21-22 Unit 4 Test Review

A subduction zone is where two plates ___________

What is magma?

What plate boundaries are responsible for earthquakes?

The theory that states that the continents once formed a single landmass then broke apart is called _____________.

Rock that is made of sand layers is what type of rock?

Chlorine has 17 protons and 18 neutrons, what is its atomic number?

The picture is an example of what kind of plate boundary?

Which of the following is the order for forming sedimentary rocks?

Aside from residual heat from Earth's formation, what is a source of heat in the core?

Which rock type may be weathered to become sediment and eventually sedimentary rock?

At Mid-Ocean Ridges ___________

The splitting of Pangea cause a rift valley to form in this terrane.

Which of the following accounts for the higher density of basalt when compared to granite?

The collision of this terrane and the African plate formed the Appalachian Mountains.

Which of the following is common for sedimentary rocks?

Metamorphic rock transforms to igneous rock by______________.

The picture is an example of what kind of plate boundary?

Which best explains the mineral composition difference between granite and basalt?

What is the mass number of Chlorine-35?

Scientists think movement of tectonic plates is caused by which of the following processes?

Sandstone transforms into quartzite by_________.

Which of the following would you not expect to find at a divergent plate boundary?

Granite transforms to gneiss by_____________.

Which type of crust is more dense?

The thinnest layer of the Earth is called the _______.

What are two different types of crust?

Volcanoes ooze a liquid rock material called __________.

The upper part of the mantle, where the plate boundaries lie on top of is called the _____________.

At transform plate boundaries _____________.

Convection currents occur in the ____________.

Which of the following characteristics would be least useful when identifying rocks?

Which relative dating law can be used to determine which terrance, Iapetos or Avalonia, is older based on the image?

After transforming to sediment, the metamorphic rock transforms to sedimentary rock by

Which geologic process can change any type of rock into sediment?

What kind of rock is forming in the picture above?

Which of the following occurs at plate boundaries?

Continents were once joined together in a single large landmass called what?

Regarding the crystal size of intrusive gneous rocks, which is true of granite?

The picture is an example of what kind of plate boundary?

Continental-Continental, Oceanic-Oceanic, Continental-Oceanic are associated with which of the following?

What must happen for metamorphic rock to be transformed into igneous rock?

Proto-North America terrane contains gneiss. What can you infer about the geologic processes that formed the rock?

Sedimentary rock transforms to igneous rock by ____________.

Which statement about metamorphic rocks is correct?

Where can igneous rocks form?

Which of the following processes involved in the rock cycle is most active in the picture?

Convection currents in the mantle are caused by differences in what?

The three types of rock are...

Compaction and cementation create ______________ rock from particles of rock, soil, and/or sand.

Which order is correct (oldest to youngest)?

Which type of rock does not contain fossils?

The closing of the Iapetos Ocean involved which of the following?

An isotope has the same number of electrons but different number of protons.

An unstable isotope undergoes alpha decay. What happens to the mass number and atomic number of the daughter isotope?

Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years. How many half-lives have passed in 28,650 years?

Which best explains why the Iapetos terrane is split in two?

After changing to sediment, the igneous rock is then transformed to sedimentary rock by

Which best explains why iron is concentrated in Earth's core and not the crust?

Continental and oceanic crust collide, what happens to the oceanic crust?

A sample contains 12.5% of Carbon-14 and 87.5% Nitrogen-14. What type of decay does this represent?

Which of the following best describes a mineral?