Question 1

What is a frame of reference?

Accepted Answer

A system of objects that are moving with respect to one another

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The distance between two points

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The speed at which an object is moving

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A system of objects that are not moving with respect to one another

Question 2

How is displacement different from distance?

Accepted Answer

Displacement includes direction, distance does not

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Distance is always less than displacement

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Displacement is always greater than distance

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Distance includes direction, displacement does not

Question 3

Which SI unit is appropriate for measuring distances?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Kilometer

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Meter

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Centimeter

Question 4

What is a vector quantity?

Accepted Answer

A quantity with both magnitude and direction

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A quantity with only magnitude

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A quantity with only direction

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A quantity with neither magnitude nor direction

Question 5

When two displacement vectors are in the same direction, how do you find the total displacement?

Accepted Answer

Add their magnitudes

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Divide their magnitudes

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Multiply their magnitudes

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Subtract their magnitudes

Question 6

What is the definition of speed?

Accepted Answer

The distance traveled per unit time

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The total distance traveled

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The rate of change of displacement

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The direction traveled per unit time

Question 7

What is the formula for average speed?

Accepted Answer

Total distance / total time

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Total displacement / total time

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Total time / total distance

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Total distance x total time

Question 8

What does the slope of a distance-time graph represent?

Accepted Answer

Speed

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Distance

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Acceleration

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Time

Question 9

What is velocity?

Accepted Answer

Speed in a given direction

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Distance in a given direction

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Displacement per unit time

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Speed without direction

Question 10

How are multiple velocities combined?

Accepted Answer

Using vector addition

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Using scalar addition

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By multiplying

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By averaging

Question 11

What is acceleration?

Accepted Answer

The rate of change of velocity

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The rate of change of displacement

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The rate of change of distance

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The rate of change of speed

Question 12

What is the formula for calculating acceleration?

Accepted Answer

Change in velocity / total time

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Change in distance / total time

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Total distance / total time

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Total velocity / change in time

Question 13

What does the slope of a speed-time graph represent?

Accepted Answer

Speed

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Time

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Distance

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Acceleration

Question 14

What is instantaneous acceleration?

Accepted Answer

The change in speed at a specific instant

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The distance traveled at a specific instant

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The speed at a specific instant

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The acceleration at a specific instant

Question 15

What is the unit of acceleration in the SI system?

Accepted Answer

m/s²

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m/s

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km/h²

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km/h

Question 16

What is a force?

Accepted Answer

A push or pull on an object

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The mass of an object

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The speed of an object

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The velocity of an object

Question 17

What is the unit of force in the SI system?

Accepted Answer

Newton

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Kilogram

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Joule

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Meter

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of a contact force?

Accepted Answer

Friction

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Magnetic force

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Electric force

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Gravitational force

Question 19

What is net force?

Accepted Answer

The total force acting on an object

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The force required to move an object

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The difference between applied force and resistance force

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The force acting in the opposite direction of motion

Question 20

What is the result of balanced forces acting on an object?

Accepted Answer

The object does not move

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The object moves at a constant velocity

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The object accelerates

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The object decelerates

Question 21

What does Newton's first law of motion state?

Accepted Answer

An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force

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The force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration

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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

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The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it

Question 22

What is inertia?

Accepted Answer

The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion

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The rate of change of velocity

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The force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth

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The amount of matter in an object

Question 23

What does Newton's second law of motion state?

Accepted Answer

The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it and inversely proportional to its mass

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An object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by an external force

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The force on an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration

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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

Question 24

What is the formula for force according to Newton's second law of motion?

Accepted Answer

F = ma

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F = mv

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F = m/v

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F = m/a

Question 25

What is the unit of mass in the SI system?

Accepted Answer

Kilogram

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Meter

Answer

Joule

Answer

Newton

Question 26

What is Newton's third law of motion?

Accepted Answer

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

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The force of an object is equal to its mass times its acceleration

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The net force on an object is equal to the rate of change of its momentum

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The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on it

Question 27

Which of the following pairs represent action-reaction forces?

Accepted Answer

The force of a car's tires on the road and the force of the road on the car's tires

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The force of gravity on an apple and the force of friction on the apple

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The force of a plane's engine and the force of the plane's wings

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The force of a book on a table and the force of the table on the floor

Question 28

What is momentum?

Accepted Answer

Mass times velocity

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Velocity times time

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Force times distance

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Mass times acceleration

Question 29

What is the law of conservation of momentum?

Accepted Answer

The total momentum of a system is conserved if no external forces act on it

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The total momentum of a system is always decreasing

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The total momentum of a system is always increasing

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The total momentum of a system is conserved only if external forces act on it

Question 30

What happens to the total momentum of two colliding objects in the absence of external forces?

Accepted Answer

It remains the same

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It increases

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It decreases

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It becomes zero

Question 31

Which of the following forces can both attract and repel?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic force

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Strong nuclear force

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Gravitational force

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Weak nuclear force

Question 32

What force holds the nucleus together?

Accepted Answer

Strong nuclear force

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Electromagnetic force

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Gravitational force

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Weak nuclear force

Question 33

What is Newton's law of universal gravitation?

Accepted Answer

Every object in the universe attracts every other object

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Every object in the universe repels every other object

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Objects with mass attract each other with a force proportional to the square of the distance between them

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Objects with mass attract each other with a force inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them

Question 34

Which of the following is an example of centripetal force?

Accepted Answer

The force that keeps a satellite in orbit

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The force that causes a plane to take off

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The force that causes a car to stop

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The force that causes a book to fall

Question 35

Which universal force is the weakest?

Accepted Answer

Gravitational force

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Weak nuclear force

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Electromagnetic force

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Strong nuclear force

Question 36

What is the science of geology?

