Semester 1 Review

Which property is responsible for making the oceans salty.

Which is NOT one of the three major steps that make-up the water cycle?

Area beneath Earth's surface where rock that is under stress breaks, triggering and earthquake.

Lava that cools on the surface of Earth leads the formation of large crystals.

This type of wave makes the ground roll like ocean waves.

Sedimentary rocks can NOT be formed from living things.

A type of metamorphic rock that have their grains arranged in parallel layers or bands

The relatively soft layer of the upper part of the mantle is the

Of the main sources of fresh water on Earth, where is most of it located.

Two plates collide with each other at

The process that presses and squeezes sediments together is called

Sedimentary rocks form from a series of processes.  The first step in the process is

A collapse of a volcano's magma chamber may produce a

Heat from the crust and the mantle itself causes convection currents in the mantle.

Oceanic crust is made of rocks such as basalt.

What type of scientific evidence did scientists use to determine the layers of the Earth.

Which is NOT a type of renewable energy.

Which is NOT a major greenhouse gas.

Magma becomes lava when it reaches the

The slow cooling of magma deep below the surface results in the formation of small crystals

Some minerals can be identified by special physical properties.  An example of this would be

A mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces has the property called fracture.

A possible explanation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question.

In the rock cycle, when a rock melts it becomes sedimentary rock.

A type of sedimentary rock that forms when minerals dissolve in a solution and crystallize.

Geologists classify rocks into three major groups, which is NOT one.

Any property that produces a change in the composition of matter.

In general, dark colored rocks are low in silica content.

The greenhouse effect on Earth happens when radiation from the sun is reflected away from Earth

An observation made using numbers or measurements.

Water is important to life is because it provides energy and helps with body processes.

A volcano is the shaking and trembling that results from movement of rock beneath the surface.

Continental crust is made of rocks such as granite.

The viscosity of magma depends upon its silica content and temperature.

Subduction of the ocean floor takes place at the

The process that powers plate tectonics is

In general, light colored rocks are low in silica content.

Any factor that can change in an experiment.

The term used to describe how light is reflected from a mineral's surface is called

When magma heats underground water, the result may be a

The lithosphere is made up of the crust and the

A major volcanic belt on Earth circles the Pacific Ocean called the

There are three main types of faults at which earthquakes occur, which one is NOT.

All variables (factors) except for one are kept constant.

The Luster is the color of a mineral in powder form.

Earthquake wave is the fastest type of earthquake wave.

There are convection currents in the outer core, which causes Earth's magnetic field.

Which of the following is evidence for seafloor spreading?

Water is a molecule made of the elements hydrogen and carbon in a 3 to 1 ratio.

To describe a rock's texture geologists use what physical feature of grains.

The single landmass that broke apart 250 million years ago was Pangaea.

The process by which sediments settle out of water or wind carrying it

Shield volcanoes produce explosive eruptions of ash and cinder.

A substance that cannot be broken down into other substances

When igneous rock is formed from magma has hardened beneath Earth's surface it is called

Geologists use microscopes to measure seismic waves produced by earthquakes.

The crust is a layer of solid rock that includes both continents and the ocean floor.

The process by which atoms are arranged to form a material with a crystal structure is called

Volcanic belts form along the boundaries of Earth’s plates.

What is NOT evidence that supports continental drift theory.

The stress force that slides a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called

The biggest type of greenhouse gas produced by humans is methane.

When two continental plates move away from each other a convergent boundary forms.

There are three main types of volcanoes, which of the following is NOT one of them.

In the rock cycle when heat and pressure are applied it can become igneous rock.

Type of sedimentary rock that forms from the remains of plants and animals.

A mixture in which one substance is dissolved in another is called

The stress force that causes part of the crust to become shorter and thicker is

A statement that sums up what you have learned from an experiment.

Geologists classify metamorphic rocks according to the arrangement of these

The type of sedimentary rock that forms when rock fragments are squeezed together.

Mid-ocean ridges are places where new continental crust are formed on Earth.

Idea that the continents slowly moved over Earth's surface is known as plate tectonic theory.

The stress force that causes part of the crust to become more thin and stretched out is

Which one is NOT true of minerals?

The transfer of heat by the direct contact of particles of matter is

Heat and pressure do NOT change other types rock into metamorphic rocks

Density is the mass in a given volume.

The Hawaiian Islands formed from this 

A substance made of two or more elements that have been chemically combined

A weak spot in the crust where molten material makes it to the surface is called an earthquake.

Observation involving your 5 senses and with descriptions that ARE NOT be expressed in numbers.

Water is considered a non-polar molecule because it has  positive and negative charged ends.

This type of wave moves back and forth perpendicular to the direction of movement.

Observations and measurements you make during an experiment.

A type of metamorphic rock that has their grains arranged randomly.

The mineral TALC is the hardest mineral on Earth.

When igneous rock is formed from lava that erupted onto Earth's is called

Characteristic of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing its composition

The factor that is changed in a scientific experiment.