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EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE
REVIEW PROBLEMS
Selected Response: Write the letter of the best answer on the line provided.
___ 1. The process that breaks down rocks and other materials at earth’s surface is called
a. weathering.
b. erosion.
c. soil conservation.
d. deposition.
___ 2. The movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity is called
a. erosion.
b. weathering.
c. abrasion.
d. drought.
___ 3. The defining characteristic of the four terrestrial planets is
a. deep atmospheres.
b. hot temperature.
c. large size.
d. rocky surface.
___ 4. What is the force that pulls rock and soil down slopes?
a. kinetic energy
b. gravity
c. turbulence
d. plucking
___ 5. Earth is a member of the ________________ galaxy.
a. Andromeda
b. Virgo A
c. Milky Way
d. M32
___ 6. What type of mass movement can result in gravestones and fence posts tilting at odd angles?
a. landslide
b. abrasion
c. creep
d. deflation.
___ 7. Which of the following is a natural satellite?
a. Hubble
b. Voyager
c. Titan
d. Mariner
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___ 8. What plate boundary involves plates moving together and is associated with the formation of
mountain ranges?
a. subduction zone
b. divergent boundary
c. convergent boundary
d. transform boundary
___ 9. One major agent of erosion that has shaped Earth’s land surface is
a. mass movement.
b. moving water.
c. chemical weathering.
d. deposition
___ 10. Fossils of tropical plants found on an island in the Arctic Ocean are evidence for the theory of
a. continental drift.
b. ocean currents.
c. earthquakes.
d. subduction.
___ 11. Subduction is
a. a device that bounces sound waves off underwater objects.
b. the direct transfer of heat through solid material.
c. the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust.
d. the process that continually adds new ocean floor.
___ 12. Earth’s lithosphere is broken into separate sections called
a. faults.
b. plates.
c. rifts.
d. trenches.
___ 13. With convection currents in the mantle, the cooler, denser material
a. rises to the top of the asthenosphere.
b. sinks deeper into the mantle.
c. stays on top.
d. stays where it is.
___ 14. Which layer of the Earth is a liquid?
a. crust
b. mantle
c. inner core
d. outer core
___ 15. Which of the following is not a part of Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift?
a. All of Earth’s continents were once part of a single landmass called Pangaea.
b. Convection in the mantle causes plate movement.
c. Pangaea existed 200 million years ago.
d. Pangaea broke up and slowly drifted apart.
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___ 16. Solar systems contain all of the following except
a. galaxies.
b. planets.
c. asteroids.
d. a sun.
___ 17. A constructive process
a. breaks down the surface of the Earth.
b. builds up the surface of the Earth.
c. causes a split in the athenosphere.
d. causes convection in the mantle.
___ 18. A planet’s period of revolution tells
a. how long the planet takes to spin once on its axis.
b. how long the planet takes to orbit the sun.
c. how fast the planet is moving.
d. how many natural satellites it has.
___ 19. What occurs as you travel deeper into the Earth?
a. The temperature and pressure remain constant .
b. The temperature decreases.
c. The pressure decreases.
d. The pressure increases.
___ 20. What process describes the laying down of sediments by agents of erosion?
a. weathering
b. erosion
c. deposition
d. slumping
___ 21. At what plate boundary do plates separate?
a. subductive zone
b. convergent boundary
c. transform boundary
d. divergent boundary
___ 22. Which layer of the earth is the thinnest?
a. crust
b. mantle
c. inner core
d. outer core
___ 23. What bodies are found mostly between orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
a. asteroids
b. meteors
c. comets
d. black holes
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Brief Constructed Response: Use the diagram in Figure 2 to answer questions 24 - 25.
Figure 2
The Grand Canyon with
the Colorado River running
through it
The eruption of an active
volcano
24. Choose one of the landforms shown in Figure 2. Explain whether the land formation was created
due to rapid or slow processes. Use prior knowledge to support your response.
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25. Choose one of the two landforms shown in Figure 2. Explain whether the landform could be found
on other terrestrial planets. Use prior knowledge to support your response.
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