8th grade Ch. 14, 16

The layer of gases surrounding Earth is the

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• atmosphere

• carbon dioxide

Locations where volcanoes form far from plate boundaries are called

• hot spots

• faults

• islands

The process of warm air rising and cool air sinking is called

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• cycle

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What is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below Earth's surface?

• water cycle

• conduction

• convection

• plate tectonics

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Where is the highest concentration of ozone?

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• ionosphere

• stratosphere

Scientists have observed that the plates move at rates ranging from 1 cm to 12 cm per

• year

• decade

• day

• century

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The ____ is the layer of the atmosphere nearest to Earth's surface

• exosphere

• ionosphere

• troposphere

• stratosphere

What causes tectonic plates to move?

• rift valleys

• mid-ocean ridges

• compression stress

• convection in the mantle

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When cool, dense air from over the water flows inland, it's called a

• sea breeze

• land breeze

• polar easterly

• jet stream

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____ is the transfer of heat by the flow of a heated material

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

• condensation

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