1- the appalachian mountains are located in the eastern united states.
true
false
2- the united states is the saudi arabia of coal (meaning that the u. s has a lot of coal)
true
false
3- the term “reclamation” is used to describe returning mined land to usable condition.
true
false
4- an object in which light cannot escape because of the immense gravitational pull at its surface is called a
black hole
main-sequence star
red giant
white dwarf
5- the asteroid belt is located between
saturn and uranus
earth and mars
venus and mercury
jupiter and mars
6- are small soild particles form space that glow brightly and burn up (vaporize) as they travel through earth’s atmosphere.
asteroids
microcomets
mesocoronas
meteors
7- the explains how our solar system probably formed from a giant cloud of gases and dispersed solid particles.
protogalactic theory
nebular hypothesis
extrastellar solar hypothesis
planetary compression theory
8- jupiter and saturn are surrounded by atmospheres of
argon
nitrogen and krypton
carbon dioxide
hydrogen and helium
oxygen
9- the atmosphere of venus is dominated by causing the surface temperatures to be about 900 f
water vapor
oxygen
helium
carbon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
10- are rocky or iron bodies in our solar system that remain irregular in shape because of their weak gravity.
asteroids
satellites
planets
quasars
11- part of a/an is its long, glowing tail, a narrow column of dust that extends for millions of kilometers
asteroid
planet
meteor
comet
12- at boundaries, accumulation of sediment occurs that will eventually be part of a mountain.
transform
divergent
ocean-continent convergent
strike-slip
13- at arc-continent convergence, an island (or small portion of a continent) is welded onto the opposite because
of gravitational collapse
the island arc is more dense than the continent
the island arc is too buoyant (less dense) to subduct at the subduction zone
of a transform fault
14- another term for mountain building is
aristocracy
monogamy
phylogeny
orogeny
15- the present elevation of the appalachian mountains is due to
the break of pangaea
the formation of pangaea
uplift after the previous mountain building and subsequent erosion of the appalachians
a transform fault
16- roots of ancient mountains ranges that have been eroded and are now covered with sedimentary rocks (not completely exposed) are called
continental shields
oceanic crust
continental mountains
cratons
17- mountains that cover 1000s of kilometers and consist of many named groups of mountains are scientifically called
a mountain range
a mountain belt
lots of mountains
there is no scientific name for 1000s of kilometers of mountains
18- the large group pf mountains that are located in the western united states are the
appalachians
rockies
alps
andes