Accepted Answer

The study of Earth's composition and structure

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The study of stars and planets

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The study of living organisms

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The study of chemical reactions

Question 37

What are the three main layers of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Crust, mantle, and core

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Crust, surface, and core

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Mantle

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Lithosphere, asthenosphere, and mesosphere

Question 38

What is the principle of uniformitarianism?

Accepted Answer

The idea that geologic processes have always operated in the same way

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The idea that geologic processes have no effect on Earth's surface

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The idea that geologic processes are constantly changing

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The idea that geologic processes only operate in certain areas

Question 39

What is the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

Earth's rocky outer layer and the uppermost part of the mantle

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The strong lower part of the mantle

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The weak layer of the mantle that can flow slowly

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The dense metallic center of Earth

Question 40

What is the asthenosphere?

Accepted Answer

The weak, softer layer of the mantle that can flow slowly

Answer

Earth's rocky outer layer

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The dense metallic center of Earth

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The strong lower part of the mantle

Question 41

What is a mineral?

Accepted Answer

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid with a crystal structure and a characteristic chemical composition

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A solid formed from organic processes

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A naturally occurring organic solid with a crystal structure

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A man-made material with a specific composition

Question 42

Which property is NOT used to identify minerals?

Accepted Answer

Size

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Hardness

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Color

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Streak

Question 43

What is the hardness of a mineral?

Accepted Answer

The resistance of a mineral to scratching

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The density of a mineral

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The color of a mineral's powder

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The way a mineral reflects light

Question 44

What is cleavage in minerals?

Accepted Answer

The way a mineral breaks along flat surfaces

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The way a mineral reflects light

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The color of a mineral's powder

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The density of a mineral

Question 45

Which mineral property refers to the color of a mineral's powder?

Accepted Answer

Streak

Answer

Hardness

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Luster

Answer

Cleavage

Question 46

What are the three major groups of rocks?

Accepted Answer

Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic

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Igneous, volcanic, and sedimentary

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Volcanic, igneous, and crystalline

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Metamorphic, sedimentary, and volcanic

Question 47

What process forms sedimentary rocks?

Accepted Answer

Compaction and cementation

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Melting and cooling

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Heat and pressure

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Crystallization from magma

Question 48

What is the rock cycle?

Accepted Answer

The process by which one rock type changes into another

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The formation of new rocks from molten material

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The process by which rocks are weathered and eroded

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The cycle of volcanic activity

Question 49

What is an intrusive igneous rock?

Accepted Answer

A rock that forms from magma inside Earth

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A rock that forms from sediment

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A rock that forms from other rocks under heat and pressure

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A rock that forms on Earth's surface

Question 50

What are clastic sedimentary rocks?

Accepted Answer

Rocks that form from the broken fragments of other rocks

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Rocks that form from magma

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Rocks that form from organic materials

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Rocks that form from chemical precipitates

Question 51

What is the theory of plate tectonics?

Accepted Answer

The idea that Earth's plates move due to mantle convection

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The idea that Earth's plates are stationary

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The idea that Earth's plates are made of solid iron

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The idea that Earth's plates only move during earthquakes

Question 52

What is sea-floor spreading?

Accepted Answer

The process that creates new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges

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The process that causes earthquakes

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The process that destroys old oceanic crust at subduction zones

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The process that forms mountains

Question 53

What is subduction?

Accepted Answer

The process of one tectonic plate sinking beneath another

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The process of two tectonic plates moving away from each other

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The process of tectonic plates moving horizontally past each other

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The process of new crust forming at mid-ocean ridges

Question 54

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

Accepted Answer

Divergent, convergent, and transform

Answer

Transform, subduction, and divergent

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Convergent, transform, and subduction

Answer

Divergent, convergent, and stationary

Question 55

Where do most mountains form?

Accepted Answer

Along plate boundaries

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In oceanic crust

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In the middle of tectonic plates

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Near the equator

Question 56

What causes earthquakes?

Accepted Answer

Stress forces in Earth's crust

Answer

Volcanic eruptions

Answer

Meteor impacts

Answer

Tsunamis

Question 57

What is an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

A movement of Earth's lithosphere caused by the release of built-up stress

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The collapse of Earth's crust

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A large wave caused by underwater earthquakes

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A sudden eruption of magma from a volcano

Question 58

What is a fault?

Accepted Answer

A break in Earth's crust where rocks have moved

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A fold in Earth's crust

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A type of seismic wave

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A crack in the lithosphere that does not move

Question 59

What are seismic waves?

Accepted Answer

Vibrations that travel through Earth and carry the energy released by an earthquake

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Sound waves caused by tectonic movements

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Electrical waves generated by friction in rocks

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Waves that travel on the surface of the ocean

Question 60

How are earthquakes measured?

Accepted Answer

Using a seismograph

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Using a thermometer

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Using a radar

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Using a barometer

Question 61

What causes volcanoes to erupt?

Accepted Answer

The buildup of pressure from gasses and molten rock beneath the surface

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The accumulation of sediment

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The gravitational pull of the moon

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The collision of tectonic plates

Question 62

What is magma?

Accepted Answer

Molten rock beneath Earth's surface

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Gaseous material from a volcano

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Lava that has cooled and hardened

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Solid rock on Earth's surface

Question 63

What is the main difference between explosive and quiet volcanic eruptions?

Accepted Answer

The type of magma involved

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The time of year

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The location of the volcano

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The height of the volcano

Question 64

Where do most volcanoes occur?

Accepted Answer

Along plate boundaries and at hot spots

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Near the equator

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In the middle of tectonic plates

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In oceanic crust only

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