Earth Science Review

Any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is called a ____________.

Ocean crust is ___________ than continental crust.

The motion in the Earth's mantle which causes plate movement is called...

Tall volcanoes with alternate layers of ash and lava are called __________.

The location below the Earth's surface where rock breaks to trigger an earthquake is called the

A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions is know as a...

A huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain is called a ________.

Which form of heat transfer takes place when you touch something hot?

As you get closer to the Earth's core...

The main hazard from a quiet volcanic explosion is ...

The outer core can be described as...

Which of Earth's layers is the thickest?

Which layer of the earth is broken into "plates"?

The theory that states that pieces of the Earth's crust are in constant motion is called _____.

The asthenosphere and mesosphere are part of which Earth layer?

Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by...

When two plates come together they form a ...