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Name: __________________________
Unit: The Solid Earth
Date: _______________ Hour: ______
Documentary: Forces that Shape the Earth
1. Residual heat is _____.
A) found only in Earth's core
B) produced when a volcano erupts
C) left over from the formation of Earth
D) produced when atoms lose particles from their nuclei
2. What is the main difference between the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
A) the lithosphere is thick and the asthenosphere is thin
B) the lithosphere is solid and the asthenosphere is liquid
C) the lithosphere is rigid and the asthenosphere is flexible
D) the lithosphere is made of rock and the asthenosphere is made of metal
3. What force drives the movement of tectonic plates?
A) motion in the lithosphere
B) motion in the atmosphere
C) motion in the hydrosphere
D) motion in the asthenosphere
4. A convergent boundary occurs where _____.
A) deposition occurs
B) lithification occurs
C) tectonic plates move apart
D) tectonic plates move together
5. Earthquakes occur only on divergent plate boundaries.
A) true
B) false
6. Rock formed by the cooling and solidification of lava above the Earth s surface is known as _____.
A) sedimentary rock
B) metamorphic rock
C) extrusive igneous rock
D) intrusive igneous rock
7. Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?
A) oxidation
B) frost wedging
C) stalactites and stalagmites
D) underground limestone caves
8. Which of the following phenomena does NOT result from the movement of tectonic plates?
A) earthquakes
B) glacial movement
C) formation of mid-ocean ridges
D) volcanoes centered on ocean trenches
9. The amount of sediment that a river carries is known as its _____.
A) flow rate
B) lithification
C) delta potential
D) load carrying capacity
10. Rocks that have been changed by heat, pressure, and chemical alteration are called _____.
A) igneous
B) sandstone
C) sedimentary
D) metamorphic