Rocks and the Rock Cycle — Cumulative exam Answers

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

anticline

shearing

syncline

tension

Which quantity does a light-year measure?

distance

speed

time

volume

Why did scientists struggle for thousands of years to accurately describe the solar system?

Venus has phases like the moon.

Many people spoke Italian and did not understand Latin.

The planets appeared to move backward in the sky occasionally.

Scientists could not explain why the Sun appeared to rise and set every day.

According to the theory of plate tectonics, which is one feature that plates carry?

seafloor

inner core

lower mantle

asthenosphere

Which describes bedrock?

consists of solid rock

lies directly above the soil layer

does not contain weathered rock

forms from decomposed material

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