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2013-2014
CRCT Review
Warm Ups
Answer on your CRCT Warm
Ups page (If you are absentyou must write the questions
and answers, so ask a friend
for those!)
Monday ~ March 16th
 Which
is not an
agent of erosion?
 A. running water
 B. clouds
 C. wind
 D. ice
 The
slowest form of
mass movement is
a __________.
 A. mudflow
 B. slump
 C. creep
 D. landslide
Write the left question in your left box and the
right question in the right box. Be sure to
answer with the Correct Letter & Word for each.
Tuesday ~ March 17th
 Where
would you
find salt water?
 A. a large lake, like
Lake Superior
 B. a sea
 C. an alpine
glacier
 D. in coastal rain
 What
percent of
Earth’s surface is
dry land?
 A. 50
 B. about 30
 C. about 70
 D. 10
Wednesday ~ March 18th
 Illustrate
left.
 Be
the rock cycle in the box on the
sure to state how each type moves
from one type of rock to another. (in the
box on the right!)
Thursday ~ March 19th
 What
structure is
steepest?
 A. continental shelf
 B. trench
 C. continental
slope
 D. abyssal plain
 Where
in the
ocean does crust
form?
 A. trench
 B. volcano
 C. mid-ocean
ridge
 D. continental shelf
Update your ToC!
Date
Page #
Assignment
3-19-15
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Eclipse Notes
3-19-15
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Eclipse Practice
Friday ~ March 20th
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Write the correct ocean feature beside each letter:
A.
B.
C.
Update your ToC!
D.
Date
Page #
Assignment
3-20-15
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Tides G. Rdg/Notes
3-20-15
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Which Tide is Which (AC ONLY)
Monday ~ March 23rd
 Draw
a quick depiction of the different
types of boundaries
 Label each boundary
Tuesday~March 24th
 What
evidence did
Wegener’s
hypothesis of
continental drift
explain?
 A. mid-ocean
ridges
 B. volcanoes
 C. fit of the
continents
 D. formation of
oceans
 What
is the name
for the theory
where the Sun is at
the center?
 A. geocentric
 B. Big Bang
 C. heliocentric
 D. galactic
expansion
Wednesday~ March 25th
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Which of the
following statements
is true?
A. Limestone is made
of a single mineral.
B. Granite is made of
a single mineral.
C. Bauxite is a rock,
not a mineral.
D. All rocks are
combinations of
minerals.
3-19-14
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 Which
is NOT a
characteristic of
minerals?
 A. crystal structure
 B. variable
chemical
composition
 C. found in nature
 D. solid
Eclipse Illustrations page
Thursday ~ March 26th
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What is the rock cycle?
A. a process of
becoming solid
B. a process of forming
mountains by tectonic
plate movement
C. a series of events
that form Earth’s
mantle and crust
D. a set of natural
processes that form,
change, break down,
and re-form rocks
A
rock called
pumice forms
when volcanic
lava cools. This
rock is
 A. igneous
 B. metamorphic
 C. sedimentary
 D. none of the
above
Friday ~ March 27th
 The
major natural
force shaping the
landscape over
most of Earth is
 A. flooding
 B. weathering
 C. water running
downhill
 D. volcanic activity
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The process by which
rock is broken down
into smaller particles
without any
chemical change is
A. mechanical
erosion
B. mechanical
weathering
C. chemical erosion
D. chemical
weathering
Monday ~ March 30th
 Footprints
are
examples of
 A. trace fossils
 B. whole-body
fossils
 C. original remains
 D. rock fossils
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Identifying fossils appears in 2
separate continents, but not
everywhere on Earth. If the
fossils are of the same age,
we can infer that
A. all the animals in this group
died at the same time
B. the 2 continents were once
much closer together
C. the same geological
processes occurred
everywhere on Earth at the
same time
D. the original organisms
traveled from one continent
to the other
Tuesday ~ March 31st
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What happens in a
convection current?
A. hot material rises,
cools, and sinks
B. cool material rises,
heats up, and sinks
C. dense material sinks
until it comes to rest.
D. dense material rises
and then begins to sink
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Explosive volcanic
eruptions and strong
earthquakes often occur
at
A. divergent boundaries
B. convergent boundaries
C. transform boundaries
D. all types of plate
boundaries
3-24-14
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Geo & Heliocentric Notes
3-25-14
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Big Bang Concept Map
3-25-14
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Galaxies Handout
3-25-14
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Ch. 21, sect. 5 Guided Reading
Wednesday ~ April 1st
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What causes
movement of
lithospheric plates?
A. an upwelling of
liquid rock in the
asthenosphere
B. friction between the
lithosphere and the
asthenosphere
C. convection currents
in the asthenosphere
D. convection currents
in the lithosphere
 Earthquakes
occur
at
 A. divergent
boundaries only
 B. convergent
boundaries only
 C. transform
boundaries only
 D. all types of plate
boundaries
Thursday ~ April 2nd
A
D
B
C
E
Friday ~ April 3rd
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Where do folded
mountains form?
A. at convergent
boundaries between
continental plates
B. at convergent
boundaries between
oceanic plates
C. at divergent
boundaries between
oceanic plates
D. at transform
boundaries between
an oceanic plate & a
continental plate
 What
metric unit
would you use to
express the volume
of water in a
pond?
