Earth Science Review

When heat moves from warmer to cooler objects without material moving it is called _______.

The locations of ancient climate zones provide evidence for continental drift.

Only one type of mineral can be present in a metamorphic rock.

The outlines of the plates are located by mapping

The seafloor is oldest at the mid-ocean ridge.

Similar fossil records across continents was evidence for continental drift.

Warm mantle rises and sinks in a _________________.

Earth's plates are made of slabs of

If a divergent plate boundary is found within a continent,

As magma cools, all of the mineral grains form at the same temperature.

New land is created at a ______ plate boundary.

Each type of rock has a particular

Seafloor spreading is what makes the continents move.

Two rocks have the same minerals but of very different sizes. Which statement is true?

A rock that was once a different rock with a different mineral composition and/or texture is a(n)

The lithosphere is

At a time of reversed magnetic polarity, the north and south poles are

Since new oceanic crust is being created

What was Wegener's continental drift idea?

The flat areas of the oceans are called the

We can hold something like the core in our hands, a metallic meteorite.

All volcanoes and earthquakes take place at plate boundaries.

Coal is mined in many cold regions, but it is thought to form in_____ climates.

Seismic waves travel

The lithosphere is solid but it can flow.

Heat in the mantle moves by

Mountain ranges located on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean

The mid-ocean ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth.