Earth Science Final - S1

A person who studies the processes that create Earth's features and search for clues about Earth's history is a:

• Psychologist

• Psychiatrist

• Geologist

• Parachutist

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As you move from Earth's surface to Earth's center, the temperature ______________ and the pressure ____________________

• Decreases, decreases

• increases, increases

The THICKEST part of the Earth's interior is:

• The crust

• The Mantle

• The outer Core

• The Inner Core

Beyond the Earth's Crust, more than 60 KM below the surface, the THINEST part of the Earth's interior is:

• The Mantle

• The Outer Core

• The Inner Core

• Sub - Mantle

Evidence for Continental Drift include fossils that showed:

• The same reptiles lived on different continents

• An ancient fern found in Africa, South America, India and Australia

• 300 million year old tropical plants on ice-covered island in the Artic Ocean

• Penguins found on Cuba

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Subduction is a process that causes:

• The Moon to rotate around the Earth

• The Earth to revolve around the sun

• Ocean water to end up in volcanic eruptions

• Magma to turn into Lava

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Central Oregon is located between which two Tectonic Plates?

• Nazca and Caribbean

• North American and South American

• Pacific and North American

• Antarctic and African

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The Cascade Mountains in Central Oregon were formed by which type of Plate Boundary movement?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Reform

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The difference between Magma and Lava is:

• Magma is solid and Lava is Liquid

• Magma is hot and Lava is cold

• Magma is below ground and Lava is above ground

• Lava comes out of volcanoes, and Magma comes out of volcanoes

Most Volcanoes are located (select 2)

• on Convergent Plate Boundaries

• on Divergent Plate Boundaries

• in Subduction Zones

• in Abduction Zones