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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which Island is the youngest?KauaiHawaiiOahuMolokai - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich two landforms are caused by convergent plate boundaries?A ridge and a rift valleyA rift and an ocean trenchA trench and a mid-ocean ridgeAn ocean trench and a mountain range
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich feature does not result from seismic activity?Volcanoesfaultsglacial depositsfolded rock layers
- 4. Multiple ChoiceConvection currents occur in Earth’s interior. Which layer has convection currents?crustmantleinner coreouter core
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat are two the two sources of thermal energy in Earth’s interior?solar heating and gravitycombustion and solar heating.gravity and radioactive decayradioactive decay and combustion
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich diagram shows rocks responding to tectonic stress in a way that could lead to the formation of new crust?ABCD
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why are the layers not level?
fault
extrustion
intrustion
transform boundary
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is W?ExtrustionIntrusionRadioactive decaySedimentary rock
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the youngest layer?ZWXY
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is happening at N?DivergenceTransformSubductioncontinental plate
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is happening at O?DivergenceTransformSubductioncontinental plate
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat is happening at M?DivergencetrenchSubductioncontinental plate
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is happening at L?Mid-Ocean ridgetrenchSubductioncontinental plate
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat area is the youngest?greenblueredyellow
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat area is the oldest?greenblueredyellow
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat area is the middle aged?greenblueredyellow
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich fossil would be most useful in determining the relative age for the rocks in these geologic columns?Blue - AmmoniteLight brown - brachiopodDark grey - TrilobiteLight grey - Trurritella
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat number would be "Heating of cooler material"?1234
- 19. Multiple Choice
How can scientists tell when the reversals of the magnetic field occurred?
By measuring the thickness of the different bands of the oceanic crust
By measuring the distance between the mid-ocean ridge and the ocean floor band
By measuring the amounts of minerals that aligned to Earth's magnetic field in the different bands.
By measuring the strength of Earth's magnetic field recorded in the solidified magma of the oceanic crust
- 20. Multiple Choice
From the fossil evidence, what conclusion can be made about the history of the environment that is now desert?
It was always a desert.
It is slowly turning into a forest.
It was a forest and became a lake and then a desert.
It was a lake and became a forest and then a desert.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which two main geological processes that create the hoodoos.
erosion and deposition
weathering and erosion
volcanic weathering and tectonic movement
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which island was formed first?
Hawaii
Kahoolawe
Kauai
Maui
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