Earth Processes Review

Faults are created and moving due to

• Volcanic eruptions

• Movement of air masses

• Rock formations

• Movement of tectonic plates

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Unsorted sediments carried and deposited by glaciers are called

• Moraines

• Till

• Loess

• Humus

Till makes up landforms called

• Loess

• Humus

• Topsoil

• Moraines

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Movement of Earth's crust along plate boundaries produces

• Earthquakes

• Tides

• Hurricanes

• Convection Currents

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Place the sediments in order from largest to smallest size grains.

• Silt, Clay, Sand

• Silt, Sand, Clay

• Clay, Sand, Silt

• Sand, silt, clay

Plates moving toward one another

• Divergent

• Transform

• Convergent

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Plates moving away from one another

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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Plates sliding past one another, as seen with the San Andreas Fault

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

Constructive processes _____________ landforms; whereas, destructive processes ____________ landforms.

• Destroy/ build

• Destroy/ break down

• Build/Create

• Build/Destroy

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Which of the following is an example of a constructive process in PA?

• Grand Canyon

• Himalayan Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• River valleys

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