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Review of rock cycle, plate tectonics and more! #rockcycle #platetectonics #Fault
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1
This is the type of seismic wave that arrives second and travels through just solids.
Surface Waves
Secondary waves
Sound Waves
Primary waves
2
One of the main elements in the core is
Carbon
Iron
Nickel
Hydrogen
3
Shear stress twisted the materials (rock)
True
False
4
The denser plate going under the lighter plate shown below happens at what boundary?
Divergent
Subduction
Transform
Convergent
5
Absolute dating will give you an exact age of a rock or fossil
True
False
6
Select one similarity in how metamorphic and sedimentary rocks form.
they both form from heat and pressure
they both form from preexisting rocks.
they both precipitate out of solution
they both form from cementation
7
Half-life of chromium-51 is 28 days. Started with 510 grams, how much would remain in 56 days?
255g
56g
127.5g
510g
8
The percentage of a sample after 2 half lives have gone.
25%
50%
75%
12.5%
9
According to relative dating, rocks are
younger in the middle
younger at the bottom
older at the top
older at the bottom
10
The location where the center of an earthquake is known as an epicenter.
True
False
11
Iron half life is 45 days. An 800g Iron golf club was found in a lake. It was pulled out with 200 g left. How long?
180 days
90 days
135 days
45 days
12
Obsidian is an example of
igneous rock
magma
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphic Rock
13
What type of rock is this?
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Magma
14
A place that is farther from the epicenter of an earthquake will have more damage
False
True
15
The measure of the energy released by an earthquake is the intensity
True
False
16
Ground movements that occur when rock in Earth moves suddenly and release energy.
ocean ridges
Earthquakes
trenches
volcanoes
17
The amount of time it takes a sample of element to be cut in half is called a half-life
False
True
18
The lithosphere includes ___________ and _____________as well as the 15 tectonic plates
the crust and upper mantle
mesosphere and lower mantle
the core and upper mantle
crust and lower mantle
19
This type of fault caused by tension stress and happens at a divergent boundary?
It's Your - Fault
Reverse Fault
Strike - Slip Fault
Normal Fault
20
Which type of crust is denser and thinner
Continental
Oceanic
21
Which is not a name of a MAJOR tectonic plate?
South American
North American
African
Cocos
22
True or False: Hanging wall is above the fault line
true
false
23
This is under the lithosphere and helps move the plates
Outer Core
Mesosphere
Asthenoshpere
Inner Core
24
Which is not a type of rock?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Marble
25
What wave causes the most destruction during an earthquake?
Gamma
Surface Waves
S waves
P waves
26
These are atoms of an element with different number of neutrons
Element
isotope
Compound
27
New crust and rift valleys are caused by what plate boundary?
Transform Boundary
Collision convergent boundary
Divergent Boundary
Subduction Convergent Boundary
28
This process is needed to change a metamorphic rock into a sedimentary rock
Heat and Pressure
Cooling magma
Weathering and Erosion
Compaction and Cementation
29
This type of seismic wave causes the most destruction
P waves
microwaves
Surface waves
S waves
30
These are the layers of the earth in order from the thickest to thinnest
Mantle, Crust, Core
Crust, Mantle, Core
Core, Mantle, Crust
Mantle, Core, Crust
