English 10 vocab 30

It's interesting to think that the land at the poles today may once have been near the equator. Continents move so slowly that the change or ​ __ must have taken eons.

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• transition

• caustic

• incendiaty

• coincidence

Continental drift, which goes on all of the time, is so slow that it seems ___ to us. In geological terms, however, crucial changes are taking place.

• odious

• caustic

• incendiary

• negligible

One description, or ___, of geological changes shows the Pacific Ocean getting smaller and the Red Sea getting larger.

• incendiary

• protrusion

• reprieve

• scenario

Sometimes, as the plates of the earth's crust move against each other, there are ___, or coexisting, occurrences such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

• caustic

• coincidental

• sordid

• odious

These changes may seem ___ to some people, but actually there is no need to think of them as bad. The changes take place slowly.

• odious

• caustic

• transitional

• negligible

Scientists now know that most earthquakes occur along lines parallel to the ocean trenches and to ridges that ___ from the ocean floor.

• protrude

• carp

• condole

• debase

People who live near fault lines have a right to ___ and gripe when earthquakes cause __ inconveniences.

• protrude, caustic

• carp, negligible

• protrude, coincidental

• carp, odious

Flowing lava is ____: Its heat can cause structures to burst into flames. Damage from lava flows varies from ___ to excessive.

• coincidental, sordid

• caustic, coincidental

• incendiary, negligible

• carping, transitional

We made a videotape of the breakup of Pangea as we imagined it had happened. Of course, among us there was some ___ and grumbling, but no one we showed it to made any ___ or stinging comments.

• protruding, sordid

• carping, transitional

• edifying, incendiary

• carping, caustic

We had really made a mess of the lab, but since we had had fun we didn't mind the ___, filthy task of cleaning things up.

• negligible

• sordid

• transitional

• coincidental