Earth Science Mixed Review 3

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Which type of rock results from melting and cooling of magma? Options: Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary, Extrusive

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Igneous

Front

This rock is made from tiny pieces of other rocks that settled to the bottom of a valley millions of years ago. What type of rock is this?

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Sedimentary

Front

This rock started as molten magma. What type of rock is this?

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Igneous

Front

What feature is labeled B in Figure 9-1?

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trench

Front

When looking at the hill on the right, which side of the hill is steeper? The right hand side or the left hand side?

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Right

Front

The major greenhouse gas(es)

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carbon dioxide and water vapor

Front

Which statement best explains why stars viewed from the Northern Hemisphere appear to revolve around Polaris? Options: Polaris rotates on its axis, Earth rotates on its axis., Polaris revolves around Earth., Earth revolves around Polaris.

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Earth rotates on its axis.

Front

The major greenhouse gas(es)

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carbon dioxide and water vapor

Front

The amount of chemical weathering will increase if

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air temperature increases and precipitation increases

Front

Which event is an example of chemical weathering? Options: rocks falling off the face of a steep cliff, feldspar in granite being crushed into clay-sized particles, water freezing in cracks in a roadside outcrop, acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock

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acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock