Earth Science Quiz 6 (25 MCQs)

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1. What do flood plains, sandbars, and river deltas in common?

2. One full year on Earth means the year has completed one full _____ around the sun.

3. This type of boundary occur when 2 plates slide toward each other to form either a subduction zone.

4. All of the following are examples of mass movement EXCEPT

5. What is the order of the slow changes to the earth's surface?

6. Geology is best defined as

7. Ocean waves are produced due to movement of.

8. If magma cools & hardens what rock is formed?

9. Any natural resource people use to generate energy is a(n)

10. People bring sand from other places to Georgia's coastline in a process known as _____ This process limits the effects of a _____ process.

11. What are the three primary sources of Earth's energy?

12. Why do scientist believe the outer core is liquid?

13. A theory is backed by evidence and _____

14. A geyser is a hot spring in which underground water is heated by geothermal activity and periodically boils. In _____, there are many geysers.

15. Upon which the density of water depends?

16. A geological theory explaining the movement of Earth's crust

17. Which substance is a mixture of organic matter and weathered rock?

18. The streak test that is used to identify minerals involves studying the-

19. A psychrometer is used to determine which weather variables?

20. Which conditions will result in high wind?

21. This planet has the longest period of rotation.

22. The earth is divided into how many MAJOR plate boundaries?

23. A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question is called a _____

24. The loaf of raisin bread is an analogy for which idea from our notes?

25. Which of the following are found in orbit between Mars and Jupiter?