Earth Science: CST Review Day #4 CST Released Questions #28-42 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 9a

1. Earth Science: CST Review Day #4CST Released Questions #28-423a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 9a 850 in 2011! YM 2010

2. 1. Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics? A sea-floor topography B ocean currents C Coriolis effect D atmospheric temperatures

3. 1. Which of the following provides evidence for plate tectonics? sea-floor topography

4. 2. The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically located near what feature?

5. 2. The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are typically located near what feature? a mid-ocean ridge

6. 3. A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary?

7. 3. A rift valley is evidence of which kind of plate boundary? Divergent

8. 4. The convergence of two continental plates would produce

9. 4. The convergence of two continental plates would produce Folded mountains

10. 5. What is most responsible for the formation of new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate? A mountain building at a continent-continent convergent boundary B magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundary C two tectonic plates sliding past one another at a transform boundary D subduction of one oceanic plate under another at a convergent boundary

11. 5. What is most responsible for the formation of new crust at the edge of a tectonic plate? Magma rising up from the mantle at a divergent boundary

12. Granite 6. It is generally true that igneous rocks

13. Granite 6. It is generally true that igneous rocks are composed of silicate minerals.

14. 7. Relative cooling rates of igneous intrusive rocks can be estimated by comparing rocks’ ___________??

15. 7. Relative cooling rates of igneous intrusive rocks can be estimated by comparing rocks’ ___________?? Crystal sizes

16. 8. Which of the following is most likely to producea fragmental sedimentary rock? A magma fractured on the ocean floor B calcite crystallized from seawater C gravel deposited in a silt bed D limestone dissolved in cave formation

17. 8. Which of the following is most likely to producea fragmental sedimentary rock? gravel deposited in a silt bed

18. 9. The San Andreas fault in California is an important example of which plate boundary?

19. 9. The San Andreas fault in California is an important example of which plate boundary? Transform boundary

20. 10. Earthquake vibrations are detected, measured,and recorded by instruments called

21. 10. Earthquake vibrations are detected, measured,and recorded by instruments called seismographs

22. 11. At which location would earthquakes be least likely to occur?

23. 11. At which location would earthquakes be least likely to occur? 1

24. 12. At which location does SUBDUCTION occur?

25. 12. At which location does SUBDUCTION occur? 3

26. 13. The Richter scale measures which earthquake characteristic?

27. 13. The Richter scale measures which earthquake characteristic? Magnitude -It was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter to compare the size of earthquakes. -The magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs.

28. 14. Which type of volcano would be the least explosive?

29. 14. Which type of volcano is the least explosive? shield volcano

30. 15. Which of the following energy sources is mostlikely to be abundant in California due to its position on a plate boundary? A wind B nuclear C solar D geothermal

31. 15. Which of the following energy sources is mostlikely to be abundant in California due to its position on a plate boundary? geothermal

32. 16. What energy resource is made possible by thevolcanic activity in California?

33. 16. What energy resource is made possible by thevolcanic activity in California? Geothermal Energy

34. 17. Geothermal energy is possible where there is_____.

35. 17. Geothermal energy is possible where there is_____. Magma