Test 3: Running Water, Plate Tectonics, And The Earth's Interior
This quiz is a preparatory study guide for the Earth Science I Test 3. The topics covered include running water, plate tectonics, the earth's interior, deformation, continental evolution, and mountain building.
- 1.What 3 things determine the velocity of a stream?
- A.
Gradient, sediment capacity, competence
- B.
Channel shape, size, discharge, flood plain size
- C.
Gradient, channel shape/size, discharge
- D.
Discharge, stream age, drainage pattern
- 2.A stream that flows slowly and all together is said to have _________.
- A.
Turbulent flow
- B.
Laminar flow
- C.
Sheet flow
- D.
Channel flow
- 3.The river with the biggest discharge in the world is the __________.
- A.
Yangtze River
- B.
Nile River
- C.
Mississippi River
- D.
Amazon River
- 4.The Mississippi River discharges enough water in one day to supply all of New York City's water needs for how many years?
- A.
10 years
- B.
1 year
- C.
2 years
- D.
5 years
- 5.A youth-age stream can erode its channel past the temporary base level.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.What is the most common way that streams can move sediments?
- A.
Along the bottom
- B.
In suspension
- C.
Floating on the top
- D.
In solution
- 7.Of the 750 million tons of sediments carried by the Mississippi River annually, how much of this is in solution?
- A.
500 million tons
- B.
50 million tons
- C.
200 million tons
- D.
100 million tons
- 8.The three forms of bed load found when streams carry sediments are rolling, sliding, and ________.
- A.
Dendritic
- B.
Floating
- C.
Settling
- D.
Saltation
- 9.A stream that meanders typically has a faster velocity than a straight stream.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The maximum amount of solid particles a stream can transport is called its _________.
- A.
Capacity
- B.
Competence
- C.
Discharge
- D.
Base level
- 11.What sediment is typically deposited last in a stream?
- A.
Silt
- B.
Sand
- C.
Clay
- D.
Quartz
- 12.The well-sorted materials deposited by a stream are called what?
- A.
Detritus
- B.
Alluvium
- C.
Bars
- D.
Bottom-set beds
- 13.A _________ is found when bars deposited in a stream cause multiple channels to form.
- A.
Yazoo tributary
- B.
Braided pattern
- C.
Natural levee
- D.
Transgression
- 14.A sharp, angular drainage pattern formed by broken underlying rock is called what?
- A.
Dendritic pattern
- B.
Trellis pattern
- C.
Deranged pattern
- D.
Rectangular pattern
- 15.A stream that has become wider than its meander belt, developed natural levees, and ceases to enlarge its flood plain is in its _________ stage.
- A.
Youth
- B.
Adolescent
- C.
Mature
- D.
Old age
- 16.The earth's crust is thought to be made up ___% basalt and ___% granite.
- A.
66, 34
- B.
50, 50
- C.
85, 15
- D.
40, 60
- 17.The middle layer within the mantle is called the __________.
- A.
Lithosphere
- B.
Asthenosphere
- C.
Isostatic layer
- D.
Epicenter
- 18.Diamonds are generally found deep in the earth's mantle alongside what mineral?
- A.
Quartz
- B.
Myotite
- C.
Kimberlite
- D.
Olivene
- 19.What was the area of the super-continent Pangaea that formed the lower hemisphere called?
- A.
Laurasia
- B.
Gondwana
- C.
Eurasia
- D.
Marianas
- 20.What is the plate on the earth that is NOT shifting, but rotating?
- A.
Antarctic plate
- B.
Eurasian plate
- C.
Pacific plate
- D.
Nazca plate
- 21.Most mountain ranges are formed by which force?
- A.
Subduction
- B.
Continental upwarp
- C.
Diastrophism
- D.
Sea floor spreading
- 22.What evidence do we have that the continents ARE actually moving?
- A.
The formation of the Hawaiian islands
- B.
The presence of the mid-Atlantic ridge
- C.
None of the above
- D.
Both A and B
- 23.What direction is the pacific plate moving?
- A.
Northeast
- B.
Northwest
- C.
West
- D.
Southeast
- 24.All faults ARE plate boundaries.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.The area along the continents where sediments are deposited from rivers is called the _______.
- A.
Continental rise
- B.
Continental slope
- C.
Continental shelf
- D.
Abyssal plane
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