Chapter 4: Earth's Dynamic Surface
Quiz by Amanda Montalvo
Grade 6-8
Science
Next Generation Science Standards
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- Q1Why is the Earth's surface always changing?abrupt weather changemagnetic pullforces like gravityweathering and erosion60s
- Q2What is the additional weathering process that occurs when acid rain falls on a rock?It provides nutrients to the rock.It moves small pieces of rock.It seeps into pores and freezes.It dissolves rocks into smaller pieces.60s
- Q3Which feature of Earth's surface is caused by wind?sand dunescanyonsmountainsrock quarries60s
- Q4When the Appalachian Mountains were formed, they were a lot taller than they are today. What could be a reason for this?The mountains shrunk.Many trees have been chopped down.Too many people have climbed them.Erosion such as wind and rain.60s
- Q5Which of the following causes soil erosion?evaporationwind and watersnow and evaporationwind and sun60s
- Q6Which is the best example of physical weathering?the cracking of rock caused by the freezing and thawing of waterthe formation of a sandbar along the side of a streamthe transportation of sediment in a streamthe reaction of limestone with acid rain60s
- Q7Rust is the result ofphysical weathering of calcitechemical weathering of ironfreezing and thawing of wateracid rain60s
- Q8Subduction can occur at which plate boundary type?divergentconvergenttransform60s
- Q9A divergent boundary occurs when plates...subductpull apartmove toward each otherslide past each other60s
- Q10Volcanoes are most likely to occur along...transform boundariescontinental boundariesconvergent boundaries with subductiondivergent boundaries60s
- Q11Which of the following is the name of the giant supercontinent formed 350 million years ago?PangaeaArendelleBikini BottomWegenerland60s
- Q12Scientists can measure plate movement using technology called...sonarseismic wavesdoppler radarGPS60s
- Q13What type of plate boundary is this?DivergentConvergentTransform60s
- Q14What type of boundary is associated with sea-floor spreading?convergenttransformplatedivergent60s
- Q15The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...natural selectionpangaeaplate tectonicsgravity60s
