Quiz about Geology Review

Question 1

Which Plate boundary describes plates colliding?

Accepted Answer

Convergent

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Transform

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Divergent

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Collision

Question 2

A divergent boundary is...

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pulling apart

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sliding past

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pushing together

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subducting

Question 3

A subduction zone creates a __________ and a _________.

Accepted Answer

Trench; Volcanic arc

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Divergent; Transform

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Continent; Ocean

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Divergent; Tsuanamis

Question 4

An earthquake can occur at which type of plate boundary?

Accepted Answer

all boundaries

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convergent

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divergent

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transform

Question 5

What type of boundary is found at letter A?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

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Transform

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Convergent

Question 6

Check everything that can happen at letter C?

Accepted Answer

Trenches

Accepted Answer

Subduction

Accepted Answer

Volcanoes

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Sea Floor Spreading

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Rift Valleys

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT something that proved continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Weather patterns

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Fossils

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Glaciers

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Continents fitting like a puzzle

Question 8

What do you call it when old crust gets destroyed?

Accepted Answer

Subduction

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Sea floor spreading

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Recycling

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Earthquakes

Question 9

At what boundary would you find the creation of new crust?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Answer

Transform

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Convergent

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All of the above

Question 10

The tectonic plates are floating on the ____________.

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

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Mantle

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Lithosphere

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Crust

Question 11

What layer of earth makes up the tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Lithosphere

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Crust

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Core

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Mantle

Question 12

What do you call the supercontinent?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

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Panea

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Panagagea

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Pangeaea

Question 13

What layer of earth is partly solid?

Accepted Answer

Asthenosphere

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Lithosphere

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Outer Core

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Crust

Question 14

The liquid metal layer is the

Accepted Answer

outer core

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inner core

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crust

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asthenosphere

Question 15

What layer do the convection currents occur?

Accepted Answer

Mantle

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Lithosphere

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Core

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Crust

Question 16

What boundary is the picture showing?

Accepted Answer

Transform

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Convergent

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Divergent

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All of the above

Question 17

Which layer is the most dense?

Accepted Answer

Inner Core

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Continental Crust

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Outer Core

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Lower Mantle

Question 18

What is the correct order from least dense to most dense?

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Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

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Crust,Lithosphere, Core

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Crust, Core, Mantle, Asthenosphere

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Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

Question 19

Which layer has a magnetic field?

Accepted Answer

Outer Core

Answer

Lithosphere

Answer

Inner Core

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Lower Mantle

Question 20

What is the lithosphere made of?

Accepted Answer

Crust and upper most mantle

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Crust

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Mantle

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Asthenosphere and oceanic crust

Question 21

Why is the inner core solid?

Accepted Answer

Due to the pressure from the other layers.

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It is so small.

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It is the hottest layer.

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Due to the convection currents around it.

Question 22

How does a convection current work?

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Hot materials rise, cold materials sink.

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Hot materials rise and fall fast.

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Cold materials rise and fall fast.

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Cold materials rise, hot materials sink.

Question 23

The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.

Accepted Answer

weathering

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erosion

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deposition

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jackhammering

Question 24

This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.

Accepted Answer

mechanical weathering

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chemical weathering

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erosion weathering

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deposition

Question 25

This type of weathering occurs when rocks weaken then break down due to chemical changes in the composition of the rock.

Accepted Answer

chemical weathering

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mechanical weathering

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erosion weathering

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deposition

Question 26

These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

ice wedging

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acid rain

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permeability

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abrasion

Question 27

Which of these is an example of erosion?

Accepted Answer

Wind blowing away sediment

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Light shinning onto a mountain

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Rain breaking down rock

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All of the above

Question 28

The downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity is called what?

Accepted Answer

Mass Wasting

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Mudslide

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Mudflow

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Rockfall

Question 29

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...

Accepted Answer

erosion

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physical weathering

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deposition

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chemical weathering

Question 30

A river wearing down canyon walls over time is an example of...

Accepted Answer

physical weathering

Answer

chemical weathering

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deposition

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erosion

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