthquakes on the ocean floor can cause a
Tsunami
Hurricane
Typhoon
Ring of Fire
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The theory of plate tectonics offers explanation for a range of physical processes, from continental drift toThe tilt of the earthEarthquakesThe reason for the seasonsClimate factors
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An example of chemical weathering would beAcid rain dissolving rockIce freezing and breaking rockTopsoil blowing awayWater wearing down sandstone
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The wet part of the earth, aka theAtmosphereLithosphereBiosphereHydrosphere
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.California's San Andreas Fault is a transform plate boundary that causesVolcanic eruptionsDroughtWildfiresEarthquakes
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Life on earth, its biosphere, depends on special conditions provided byThe hydrosphereThe lithosphereThe atmosphereAll of the above
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Mechanical weathering could result in which natural disaster?BlizzardTornadoEarthquakeLandslide
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Which layer of the earth is made of iron and nickel, spins, and is under such pressure that it is a solid ball?
Outer core
Inner core
Crust
Mantle