The Land Unit 1 Earth Science

Question 1

Why wasn't Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift accepted in his time?

Accepted Answer

He couldn't explain how the plates moved

Question 2

Areas not near plate boundaries would experience

Accepted Answer

few earthquakes

Question 3

Which of the following properties is the worst way to identify minerals?

Accepted Answer

color

Question 4

How do sedimentary rocks form?

Accepted Answer

compaction and cementation

Question 5

The color of the powder left by a mineral on unglazed porcelain tiles is called?

Accepted Answer

streak

Question 6

At what type of boundary can you find mid-ocean ridge?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Question 7

What causes the convections currents to move?

Accepted Answer

heat flow

Question 8

A mineral's resistance to being scratched

Accepted Answer

hardness

Question 9

States that the processes shaping the Earth today are sam as were occuring in the past.

Accepted Answer

Uniformitarianism

Question 10

Which of the following can occur during the rock cycle?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 11

The way a mineral reflect light?

Accepted Answer

Luster

Question 12

Which type of plate boundaries grind past each other?

Accepted Answer

transform

Question 13

What are the layers in order outside to inside?

Accepted Answer

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

Question 14

At which type of plate boundary does seafloor spreading happen?

Accepted Answer

divergent

Question 15

Which type of rock forms from cooling lava?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Question 16

How do the lithosphere and asthenosphere relate?

Accepted Answer

the lithosphere is on top of the asthenosphere

Question 17

How did the Hawaiian Islands form?

Accepted Answer

hot spot activity

Question 18

A volcano with alternating layers of lava, ash and cinders is what type?

Accepted Answer

composite

Question 19

Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 20

What type of rock is sandstone?

Accepted Answer

sedimentary

Question 21

Limestone is exposed to heat & pressure, changes & becomes marble. Which best describes marble

Accepted Answer

it is metamorphic rock

Question 22

Which type of plate boundary is shown in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Divergent

Question 23

At which plate boundaries do subduction zones occur?

Accepted Answer

convergent

Question 24

At which plate boundaries do volcanoes occur?

Accepted Answer

Both divergent and convergent

Question 25

A mineral quality that causes it to split or break

Accepted Answer

Cleavage

The Land Unit 1 Earth Science

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The Land Unit 1 Earth Science

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