Environmental Science - Earth Formation Review

Approximately what age are the continental crust?

Where is the youngest part of the Atlantic Ocean found?

Mountains on land are formed by what two types of boundaries?

What is the term used for when the ocean floor moves further apart from each other?

Which is the middle part of the mantle, where lava comes through to reach the tectonic plates?

Which of the following are located around the Ring of Fire?

Which term means using the radioactive decay of isotopes to determine the age of rock?

What is the name of the layer of the earth that we walk on?

What part of the earth is made out of solid iron and nickel?

What type of boundary has 2 plates moving apart from each other?

What is a theory that explained how continents shift position on Earth’s surface

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following is the radioactive isotope that is emitting radiation?

Around which ocean is the Ring of Fire located?

What is the process where an unstable isotope releases radiation to become stable called?

What type of boundary has 2 plates colliding together?

Which of the following statements are true?

Approximately what age are the oceanic crust?

Earthquakes in the ocean are formed by what two kinds of boundaries?

Sea-floor spreading occurs by what two types of boundaries?

Ridges in the ocean are formed by what two types of boundaries?

Volcanoes on land are formed by what two types of boundaries?

How does lava come up through the mantle to the crust?

Volcanoes in the ocean are formed by what two types of boundaries?

Which is the uppermost part of the mantle?

Which of the following is an example of a trench?

What is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics?

What process occurs when one convergent plate moves UNDER another?

If it takes 25 days to reach the first half life, how long will it take to reach 4th half life?

Which is the lowest part of the mantle?

What is the theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into plates that glide over the mantle

What is a steep canyon found in the deepest parts of the ocean?

Which of the following is the isotope that is made during the radioactive decay?

What is the process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface?

Where is the oldest part of the Atlantic Ocean's oceanic crust found?

Which of the following is NOT a way that the earth is heated?

Islands are formed by what two types of boundaries?

What are the lines where the edges of plates meet?

Which of the following is an example of a ridge?

What is the removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity?

Which of the following is a volcano formed by plate tectonics?

How many half lives will it take for 40 parent isotopes to become 35 daughter and 5 parent?

Earthquakes on land are formed by what two types of boundaries?

What type of boundary has 2 plates slipping past each other?

Which of the following is NOT an isotope?

Which of the following is an island formed due to plate tectonics?