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Quiz on Earth Processes , created by Alec Villos on 03/03/2017.
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Question 1

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Marble is...
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  • volcanic
  • mafic
  • metamorphic
  • sedimentary

Question 2

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Where does weather occur?
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  • Troposphere
  • Geosphere
  • Mesosphere

Question 3

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Winds flow [blank_start]counter clockwise[blank_end] around low pressure. While winds flow [blank_start]clockwise[blank_end] around high pressure.
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  • counter clockwise
  • clockwise

Question 4

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Latitude and longitude describes your position
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  • near the equator
  • on the surface of the earth
  • near the North and South poles
  • in the atmosphere
  • none of these

Question 5

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Sea water commonly contains
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  • 55% chlorine, 30% sodium, 3.7 magnesium
  • 55% silica, 20% hydrogen
  • 30% iron, 1% helium
  • 15% sodium, 3.7 magnesium

Question 6

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Meandering streams
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  • erode and deposit laterally
  • erode downward
  • have a high, coarse sediment load
  • all options

Question 7

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An alluvial fan forms when
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  • stream energy is abruptly reduced
  • stream energy is abruptly increased
  • water has oxygen molecules
  • when water is saline

Question 8

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A sand spit will form where
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  • a beach meets an open embayment
  • a beach is covered at high tide
  • backwash drift occurs
  • where wave-cut occurs

Question 9

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New Zealand sits on the boundary between the
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  • Australian and Pacific plates
  • Tasman and Pacific plates
  • Indo-Pacific and Oceanic plates
  • Tasman and Antarctic plates

Question 10

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The most common gases in the Earth's atmosphere are
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  • oxygen and carbon dioxide
  • nitrogen and oxygen
  • nitrogen and hydrogen
  • nitrogen and carbon dioxide

Question 11

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A deposition process that involves the wind is called
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  • aeolian
  • plucking
  • attrition
  • abrasion

Question 12

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Reversals in the Earth's magnetic field
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  • cause continental drift
  • show as magnetic stripes in rock either side of a spreading ridge
  • cause circulation in the mantle
  • all of these

Question 13

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The rock type called Pumic may be classified as
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  • Igneous volcanic mafic
  • Igneous volcanic felsic
  • Igneous plutonic mafic
  • Igneous plutonic felsic

Question 14

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In a hydrosystem environment the term plutonic means?
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  • underground
  • hot
  • slow sedimentation
  • all of these

Question 15

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Minerals are classified by
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  • chemical composition and structure
  • texture of the particles
  • processes that formed them
  • all of these

Question 16

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On a weather map "ridges" are best described as areas of
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  • rising and expanding air
  • sinking and contracting air
  • boundaries between air of different temperatures
  • boundaries between air of different pressures

Question 17

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Which of the following is a swamp hydrosystem?
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  • palustrine
  • lacustrine
  • esturine
  • saline

Question 18

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The New Zealand Alpine fault marks a zone
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  • where the pacific plate is subducted under the Australian plate
  • where the Australian plate is subducted under the Pacific plate
  • where the Pacific plate is transformed against the Australian plate
  • where the Tasman plate is transformed against the Pacific plate

Question 19

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Which of the following is considered to be a “super-volcano”
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  • Ruapehu
  • Auckland
  • Yellowstone
  • Hawaii

Question 20

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Which of the following is a feature of plate tectonics?
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  • ablation
  • fracturing and removal of blocks of rock
  • the Earths magnetic field
  • subduction

Question 21

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New seafloor is created at a
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  • deep-sea trench
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • subduction zone
  • transform fault

Question 22

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Oxygen built up in the Earth's atmosphere was caused by
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  • the oceans separating from the crust
  • rocks weathering and releasing their oxygen
  • algae and other organisms employing photosynthesis
  • oxygen accumulating on Earth from meteor impact

Question 23

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If two streams begin at the same elevation and have equal volumes. Which statement best explains why one stream could be flowing faster than the other stream?
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  • The faster stream contains more dissolved minerals.
  • The faster stream has a much steeper gradient.
  • The streams are flowing in different directions.
  • The faster stream has a temperature of 10°C, and the slower stream has a temperature of 20°C.

Question 24

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A tombolo will form where
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  • a beach meets an open embayment.
  • a beach is covered at high tide
  • waves deposit sediment between an island and the beach
  • where wave-cut drift occurs

Question 25

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What is the name given to the supercontinent that existed c.200 million years ago
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  • San Andreas
  • Laurasia
  • Gondwana
  • Pangaea

Question 26

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Igneous rocks
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  • form at relatively high temperatures
  • form by crystallization of solids from a liquid
  • form at high and low pressures
  • all of these

Question 27

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Volcanic island arcs are associated with
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  • transform boundaries.
  • ocean-continent subduction.
  • divergent boundaries.
  • ocean-ocean subduction.

Question 28

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The lithosphere is where rocks behave as
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  • rocks.
  • fluids.
  • plastic solids.
  • brittle solids.

Question 29

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Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?
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  • transform
  • translational
  • divergent boundary
  • convergent boundary

Question 30

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Fracturing and removal of blocks of rock at base of glacier is called
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  • Picking
  • Plucking
  • Corrie
  • All of these

Question 31

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On a weather map - a “trough” is best described as an area of
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  • Different temperatures
  • Expanding air
  • Sinking air
  • Different pressure

Question 32

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Seismologists believe the Earth's core is liquid because
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  • Certain types of seismic waves do not pass through liquids
  • The Earth wobbles on its axis
  • They can hear the liquid moving
  • Molten rock sometimes erupts on the surface

Question 33

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Which of the following is an igneous volcanic mafic rock
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  • Andesite
  • Granite
  • Quartz
  • Pumice

Question 34

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Which of the following is considered to be a basaltic volcanic field?
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  • Ruapehu
  • Yellowstone
  • Taupo
  • Reunion

Question 35

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Chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorcarbons are associated with
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  • Global warming
  • Ozone depletion
  • Surface tension
  • Volcanism
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