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Question 12 pts
Where do convergent boundaries tend to form mountains?
Group of answer choices

at folds

underwater

at deep-sea trenches

on land

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Question 22 pts
Which of the following is a result of seafloor spreading?
Group of answer choices

Mid-ocean ridges form at convergent boundaries.

Trenches form at transform boundaries.

Mid-ocean ridges form at divergent plate boundaries.

Trenches form at divergent boundaries.

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Question 32 pts
Which type of body wave cannot move through liquids?
Group of answer choices

P waves

Rayleigh waves

S waves

Love waves

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Question 42 pts
Which human behavior contributes to soil erosion through tilling, surface irrigation, pesticides, and livestock grazing?
Group of answer choices

agriculture

urbanization

climate change

deforestation

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Question 52 pts
What is the second step in the formation of a volcano?
Group of answer choices

Expanding gases cause volcanic eruptions.

Moving tectonic plates create openings for magma to rise.

Lava cools and forms hard rocks.

Gases expand in the rising magma.

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Question 62 pts
Which type of volcano forms from particles of congealed lava exploding from a single opening?
Group of answer choices

composite volcanoes

cinder cone volcanoes

dormant volcanoes

shield volcanoes

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Question 72 pts
What is the third step in the weathering and erosion process?
Group of answer choices

Erosion moves materials.

Very small rocks form soil.

Wind and water deposit materials.

Weathering breaks rock into small pieces.

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Question 82 pts
What feature of Earth protects it from damaging particles from the Sun?
Group of answer choices

the electric field

the magnetic field

the atmosphere

the aurora borealis

Answer 1

Here are the answers:

1. at folds
2. Mid-ocean ridges form at divergent plate boundaries.
3. S waves
4. agriculture
5. Gases expand in the rising magma.
6. cinder cone volcanoes
7. Wind and water deposit materials.
8. the magnetic field