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.
The formation of the Hawaiian islands
The presence of the mid-Atlantic ridge
None of the above
Both A and B
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True
False
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True
False
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Fault zone
Volcanic irregularity
Guyot
Hot spot
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Gradient, sediment capacity, competence
Channel shape, size, discharge, flood plain size
Gradient, channel shape/size, discharge
Discharge, stream age, drainage pattern
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Turbulent flow
Laminar flow
Sheet flow
Channel flow
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Because the earth's core has shut down and will cause the earth's eventual "death."
It means the San Andreas fault has shifted too much to detect any activity.
Because it means pressure is building and will be released all at once in a massive earthquake.
It is not a bad sign, it is in fact good because there will be no more earthquakes.
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Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Isostatic layer
Epicenter
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66, 34
50, 50
85, 15
40, 60
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Dendritic pattern
Trellis pattern
Deranged pattern
Rectangular pattern
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Laurasia
Gondwana
Eurasia
Marianas
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Yangtze River
Nile River
Mississippi River
Amazon River
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Along the bottom
In suspension
Floating on the top
In solution
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Capacity
Competence
Discharge
Base level
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Detritus
Alluvium
Bars
Bottom-set beds
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Guyot
Horst
Graben
Buckle
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Antarctic plate
Eurasian plate
Pacific plate
Nazca plate
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Quartz
Myotite
Kimberlite
Olivene
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Yazoo tributary
Braided pattern
Natural levee
Transgression
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Northeast
Northwest
West
Southeast
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500 million tons
50 million tons
200 million tons
100 million tons
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Silt
Sand
Clay
Quartz
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Pelagic clay
Siliceous ooze
Calcareous ooze
None of the above
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Youth
Adolescent
Mature
Old age
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10 years
1 year
2 years
5 years
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Dendritic
Floating
Settling
Saltation
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Continental rise
Continental slope
Continental shelf
Abyssal plane
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Subduction
Continental upwarp
Diastrophism
Sea floor spreading
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Challenger Deep
Grand Canyon
East African Rift Valley
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