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- 1. Multiple ChoiceMountains are formed when _________ push together.hillstectonic platesvalleyscanyons
- 2. Multiple Choicethe breaking up and moving of weathered rocks from one place to anothererosionsoilmagma
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the landform?OceanValleyMountainRiver - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the landform?OceanMountainValleyPlain
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the landform?OceanMountainValleyPlain
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the body of water?OceanValleyPlateauRiver
- 7. Multiple ChoiceHigh, uplifted area with steep slopesMountainValleyRiverDune
- 8. Multiple ChoiceIsthmusGeyserIslandDelta
- 9. Multiple Choice
This body of water is surrounded by land, can be large in size and can be deep
Ocean
Lake
River
Beach
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA piece of land that is surrounded by water on at least three sides-valleyislandpeninsulamesa
- 11. Multiple ChoiceLarge body of salt water that surrounds a continentoceanrivergulfcanyon
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMound of earth with a rounded top; smaller than a mountain.mountainhillvalley
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA thin natural waterway that allows water to flow into a lake or ocean.riverislandlake
- 14. Multiple ChoiceArea of land completely surrounded by water.islandpeninsulavolcano
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA large area of flat land or gently rolling land.plainvalleyhill
- 16. Multiple Choice
True or false. Is an Ocean a land form?
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
Another name for a mountain top is ________.
peak
top
high
snowy mountain
- 18. Multiple ChoiceLow land between hills or mountains.baytrenchvalley
- 19. Multiple Choice
What is a valley?
A long stream of water
Lower land between hills or mountains
A large, flat land area
Piece of land surrounded by water
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe ________is a layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and the ocean floor.CrustMantleCoreLithosphere
- 21. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False.
The deeper you go into the earth, the greater the pressure.TrueFalse - 22. Multiple ChoiceThe core is made mostly of what two metals?Copper and GoldSilicon and SulfurIron and NickelBarium and Silver
- 23. Multiple Choice_____________ is the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exertedPressureTemperatureViscosityVolume
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer core
- 25. Multiple Choice
This layer is the most dense in comparison to the other layers.
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
- 26. Multiple Choice
What is a physical classification of the outer core (hint: state of matter)?
gas
solid
liquid
plasma
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which reason below best describes why the inner core is a solid?
Gravitational pull
Iron and Nickel becomes a solid when heated
Its under great pressure
Its just the way it was made
- 28. Multiple ChoiceA _____________ is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.Theory of Plate Tectonicsscientific theorysubduction
- 29. Multiple Choice
Geologists and Seismologist study _______________ and __________________ to determine what's happening inside of Earth?
oceans and land
people and plants
rocks and seismic waves
- 30. Multiple Choice
The thinnest and outermost layer of Earth is called...
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 31. Multiple Choice
A combination of Earth's rotation and the outer core rotating around the inner core, a force field is created. This called the ________________ effect.
dynamo
pangaea
continental drift
winter solstice
- 32. Multiple ChoiceEarthquakes produce...Volcanic eruptionsSeismic WavesLongitudinal WavesVisible Light
- 33. Multiple Choice
Convection currents occurs in which of Earth's layers?
crust
mantle
outer core
inner core
- 34. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is responsible for Earth's crust moving?
Convection Currents
Dynamo Effect
Great Pressure
Gravitational pull from the Sun
- 35. Multiple Choice
Select the landforms that form at a convergent boundary.
mountains
volcanoes
deep ocean trenches
mid ocean ridges
- 36. Multiple Choice
What boundary does this picture show?
Divergent
Transform
Convergent
- 37. Multiple Choice
What occurs at a transform boundary?
Faults
deep ocean trenches
earthquakes
mountains
- 38. Multiple Choice
What boundary does the picture show?
Transfrom
Divergent
Convergent
- 39. Multiple Choice
What landforms will occur at a divergent boundary?
mid ocean ridge
mountain
deep ocean trenches
rift valley
- 40. Multiple Choice
What landform does this picture show? Where does it occur?
Rift valley
convergent boundary on land
divergent boundary on land
volcano
- 41. Multiple Choice
What boundary does this picture show?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
- 42. Multiple Choice
What will happen to the Mediterranean sea as the Eurasian plate and the African plate continue to move towards each other over time?
It will get smaller
It will get larger
It will eventually disappear
Nothing will happen
- 43. Multiple Choice
How will the land in this area change as the Eurasian plate and the African plate continue to move towards each other over time?
Mountains will form
Land will be destroyed
Nothing will happen
- 44. Multiple Choice
What drives the movements of Earth's plates?
Convection currents in the mantle
Earth's rotation
sea floor spreading
subduction
- 45. Multiple Choice
What processes helped prove the hypothesis of continental drift?
the water cycle
Subduction
Sea Floor Spreading
none of the above
- 46. Multiple Choice
What is denser oceanic or continental crust?
Oceanic
Continental
- 47. Multiple Choice
What forms when two pieces of continental crust collide?
land is destroyed
earthquakes occur
high mountain ranges form
- 48. Multiple Choice
What happens when oceanic and continental crust collide?
mid ocean ridges form
volcanoes form
deep ocean trench occurs
- 49. Multiple Choice
Subduction occurs at a
Mid ocean ridge
converging boundaries of oceanic and continental crust
Deep ocean trench
- 50. Multiple Choice
Where do volcanoes form?
convergent boundaries
subduction zones
when continental and continental crust collide
- 51. Multiple Choice
What is the first step that forms a volcano?
When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.
water enters the mantle
the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts
Magma will then rise
- 52. Multiple Choice
What is the second step that forms a volcano?
When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.
water enters the mantle
the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts
Magma will then rise
- 53. Multiple Choice
What is the third step that forms a volcano?
the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts
Magma will then rise
When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.
water enters the mantle
- 54. Multiple Choice
What is the last step that forms a volcano?
the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts
Magma will then rise
When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.
water enters the mantle
- 55. Multiple Choice
The Peninsular Plateau of India is part of which of the following landmass?
Angaraland
Tethys
Gondwanaland
None of the above
- 56. Multiple Choice
What is this a picture of?
Gondwanaland
Laurasia
Pangaea
Panthalassa
- 57. Multiple Choice
What does the theory of continental drift state?
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
Continents are stationary and do not move
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
None of the above
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