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SCIENCE Final Exam
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_a____1. The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is
called
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. soil conservation
d. decomposition
__b___2. The process that carries away sediments through wind, water, ice and gravity is
called
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. soil conservation
d. decomposition
__a___3. Acid rain is an agent in
a. chemical weathering b. abrasion
c. oxidation d. mechanical weathering
___b__4. When iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water, oxidation occurs.
What happens to rock because of oxidation?
a. rocks tarnish
b. rocks rust c. rocks turn green
d. nothing happens
___a__5. Which type of weathering breaks rocks down physically
a. mechanical weathering
b. chemical weathering
__b___6. What agent of erosion causes rivers to widen?
a. wind
b. water
c. glaciers
d. gravity
___a__7. The spinning of Earth on its axis
a. rotation
b. revolution
c. tilt
d. orbit
__b____8. The movement of Earth around the Sun.
. rotation
b. revolution
c. tilt
d. orbit
__d___9. The path the Earth follows around the Sun.
a. rotation
b. revolution
c. tilt
d. orbit
__c___10. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South
poles, about which Earth rotates.
a. tilt
b. orbit
c. axis
d. hemisphere
___d__11. What does Earth's rotation cause?
a. seasons
b. one year
c. 10 years
d. one day
___b__12. What causes the seasons to occur on Earth?
a. How far away from the sun the Earth is
b. Earth's tilted axis
c. Earth's rotation on its axis
d. The moon
__c___13. Which area of the Earth gets the most direct sunlight all of the time?
a. the northern hemisphere b. southern hemisphere c. equator d. the south pole
__a___14. What causes the moon to shine?
a. the reflected light from the sun
b. the reflected light from the Earth
c. the moon produces its own light d. the moon does not shine
___b__15. What are the different shapes of the moon you see from Earth called?
a. eclipses
b. phases
c. axis
d. rotation
__a___16. Which eclipse does this picture show?
a. solar eclipse
b. lunar eclipse
c. no eclipse
d. both solar and lunar eclipse
__b___17. Which eclipse does this picture show?
a. solar eclipse
b. lunar eclipse
c. no eclipse
d. both solar and lunar eclipse
__a___18. What fuels the plates to move?
a. convection currents inside Earth
c. heat from the crust
b. heat from our atmosphere
d. none of these
__d___19. Subduction of the ocean floor takes place at
a. the lower mantle b. mid-ocean ridges c. rift valleys d. trenches
__b___20. Two plates collide with each other at a
a. divergent boundary b. a convergent boundary
c. transform boundary d. none of these
__a___21. Two plates move apart at a
a. divergent boundary b. a convergent boundary
c. transform boundary d. none of these
__c___22. Two plates slide past each other at a
a. divergent boundary b. a convergent boundary
c. transform boundary d. none of these
__d___23. When a continental crust and an oceanic crust collide, what may form
a. non volcanic mountains
b. mountains c. rift valleys d. volcanoes
__b___24. When two continental crusts collide, what may form
a. trenches
b. mountains c. rift valleys d. volcanoes
__c___25. Where does subduction take place
a. where two plates slide past each other
b. when two plates move away from each other
c. when a denser(heavier) plate moves beneath another plate
d. subduction never takes place
__a___26. These rocks formed from heat and pressure
a. metamorphic
b. igneous
c. sedimentary
d. clastic
__b___27. These rocks form from cooled magma or lava
a. metamorphic
b. igneous
c. sedimentary
d. foliated
__c___28. These rocks form from erosion, deposition, compaction and cementation
a. metamorphic
b. igneous
c. sedimentary
d. extrusive
__b___29. A nonliving part of an organism's habitat
a. biotic factors
b. abiotic factors
c. none of these
d. both of these
___a__30. A living or once living part of an organism's habitat
a. biotic factors
b. abiotic factors
c. none of these
d. both of these