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Q.1
What is a renewable resource?
A resource that can be replaced or recycled.
A resource that will not run out.
A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
None of these
Q.2
What is an inexhaustible resource?
A resource that can be replaced or recycled.
A resource that will not run out.
A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
None of these
Q.3
The Hawaiian Islands were formed from volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. Was this a fast process or a slow process?
fast
slow
Q.4
What are the 3 major types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
Brown, Red, Gray
Streak, Hardness, Breakage
Q.5
How is it possible for new crust to be formed without increasing the surface area of the Earth?
Crust is destroyed at the same time it is created
New crust is underwater where it sinks
New crust breaks more easily than old crust
Q.6
What option shows an example of a renewable and nonrenewable natural resources?
trees and solar energy
plants and oxygen
water and natural gas
Q.7
The movement of weathered rock and soil
erosion
rock cycle
mantle
weathering
Q.8
Soil made up of large grains
cast
sand
igneous rock
mold
Q.9
The biosphere and the geosphere interact by...
Trees roots cracking and breaking down rocks
Plants growing in soil
Volcano erupting and covering plants and animals
All of above
Q.10
We can help the Earth by...
planting trees.
recycling
using solar and wind energy and other renewable resources
All of above
Q.11
The outermost layer of the earth is about 3 tomiles thick. It is called the
mantle
crust
outer core
inner core
Q.12
Oldham found the earth's core when he saw that seismic waves from ___________ didn't go straight through the center of the earth.
tidal waves
earthquakes
mountains
ocean floors
Q.13
Rock that forms when sediment from older rocks get pressed and cemented together.
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
Igneous Rock
None of these
Q.14
Which of these can rapidly affect Earth’s surface?
earthquakes
annual rainfall
sediment deposits
frozen precipitation
Q.15
Wind, water, and ice breaking down rock is called
Erosion
Deposition
Compaction
Weathering
Q.16
What is a non-renewable resource?
A resource that can be replaced or recycled.
A resource that will not run out.
A resource that cannot be replaced at all, or cannot be replaced as fast as people use it.
Q.17
In the erosion lab, what caused an increase in weathering, erosion, and deposition?
increased water supply
increased slope
both increased water supply and increased slope
neither - the weathering, erosion, and deposition stayed the same
Q.18
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formedMillion Years ago.
Pangea
Gondwanda
Laurasia
Neverland
Q.19
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
Pull apart
Come together
Slide past each other
subducting
Q.20
You are planning to buy a home along a river. You want to make sure that your home is safe from flooding and erosion. Which home should you buy?
A house on land that is level with the river with lots of pretty flowers.
A house on rocky, gently sloping land away from the river.
A house at the top of a steep cliff that is made of sandy soil.
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