6th Grade Final Exam Part 2

_____________________ is a mixture of weather rock, rock fragments, decayed organic matter, water and air.

A mechanical weathering process where water enters cracks in the rocks and freezes, it expands and that widens the crack

The average weather of an area is called

Which is an example of chemical weathering?

Where is the focus of an earthquake located?

What arer ways acid rain is formed?

Most of the earthquakes in Japan are a result of one plate sinking under another.

What natural disaster has little to no warning?

The shape and steepness of the landscape is called

What is a fault?

What is a hot spot?

Which is NOT organic matter?

Which of Earth’s layers is made mostly of iron and nickel?

The African Rift Valley is a location where plates are moving apart.

What is the difference between magma and lava?

A strike-slip fault is a result of __________________ stress

A reverse fault is caused by a type of stress known as

The ______________ is the densest compositional layer and makes up one-third of Earth’s mass.

______________ describes the mechanical and chemical processes that change objects on Earth’s surface over time.

A normal fault is a result of a type of stress known as

___________________ is the process of changing once-living material into dark-colored organic matter.

When two plate boundaries are convergent, what landform is likely to form?

What is it called when rock deforms and snaps back?

The ____________ is a region of hot, slow-flowing, solid rock.

The ________________ is the outermost, rigid physical layer of Earth

What kind of climate has the fastest weathering?

Where volcanoes will most likely form

The way light bounces off a mineral’s surface is described by the mineral’s

Each element is made up of only one kind of ____________________.

________ is the specific name describing the physical processes that naturally break rocks into smaller pieces

Which is LEAST likely to weather bedrock buried beneath layers of soil?

This occurs when water, wind, ice, or temperature change break down rock into fragments

This rock is made up of the mineral calcite, and it is formed from the remains of organisms that lived in water.

All of the organisms that live in an area are called

What is a vent?

What would happen to the rock cycle if erosion did not occur?

Why is the location around the Pacific Ocean known as the Ring of Fire?

What causes an earthquake?

The color of a mineral in powdered form is the mineral’s ______________.

The San Andreas fault is a location where tectonic plates move horizontally past each other.

The theory that describes large-scale movements of the Earth’s lithosphere is called

Oxidation combines the element __________________ with other elements or molecules

The remains of something that was once alive is called

How can sedimentary rock become metamorphic rock?

Which of the following are not ways to determine a mineral’s type.

This rock is made of tiny crystals that formed quickly when molten rock cools at Earth’s surface.

Through high temperature and pressure, this rock formed from sedimentary rock.