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Chapters Four and Twenty-Six Practice Test
PT – G – U4C4-26
Name_________________________________________________ Period__________________
Part I: True or False. Identify if each of the following statements is true or false. Write “True” if the
answer is true. If the answer is false, write the word that would best replace the
underlined word in the statement to make it true. Failure to follow these
directions will result in no credit for the statement. (2 points each)
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At 45° north latitude, there are 16 hours of daylight in the winter and 8
hours of daylight in the summer.
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Monsoons cause cool air to come from the ocean in winter.
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Normally, moisture content increases as an air mass rises up to go
over a mountain.
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The greatest amount of precipitation typically occurs around the
poles.
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The way solar energy strikes Earth does influence surface
temperature.
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Water has a higher specific heat than land.
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If winds consistently blow toward a shore, currents have a weaker
effect on air masses.
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The ocean floor is older than continental rock.
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Paleomagnetism showed that the polarity of Earth’s magnetic field
has changed more than once.
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Continental drift is the study of the formation of features in Earth’s
crust.
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Earth’s plates move based on conduction currents that warp the
asthenosphere and push the lithospheric plates.
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Rift valleys are formed at convergent plate boundaries.
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Ocean trenches are formed at convergent plate boundaries.
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Subduction zones are formed as a result of oceanic crust being more
dense that continental crust.
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The San Andreas fault lies along a convergent plate boundary.
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Hotter magma is more dense than cooler magma.
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Each continent is made up of only one lithospheric plate.
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_______________________18.
Suspect terranes form primarily along divergent plate boundaries.
Part II: Matching. Match the definition with the term that best correlates to it. No definition will be used
more than once. (1.5 points each)
_______19. Transform fault boundary
_______28. Mid-ocean ridges
_______37. Climate
_______20. Divergent boundary
_______29. Asthenosphere
_______38. Convection
_______21. Convergent boundary
_______30. Convection current
_______39. Pangaea
_______22. Continental crust
_______31. Panthalassa
_______40. Lithosphere
_______23. Continental drift
_______32. Plate tectonics
_______41. Island arc
_______24. Seafloor spreading
_______33. Rift valley
_______42. Latitude
_______25. Subduction zone
_______34. Ocean trench
_______43. Monsoon
_______26. Temperature range
_______35. Oceanic crust
_______44. Terrane
_______27. Mid-Atlantic ridge
_______36. Specific heat
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N)
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General weather conditions over many years
Distance from the equator
The giant ocean surrounding Pangaea
The single landmass thought to have been the origin of all continents
Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius
Difference between the highest and lowest temperatures of a particular time period
Seasonal wind responsible for heavy rains in summer in Asia
Hypothesis stating that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their
present locations
System of undersea mountain ranges that wind around Earth
Undersea mountain range with a steep, narrow valley along its center
Material that makes up the ocean floor
Material that makes up landmasses
Steep, narrow valley formed as lithospheric plates separate
Transfer of heat through the movement of a fluid
Boundary formed by two lithospheric plates that are moving apart
Boundary formed by two lithospheric plates that are moving toward each other
Boundary formed by two lithospheric plates that are sliding past each other
Movement in a fluid caused by uneven heating in which hotter magma rises and cooler magma
sinks
Region where one lithospheric plate moves under another
Deep valley in the ocean floor that forms along a subduction zone
Chain of volcanic islands formed along an ocean trench
Zone of mantle beneath the lithosphere that consists of slowly flowing solid rock
Outer shell of Earth consisting of the continental and oceanic crusts and the rigid upper mantle
Theory that the lithosphere is made up of plates that float on the asthenosphere and that the plates
are possibly moved by convection currents
Movement of the ocean floor away from either side of a mid-ocean ridge
Piece of land with a geologic history distinct from that of the surrounding land
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Part III: Matching. Match the wind with its description. (2 points each)
(A) bora
(B) chinook
(C) foehn
(D) mistral
_______45. Warm, dry wind that flows down the slopes of the Alps
_______46. Warm, dry wind that flows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
_______47. Cold, northern wind that flows down from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea
_______48. Cold, northern wind that flows down from the mountains of Greece and the Balkan nations
to the Adriatic Sea
Part IV: Short Answer. Answer the following questions.
49.
Explain how lithospheric plates move. (6 points)
50.
Explain the process of mountain formation. (5 points)
List at least two specific forms of evidence for continental drift. (3 points each)
51.
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