AP Environmental Science

Which of the following causes Earth's tectonic plates to move?

• Energy from the Sun
• Magnetic Pole Reversal
• Convection currents in the mantle
• Faults in Mountain Ranges

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A subduction zone is formed...

• when one tectonic plate sinks below another
• at every type of convergent plate boundary
• at every type of divergent plate boundary
• at transform boundaries

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• strike slip

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What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust?

• Rift Valley
• Mid-Ocean Ridge
• Island Arc
• Flat land

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• Volcano
• Mountain
• Rift
• Island Arc

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The rate of weathering and formation of soil is determined by :

• Number of micro organisms present in the soil.

• Temperature and rainfall.

• The types of rocks.

What is the movement of soil from one place to another?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Discharge

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Soil formation begins with the weathering of_______.

• Humus
• Subsoil
• Litter
• Rock

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Humus is.....

• the dead parts of plants and animals in soil.
• A food we eat with pretzels.
• The tiny particles inside of soil
• The roots that come off of a plant and live in soil.

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