Science EOC Review: Earth Structures

Where might you find mountains of metamorphic rock?

You are sitting on a layer taking this assessment. Where are you?

Which layer of the Earth is plastic (moves/flows)?

Which layer contains the convection currents?

In this diagram of an earthquake, where is the EPICENTER located?

What geological event occurs at a transform boundary?

What determines how strong an earthquake will be?

Granite forms when magma cools; when heated & squeezed it turns to gneiss. Identify the change:

What has to happen for sediment in order for it to become sedimentary rock?

What happens at a TRANSFORM boundary that can cause an earthquake?

If Earth is divided into 3 layers, how would they be identified?

You are digging deep into the Earth & you reach a tectonic plate, what layer have you reached?

Which set of arrows represents a CONVERGENT plate boundary?

Convection currents in the mantle cause tectonic plates to move. What is a convection current?

What do you need in order for igneous rock to form?

Which volcanic eruption is most likely associated with the release of pyroclastic materials?

What best describes the effect that the spinning of Earth's core has?

There are two types of crust in the lithosphere. Which are they?

Which phrase best describes the lower mantle?

Which is a result of the convection caused by high temperatures in Earth's mantle?

The following is part of a lab procedure; what are these students modeling?

What is the difference between magma and lava?

What are the three types of rocks that are part of the rock cycle?

What is Earth's inner core mostly made of?

Which COMPOSITIONAL layer would you find at the exact center of Earth?

Plate Boundaries where two tectonic plates move away from each other.

Plate Boundary where two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.

What is the name of Alfred Wegner's theory of separating continents by moving tectonic plates?

The bulk of Earth's mass (almost 2/3 of it) is located in which layer?

What do we call pieces of lithosphere that move on the mantle, moving earth's crust?