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Olivero Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics
Olivero Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics
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A review of 8th grade science topics of rock cycle and plate tectonics.
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Which type of rock is formed when other types of rock are subjected to high heat and pressure?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Volcanic
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What type of boundary is found when two plates are sliding past each other?
Divergent
Convergent
Crustal
Transform
3
Which type of rock is formed magma cools above ground?
Extrusive Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Intrusive Igneous
4
Which process allows rocks that are buried underground to rise up and be exposed to erosion?
Burial
Uplift
Cementation
Compaction
5
What is the first step in turning sediment into sedimentary rock?
Cementation
Melting
Burial
Pressue
6
At what type of boundary can large mountain ranges form?
Crustal
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
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Which processes are directly involved in the formation of igneous rock?
Erosion and sedimentation
Heating and cooling
Burial, compaction and cementation
Heat and pressure
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Which process causes the gradual breakdown of large rocks into sediment?
Uplift
Erosion
Heat
Burial
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What type of boundary is found when two plates are colliding?
Convergent
Divergent
Crustal
Transform
10
At what type of boundary do most earthquakes occur?
Transform
Crustal
Divergent
Convergent
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At what type of boundary do most volcanic mountains form?
Crustal
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
12
What might form when two oceanic plates converge?
Volcanic islands
Trenches
13
At what type of boundary does crust material get melted and destroyed?
Divergent
Transform
Crustal
Convergent
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What is necessary to create metamorphic rock?
Burial and cementation
Heat and pressure
Melting and cooling
Compaction
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What is the name given to the crust along with the hard outer layer of the mantle?
Inner Core
Lithosphere
Core
Asthenosphere
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Which type of rock is made up of small pieces of rock that have been cemented together?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Volcanic
17
What type of boundary is found when two plates are moving apart?
Crustal
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
18
At what type of boundary is new sea floor made?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
Crustal
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What might form when two oceanic plates diverge?
Mountain
Ocean ridge
Valley
Volcano
20
Which type of rock is formed magma cools below ground?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Extrusive Igneous
Intrusive Igneous
21
What is the term for the event when one plate slides beneath another plate?
Transformation
Subduction
Divergence
Slippage
22
What is the name given to the pieces of the Earth's crust?
Plate boundaries
Tectonic plates
Shifting plates
Crustal plates
23
What is the name given to the part of mantle that moves under the lithosphere?
Hydrosphere
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
24
What type of plate carries continents?
Continental
Oceanic
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What might form when two continental plates diverge?
Islands
Rift
Mountains
Sea floor
26
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Movement of the asthenosphere
Conduction in the asthenosphere
Convection in the lithosphere
Radiation in the lithosphere
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What type of plate carries ocean basins?
Oceanic
Continental
