Gruber Earth Science Review

What is the name of magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows from a volcano?

A rock with iron becomes turns reddish-brown in color. It has been chemically weathered by

The processes involved in the rock cycle include all of the following EXCEPT

What is the model that illustrates the processes that create and change rocks?

Seafloor spreading occurs between what two types of plates?

What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth's layers?

What metals make up Earth's core?

Slate is an example of what type of metamorphic rock?

The crystals that form in slowly cooling magma are generally

Earth's inner core is

The type of plate boundary where plates slide past each other is called

What landform is created at a continental-continental convergent boundary?

Frost wedging causes physical weathering of rock by

Clastic, chemical, and organic are examples of which type of rock?

During WWI, scientists discovered this for the first time

Earth's crust is broken into sections called

What kind of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?

Weathering in which rock is worn away by the grinding action of other rock particles is called

How is igneous rock formed?

Earth's mantle is

Foliated rocks are distinguished by

Which type of rock is most likely to have fossils?

A marble statue is left to exposed to weather, and the details weather away. This is caused by

The rock cycle indicates that each type of rock can

Igneous rock that cools and hardens inside Earth's crust is called?

A hot and wet climate causes weathering to take place

Metamorphic rock forms as a result of

The changes that take place in the rock cycle

Which scientist proposed the theory of continental drift?

Geologists obtain indirect evidence about Earth's interior by