Final Exam Review - Part 2

What type of plate boundaries do plates collide?

Which of the oceans is the largest and deepest?

Rocks are classified based on

What are the 2 most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere?

Which of the following statements is true?

The San Andreas fault occurs at which type of plate boundary?

Which of the following occurs when ocean salinity rises?

Radiometric dating enables geologists to determine

What causes Earth's seasons?

Which of the following is a source of dissolved substances in the ocean?

Temperature and pressure increase with depth inside the Earth. Which if the following statements is true?

Which of the following is NOT true about minerals?

According to the theory of plate tectonics, the

The lithosphere is a rigid layer that includes the upper mantle and the

What is Earth's motion in its path around the sun?

Which type of rock forms heat and pressure?

Which of the following increases salinity?

The way a mineral reflects light is called

Which of the following areas are NOT one of the three main regions of the ocean floor?

Crystallization from cooling magma describes one way that

Radiaoactive decay occurs when unstable nuclei

Wegener's continental drift hypothesis stated that all continents were once joined together to form

Half-life is defined as the time it takes

Rocks record geologic events and

In the Mohs Hardness Scale, a mineral with a hardness of 6 can scratch

The Theory of Plate Tectonics helps to explain

Rocks are made up of one or more

Which of the following is an example of human activity that contributes to climate change?

The layers of the Earth, in order, based on chemical composition are

Minerals are composed of one or more

The densest elements are found in Earth's core because of

Water vapor and carbon dioxide are greenhouse gases because they

The streak of a mineral is

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called

From Earth's surface to space, the layers of the Earth are

Which type of rock forms when sediments are deposited and lithified?

Renewable resources

Which gas in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun's UV rays?

Which type of rock forms when magma cools and crystallizes?

What would conditions on Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?

The advantages of solar energy include the fact that it is

What type of plate boundary occurs at mid-ocean ridges?

For what purpose do geologists use relative dating?