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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the process of moving sediments from location to another?
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
Compaction
- 2. Multiple Choice
Mid-Ocean ridges form at _______________ plate boundaries.
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
- 3. Multiple Choice
When two pieces of continental crust collide, we call that a _____________ vs ___________ convergent boundary.
Oceanic, continental
Continental , transform
Continental, continental
Continental, strike slip
- 4. Multiple Choice
Most plates are made of different types of _______________.
boundaries
crust
faults
folds
- 5. Multiple Choice
As magmas rises and erupts, this creates a volcanic mountain range near the coast of the continent. This range is called a ______________________.
Volcanic Arc
Mountain Arc
Oceanic Arc
Continental Arc
- 6. Multiple Choice
When 2 oceanic plates collide, the older more dense plate subducts and becomes mantle material. Magma rises and erupts and forms a line of volcanoes, known as an _____________________.
Oceanic arc
Volcano arc
Island arc
Continental arc
- 7. Multiple Choice
_____________ and ______________ can destroy surface material and create new material.
subduction, erosion
erosion, deposition
deposition, convection
convection, erosion
- 8. Multiple Choice
Parallel grooves in the bedrock are called?
glacial striations
abrasions
deposition deposits
- 9. Multiple Choice
Geologists study _________________ to figure out how far glaciers extended and how long it took them to melt away.
glacial deposits
moraines
melting glaciers
erosion
- 10. Multiple Choice
The flow of water underground is called____________.
groundwater
subduction
absorption
deposition
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