State Test

An iron needle has been given a charge. Which types of fields will exert a force on the needle?

• only a magnetic field

• only a magnetic and an electrical field

• only an electrical and a gravitational field

• a magnetic, an electrical, and a gravitational field.

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What evidence exists that proves that Earth has layers?

• They can be seen from special locations on the Earth

• observations of earthquakes and buildings swaying

• seismic data from earthquakes on the other side of the Earth

• rock samples from deep layers

Who is the scientist who proposed Continental Drift Theory?

• Albert Einstein

• Alfred Wegener

• Isaac Newton

• John Dalton

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Subduction means.....

• one plate goes under another plate

• two plates slide past each other

• two plate collide and form folded mountains

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Sea-floor spreading explains how.....

• new crust is created at a divergent boundary

• volcanoes are formed on continents

• deep sea trenches are formed

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How old do Paleontologists believe the Earth is?

• 2019 years old

• 3.6 billion years old

• 4.6 billion years old

• 4.6 million years old

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How does an alluvial fan form?

• where a stream enters an ocean

• when a stream overflows

• when a meandering stream is cut off

• when a stream reaches a flat area of land

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What is responsible for the formation of sand dunes?

• Wind

• Water

• Gravity

• Ice

the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces from the effects of wind, water, and ice

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Landform

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the settling, layering, and build up of land by the settlement of sediment and soil in a new location

• Weathering

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Landform