 A. meter
 B. liter
 C. gram
 D. kilogram
Monday ~ April 13th
 Earth’s
inner core
consists of
 A. solid metals
 B. liquid metals
 C. soft, tarlike
rock
 D. cool rock
 The
greenhouse
effect may be
the cause of an
increase in
 A. carbon dioxide
 B. temperature
 C. oxygen
 D. water
Tuesday ~ April 14th
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What are 2 major
geologic features
produced near a
plate boundary
where subduction
occurs?
A. deep ocean
trench, island arc
B. transform fault,
spreading center
C. island arc,
continental drift
D. rift valley, mid
ocean ridge
 The
thin layer of
cool rock that
makes up Earth’s
surface is called
the
 A. core
 B. mantle
 C. crust
 D. asthenosphere
Wednesday ~ April 15th
 Place
D
C
A
B
the correct
layer of the Earth
next to each letter:
 A.
 B.
 C.
 D.
Thursday ~ April 16th
 Where
is most of
Earth’s fresh water?
 A. glaciers
 B. lakes and rivers
 C. underground
 D. atmosphere
 How
does water
get into the
ground?
 A. hard rain forces
it in
 B. permeable soil
lets it seep in
 C. rivers deposit it
 The pressure of
glaciers melts the
top layer of soil
Friday~ April 17th
 Where
water
evaporates from
an ocean, it
 A. changes to a
solid
 B. changes to a
liquid
 C. changes to a
gas
 D. dries out
 The
progression of
evaporation,
condensation, and
precipitation is
called the
 A. change of
seasons
 B. weather
 C. water cycle
 D. water system
Monday ~ April 20th
 What
planet is
furthest from the
Sun?
 A. Jupiter
 B. Neptune
 C. Saturn
 D. Mars
 What
word
describes a Moon
that is about to turn
new?
 A. gibbous
 B. full
 C. dark
 D. waning
Tuesday ~ April 21st
 How
often does a
new Moon occur?
 A. weekly
 B. four times a year
 C. around every
four weeks
 D. every three
weeks
 Planets
form from
clumps of_______.
 A. dust
 B. gas
 C. gravity
 D. energy
Wednesday ~ April 22nd
 What
causes
surface currents?
 A. Earth’s spin
 B. wind caused by
uneven heating of
the surface
 C. near-shore
wave energy
 D. underwater
earthquakes
 Which
moves
matter, not
energy?
 A. a deep-water
wave
 B. surface currents
 C. breaking wave
 D. solar radiation
Activity
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Group 1:
Read pgs. 202-203 & 206209
Illustrate all boundaries
with explanation
Stress: Compression vs.
tension explanation
Illustrate & explain the 3
types of folds
Illustrate the 3 types of
faults including the type
of stress
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Group 2:
Read pgs 190-196
Illustrate the
composition/physical
layers side by side.
Which layer is most
dense?
Which layer is made of
mostly iron?
What layer is plastic like?
Where do the plates sit?
What is a tectonic plate?
How do we map the
interior of the Earth?
Thursday~April 23rd
 What
casts a
shadow during a
lunar eclipse?
 A. Earth
 B. the Sun
 C. the Moon
 D. the Moon and
Earth together
 Which
body has a
core, a coma, and
a tail?
 A. satellite
 B. meteorite
 C. comet
 D. meteoroid
Friday ~April 24th
 In
Earth’s interior,
which of the
following increases
with increasing
depth?
 A. temperature
 B. pressure
 C. density
 D. all of the above
 Thunderstorms
form
in
 A. clear skies
 B. high-pressure
areas
 C. cumulus clouds
 D. tornadoes
Monday ~April 21st
 Where
is ocean
evaporation
greatest?
 A. near coastal
areas
 B. near the equator
 C. in the Southern
Hemisphere
 D. along the paths
of warm currents
 Which
air
movements cause
tornadoes?
 A. global winds
 B. local winds
 C. updrafts and
downdrafts
 D. counterclockwise
twists
Complete this on the
back of your paper!
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D
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Write the correct ocean feature beside each letter:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
Tuesday~April 22nd
 The
force of air
molecules on an
area is called
 A. high pressure
 B. low pressure
 C. air pressure
 D. vertical wind
 When
a hurricane
nears the Georgia
coast, which way is
it traveling?
 A. north to south
 B. south to north
 C. east to west
 D. west to east
Wednesday~April 23rd
 What
two things
define an air mass?
 A. temperature &
altitude
 B. altitude & air
pressure
 C. temperature &
moisture
 D. air pressure &
precipitation
 What
causes a sea
breeze?
 A. even heating
and cooling of
land and sea
 B. uneven heating
and cooling of
land and sea
 C. rain falling over
land and sea
 D. snow falling over
land and sea
Thursday~April 24th
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What type of
weather is
associated with a
low-pressure system?
A. gentle breezes
and clear skies
B. strong wind and
precipitation
C. cold
temperatures and
clear skies
D. strong winds and
clear skies
 What
season is it at
the North Pole in
December?
 A. summer
 B. fall
 C. winter
 D. spring
Friday~April 25th
Which type of front has just passed through Denver?
A. low pressure
B. warm front
C. Occluded front
D. cold front