Earth Science Semester 1 Review

Weathering, erosion, and deposition are three processes that help create different landforms.

This rock forms as a result of changes in heat and pressure in the Earth's interior

Which is the Mantle?

Sea-floor spreading is when

The three plate boundaries are

The name for horizontal layers in the earth is...

Which is the Crust?

During this process of the starburst lab we were demonstrating what process of the rock cycle?

Which is the Outer Core?

What type of rock are fossils found in?

Landslides are gradual changes to the Earth's surface.

What is each rock?

What are the 4 sphere's of the Earth's System?

What is sediment?

Alfred Wegner used what evidence to support his Theory of the Continental Drift?

Which rock layer in the picture is the oldest?

What are the steps in the Rock Cycle?

Is melting a physical or chemical change?

Which layer do convection currents occur?

The relative age of rocks is the age compared to the ages of other rocks.

This rock comes from the cooling and crystallization of magma

What action is taking place within the Earth to provide evidence of the drift theory?

Fossils are...

Is cementation a physical or chemical change?

This rock forms as a result of multiple processes ending in layered sediments.

There are four sphere's that make up the Earth. What are they?

What are the three types of stress the rocks in the pictures?