Volcanoes — Cumulative exam Answers

What is the Milky Way?

Which is an example of a trace fossil?

Scientists believe that some mass extinction events are possibly caused by asteroids, volcanic activity, or climate change. How many mass extinctions have occurred on Earth in the last 4.6 billion years?

The image shows a landform created by Earth’s forces.

Which important event in Earth’s history occurred during the Jurassic period?

Which best explains how scientists confirmed that the moon formed around the same time as Earth?

Which coal field location is related to coal fields in the United States and supports the theory of continental drift?

The image shows locations of fossils from different geologic periods in Virginia.Which association correctly links the time period with the location of the fossils?

Which type of zone is located at a deep-ocean trench?

Study this image.

Study this image of lithospheric plates.

How long ago do scientists believe the continents formed Pangaea?

Which word identifies the shaking that results from movement under Earth’s surface?

Which type of star will become a black hole when it dies?

If astronomers discovered a new inner planet in the solar system, which characteristic would it most likely have?

Which planet is small, with a rocky surface and an atmosphere?

Which term defines a star system with two stars?

In which range is the peak wavelength of a star that is much hotter than the Sun most likely to be?

What force acts between Earth and the moon?

Which statement describes one aspect of an earthquake’s magnitude?