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Grade 11 Atmosphere
Energy from what source drives the atmosphere and hydrosphere?
  1. Sun
  2. Radioactive decay
  3. Primordial coalescence
  4. Chemical reactions
Grade 11 Rocks
The type of metamorphism this rock undergoes occurs due to the pressure and heat from the movement of one tectonic plate against another.
  1. Concrete Metamorphism
  2. Contact Metamorphism
  3. Tectonic Metamorphism
  4. Regional Metamorphism
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
The topography of the ocean floor is                                                   .
  1. lacking any significant features
  2. less varied than that of the continents
  3. as varied as that of the continents
  4. not comparable to the topography of the continents
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
An atoll may be described as                                                           .
  1. a coral reef paralleling a nearby coastline
  2. a flat-topped submerged seamount
  3. a coral reef surrounding a lagoon
  4. a coral reef separated by the mainland by a shallow lagoon
Grade 11 Atmosphere
Earth's atmosphere is made up of about 78% of which element or compound?
  1. Nitrogen
  2. Oxygen
  3. Argon
  4. Carbon Dioxide
Grade 11 Historical Geology
The principle that states geologic changes occur over long periods of time is                       .
  1. the threshold theory
  2. catastrophism
  3. gradualism
  4. the feedback mechanism
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
Animals that live in a benthic environment live in what part of the ocean?
  1. blue water
  2. the sky
  3. on a boat
  4. sea floor
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
The ocean floor is one big flat, featureless plain.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 11 Tectonics
What happens at an active continental margin?
  1. earthquakes keep sediment on the continental shelf.
  2. continent shelves are very wide.
  3. continental shelves are under unusually deep water.
  4. sediment disappears into a trench.
Grade 11 Environmental Science
What is the chief threat to soil?
  1. erosion
  2. pests
  3. destructive plant life
  4. decay
Grade 11 Oceanography and Hydrology
This layer of the ocean receives sunlight and is wind-stirred.
  1. deep zone
  2. surface zone
  3. thermocline
  4. pressure
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