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accretion
compression
7. The heat that caused melting in the Earth's early history was supplied from which of the following
events or causes?
volcanic activity and radioactivity
solar heating and volcanic activity
a large impact event and radioactivity
a large impact event and solar heating
8. How thick is the crust of the Earth?
about 4 miles
about 4 km
about 40 km
about 400 km
9. The layer that separates crust from core is the?
magma layer
lithosphere
mantle
continent
10. What drives the Earth's internal heat engine?
radioactivity
solar energy
volcanoes
ocean tides
11. In general, igneous rocks:
form at relatively high temperatures
form by crystallization of solids from a liquid
form at high and low pressures
all of the above
12. Minerals:
can form by life-processes -- organic
are crystalline solids
have a unique chemical composition
can be any state (solid, liquid, or gas) as long as that state occurs naturally
13. Metamorphic rocks are changed rocks. Which of the following rock types could be the "parent" of a
metamorphic rock?
sedimentary
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igneous
metamorphic
all of the above
14. _______involves transfer of heat by the physical movement of the material:
conduction
convection
metamorphism
radiation
15. __________is called the "father" of geology.
John Butler
Art Smith
James Hutton
Alfred Wegner
16. New seafloor is created at a ____________?
deep-sea trench
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
transform fault
17. The descent of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle is the process of _______?
accretion
subduction
divergence zone
contraction fault
18. Which of the following features is not associated with a convergent plate boundary?
a mid-ocean ridge
earthquakes
a deep-sea trench zone
volcanic activity
19. The greatest threat to our environment is ___________?
volcanoes
earthquakes
humans
bacteria
20. Earth materials always trace the complete rock cycle from sediment through igneous rocks.
True
False
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1-2
5-10
50-100
100-200
44. The asthenosphere is _________.
cool and strong
cool and weak
hot and strong
hot and weak
45. The Earth's lithosphere is broken into approximately ______ large, rigid plates.
2
12
50
100
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convergent
divergent
transform fault
all of these are plate boundaries
50. New seafloor is created at a ________.
deep sea trench
mid-ocean ridge
subduction zone
transform fault
51. The descent of oceanic lithosphere into the mantle is the process of ______.
subduction
accretion
divergence
contraction
52. Approximately how deep (below sea level) are deep-sea trenches?
1 km
10 km
100 km
1000 km
53. Which of the following features is not associated with a transform plate boundary?
a mid-ocean ridge
earthquakes
a deep sea-trench
volcanic activity
54. Volcanism is associated with which of the following types of plate boundaries?
convergent plate boundaries
divergent plate boundaries
transform fault plate boundaries
divergent and convergent plate boundaries
55. The Andes Mountains of South America are a result of which type of plate boundary?
convergent
divergent
transform
they are not related to a plate boundary
56. Mount St. Helen's. a part of the Cascade Range of volcanoes, result from the subduction of which
plate?
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Pacific
Cocos
Juan de Fuca
North American
57. What is the name of the large supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago when all of the
continents were together?
San Andreas
Andian
Indian
Pangaea
58. Why is our vulnerability to natural disasters growing?
because the frequency of volcanic eruptions is increasing
because the human population is increasing
because the number of earthquakes each year is increasing
because the number of floods each year is increasing
59. The theory of plate tectonics was not initially widely accepted because ______..
land bridges would have blocked plate movement
rocks of the Earth's crust were considered too stiff for continents to move through them
fossils on South America and Africa did not match
ocean floor mapping showed that older rocks occur away from mid-ocean ridges
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