BYU Earth Science Unit 2 Quiz With
Complete Solutions
Mountain ranges are most likely the result of what? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-a collision between two plates | | | |
Where are volcanoes most often found? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-at
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plate boundaries
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Suppose an ice-covered region like Greenland were moved by plate
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tectonics so that in ten million years, it would be located at the equator.
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Which of the following would be probable changes to its climate?
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Choose the best answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The average
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temperatures would increase. | |
What is the boundary called that is formed by two plates sliding past
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each other? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a transform fault
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Earthquake data is not useful for mapping divergent plate boundaries. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false |
, Where is the Ring of Fire, an area where lots of volcanoes and
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earthquakes occur, found? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-around the edges of
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the Pacific Plate
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Earth's interior heat is the engine that powers which of the following?
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earthquakes
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volcanoes
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all of these
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movement of the plates of the crust - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all of
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these
What does the earth's interior heat originate from? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the decay of radioactive materials | | | |
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the residual heat from the formation of the earth
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The process whereby dense material sinks and low-density material
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rises to form a layered planet is called what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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differentiation
Complete Solutions
Mountain ranges are most likely the result of what? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-a collision between two plates | | | |
Where are volcanoes most often found? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-at
| | | | | | | | |
plate boundaries
|
Suppose an ice-covered region like Greenland were moved by plate
| | | | | | | | | |
tectonics so that in ten million years, it would be located at the equator.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Which of the following would be probable changes to its climate?
| | | | | | | | | | |
Choose the best answer. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The average
| | | | | | | |
temperatures would increase. | |
What is the boundary called that is formed by two plates sliding past
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
each other? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a transform fault
| | | | | |
Earthquake data is not useful for mapping divergent plate boundaries. -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false |
, Where is the Ring of Fire, an area where lots of volcanoes and
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
earthquakes occur, found? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-around the edges of
| | | | | | | |
the Pacific Plate
| | |
Earth's interior heat is the engine that powers which of the following?
| | | | | | | | | | |
earthquakes
|
volcanoes
|
all of these
| |
|
movement of the plates of the crust - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-all of
| | | | | | | | | | |
these
What does the earth's interior heat originate from? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the decay of radioactive materials | | | |
|
the residual heat from the formation of the earth
| | | | | | | |
The process whereby dense material sinks and low-density material
| | | | | | | | |
rises to form a layered planet is called what? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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differentiation
