Download Earth`s Processes Test Review

Earth’s Processes
Test Review
Name _____________________________________ Hour ______
1. What is continental drift?
2. Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
3. What is the name of the single super continent that existed over 200 million
years ago?
4. Sketch how the following plates move. Use arrows to show direction of
movement.
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Sliding (Transform)
5. Circle the correct unit (label).
Tectonic plates move around 1-10 meters/centimeters/miles per year.
6. Fill in the blank with the words epicenter and focus.
The ___________________ is the point on the Earth’s surface
directly above the ___________ (which is where an
earthquake originates).
7. A seismograph measures and records ground
movements during an _____________________________.
8. What is the “Ring of Fire?”
9. True or False:
Volcanoes occur at divergent boundaries, subduction zones and hot spots.
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10. What is the rock type commonly produced by volcanoes? _____________________
11. Where do many major earthquakes occur in the U.S?
12. How do you locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
13. True/False: Weathering is the break-up of rock due to exposure to the atmosphere.
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14. What are some causes of weathering?
15. What is erosion?