Download MST DQ Week 3 Name: 3/31/2014 1. During which season does

MST DQ Week 3
3/31/2014
Name: __________________________________________
1. During which season does sunlight strike the Southern Hemisphere as shown?
A. Spring
B. Summer
C. Fall
D. Winter
Justification--_____________________________________________
________________________________________________________
2. At a certain time of year, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. Which of these describes how this tilt
affects the Southern Hemisphere during this time of year?
A The days will be longer in the Southern Hemisphere during this time of year.
B. The nights will be longer in the Southern Hemisphere during this time of year.
C. The seasons will be longer in the Southern Hemisphere during this time of year.
D. The sun will rise lower in the sky in the Southern Hemisphere during this time of year.
Justification--_______________________________________________________________________
4/1/2014
1. Which of these describes how Earth’s orbit around the sun determines the seasons of Earth?
A. Earth’s distance from the sun changes as it orbits the sun.
B. Earth’s axis tilts in a different direction as Earth orbits the sun.
C. Earth’s axis tilts different parts of Earth toward or away from the sun at different points in Earth’s orbit.
D. Earth’s orbit around the sun brings different parts of Earth around to face warmer or cooler parts of the sun.
Justification--_______________________________________________________________________
2. Which of these describes a cause of lithospheric plate movement across the surface of Earth?
A. The plates are driven by bubbles from the boiling liquid of the asthenosphere.
B. The plates float on dense liquid material of the asthenosphere and are moved by tidal forces.
C. The plates are driven across the surface by convection currents within the plastic rock of the asthenosphere.
D. The plates move because they are attached to the solid rock of the asthenosphere and move with that rock.
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________
4/2/2014
1. The following diagram shows a cross-section of Earth. Which letter
represents the location of the asthenosphere?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Justification---________________________________________________
2. Which of these describes the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
A. Both are hot inner layers of earth capable of bending and moving.
B. Both are hard and rigid layers of earth close to the surface.
C. The asthenosphere is rigid and immovable, and the lithosphere is hot and
flowing.
D. The lithosphere is rigid and immovable, and the asthenosphere is hot and
flowing.
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________
MST DQ Week 3
Name: __________________________________________
4/3/2014
1. The following diagram shows the motion of two plates. Which of these explains the
feature that can form at the boundary of these two plates?
A. A broad canyon-like valley because the two colliding plates act like a plow, digging out
any soil in the plates’ paths
B. Volcanic mountain range because one oceanic plate melts underneath the continental
plate, forming composite volcanoes on the continent
C. Island arc because one oceanic plate melts underneath the continental plate, forming
volcanic mountains that eventually become islands
D. Folded mountain range because the two colliding plates have equal composition and
density, causing both to fold and form wide, thick mountains
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________
2. About 30 miles into Earth, the speed of seismic waves increases. What does this change in speed indicate
about the material through which the seismic waves are traveling?
A. The waves travel from rock into metal material.
B. The waves travel from cool material into hot material.
C. The waves travel from solid material into liquid material.
D. The waves travel from a less dense material into a more dense material.
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________
4/4/2014
1. Which of these describes a divergent boundary?
A. Two continental plates moving away from each other, forming a rift valley
B. Two oceanic plates rubbing against each other, forming a mid-ocean ridge
C. Two continental plates colliding, forming a mountain range
D. Two oceanic plates colliding, forming a volcanic arc
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________
2. Which of these describes the outcome of the collision between oceanic and continental crust?
A. The two portions of crust will stop moving.
B. The continental crust will subduct beneath the oceanic crust.
C. The two portions of crust will slide past one another, side by side.
D. The oceanic crust will subduct beneath the continental crust.
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________
3. Two plates composed of rock of similar density meet along a convergent boundary. Which statement describes what
will happen where the two plates meet?
A. The plates will rub against each other, causing shearing and creating fault lines in the interior of the plates.
B. The plates will collide with neither plate subducting, causing the crust to pile up and form a mountain range.
C. The plates will collide, and the compression will heat the plates, causing some of the plates to melt and form volcanic
mountains.
D. The plates will rub against each other, causing one plate to subduct underneath the other plate and forming a deep
trench along the boundary.
Justification---_____________________________________________________________________________