1. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as

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1 Sample questions 1. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as b. continental drift c. subduction d. conduction 2. The transfer of thermal energy by particles of a liquid or a gas moving from one place to another. a. Convection b. Conduction c. Kinetic energy d. Heat 3. Is a decrease in a material's volume when its temperature decreases. a. Thermal Contraction b. Conduction c. Convection d. Radiation 4. Transfer of heat through a solid is called b. conduction c. radiation d. solar heating 5. What are the names of the two layers of the Sun's core? a. Radiative Zone and Convective Zone b. Radiative Zone and Conduction Zone c. Convective Zone and Hydrogen Zone d. Convective Zone and Radiation Zone 6. The movement of energy by waves b. conduction c. radiation d. thermal energy 7. When you add hot water to cold water, the cold water warms up because of a. insulation

2 b. convection c. radiation d. solar energy 8. The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere is the a. corona b. chromosphere c. photosphere d. convection zone 9. In the ocean any movement of material that results from differences in density: a. Convection current b. Upwelling c. Surface current d. Coriolis Effect 10. A material through which thermal energy flows easily. a. Thermal Contraction b. Temperature c. Thermal Conductor d. Convection Current 11. A devise used to tell wind direction is called a(n) a. anemometer b. land breeze c. weather vane d. convection cell 12. What is the hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations? a. magnetic reversal b. continental drift c. continental slope d. convection 13. Two pieces of the same kind of matter have the same temperature. The one with the larger mass has more a. conduction b. thermal energy c. convection d. solar energy 14. The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature that transfers thermal energy from one part of the fluid to another

3 a. divergent plate boundary b. erosion c. convection current d. wave 15. Where does the nuclear fusion process occur? a. the core b. the radiation zone c. the convection zone d. the sun's atmosphere 16. he transfer of thermal energy by the circulation of a liquid or gas is called b. greenhouse effect c. thermal conduction d. air pressure 17. This is where magma from the Earth's mantle melts the crust to form several volcanoes. For example, the Hawaiian Islands in the middle of the Pacific Plate - not at the edge. a. Lithosphere b. Convection Currents c. Fault d. Hot Spots 18. How do scientists study Earth's interior? a. digging and drilling holes b. photographs c. seismic waves d. convection 19. Which process is the beginning or starts all the other processes involved with plate tectonics? a. seafloor spreading b. subduction c. continental drift d. mantle convection 20. Hot material from the bottom of the mantle rising, cooling, sinking, reheating in a repetitive process causing currents on which the crust floats (like boiling water). a. Continental Drift b. Magma c. Subduction Zone d. Convection Currents

4 21. Winds flowing from different directions that come together in a locality force air masses aloft. Cloud formation and storms often result. What is the meteorological term for this process? a. frontal wedging b. convergence c. convection d. orographic lifting 22. Which of the following refers to the random movement of particles down a concentration gradient? a. osmosis b. facilitated diffusion c. diffusion d. advection e. convection 23. The lithosphere, a hot convecting mantle, and a dense, metallic core compose a. a volcano b. layers of the Sun l c. ayers of the Earth d. plate tectonics 24. is the movement of a liquid or gas, caused when it is unevenly heated so that some parts become less dense and other parts become more dense. a. Conventional current b. Convection current c. Fluid d. Osmosis 25. What is the driving force behind plate tectonics that causes it to happen? a. gravity b. plates floating on the ocean c. convection currents d. earthquakes 26. The process by which weathered materials are carried by erosion and deposited in new places, building new landforms. a. Plate Tectonics b. Convection Currents c. Earthquakes d. Deposition

5 27. Mountains in which one side is lush and fertile, while the other side is barren and dry, are formed by b. orographic lifting c. occluded front d. frontal wedging 28. A material that reduces the flow of heat by convection, conduction, and radiation is a(n) a. conductor b. insulator c. radiator d. stubern material 29. The greenhouse effect heats the Earth's surface by a. infrared radiation and sunlight b. sunlight and volcanic eruptions c. mantel convection and infrared radiation d. volcanic eruptions and mantle convection 30. Plate movement is caused by a. the rotation of the Earth. b. ocean tides. c. convection currents in the mantle. d. the moon's gravity. 31. These are two types of crust that make up the Earth's surface. and mantle b. lithosphere and continental c. continental and oceanic d. lithosphere and asthenosphere 32. The collision of two oceanic plates creates a. mountain belts b. convection currents c. rift valleys d. island arcs 33. In diagram shown, what does the letter G best represent? Subduction Zone a. oceanic crust b. continental crust

6 c. mantle conduction d. mantle convection 34. Dark spots on the surface of the sun a. Corona b. Sunspots c. Convection Zone d. Core e. Solar Flare f. Chromosphere g. Prominence h. Photosphere 35. The image shows landforms and water bodies. Letter F represents a river. Major Landforms Which best describes why water flows in the river? a. blowing winds b. seismic activity c. gravitational force d. convection currents

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