Earth Science 1 - Semester Test and Correct Answers
At which location does the sun's energy hit Earth's surface at the most direct angle? - ansEquator
At which location will erosion take place?
Image of a river in a greenland, C is far away. D is near the bottom, B and A are near each other. - ansB
Earthquakes are detected by which of the following? - ansSeismographs
How are sedimentary rocks that form from evaporating seawater classified? - ansChemical
How do metamorphic rocks form? - anschange due to heat and pressure
If heat energy is transferred from direct contact between a warm object and a cold object, What has it been
transferred by? - ansConduction
In a laboratory, you scratch an unknown mineral on a piece of unglazed porcelain.
Which property are you trying to determine? - ansStreak
In which layers does the theory of plate tectonics explain the movement of the plates by convection cells? -
ansUpper mantle
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking while the Atlantic Ocean is expanding.
Which type of plate boundary must be involved in each location? - ansPacific Ocean, convergent; Atlantic
Ocean, divergent
At which location does the sun's energy hit Earth's surface at the most direct angle? - ansEquator
At which location will erosion take place?
Image of a river in a greenland, C is far away. D is near the bottom, B and A are near each other. - ansB
Earthquakes are detected by which of the following? - ansSeismographs
How are sedimentary rocks that form from evaporating seawater classified? - ansChemical
How do metamorphic rocks form? - anschange due to heat and pressure
If heat energy is transferred from direct contact between a warm object and a cold object, What has it been
transferred by? - ansConduction
In a laboratory, you scratch an unknown mineral on a piece of unglazed porcelain.
Which property are you trying to determine? - ansStreak
In which layers does the theory of plate tectonics explain the movement of the plates by convection cells? -
ansUpper mantle
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking while the Atlantic Ocean is expanding.
Which type of plate boundary must be involved in each location? - ansPacific Ocean, convergent; Atlantic
Ocean, divergent
