The Earth (SPI 7.1-7.7)

Question 1

As one OCEANIC plate subducts under another OCEANIC plate, what will most likely form?

Accepted Answer

volcanic island

Question 2

A student finds a mineral that can scratch Gypsum but not quartz. This is an observation about

Accepted Answer

hardness

Question 3

Which layer of the Earth is the thinnest layer?

Accepted Answer

crust

Question 4

Dried lava can be worn down and broken into small pieces. These pieces can be cemented and form

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 5

Most tectonic plates move at rates of _______________.

Accepted Answer

centimeters per year

Question 6

Which widely used energy sources are nonrenewable and also a source of greenhouse gas emissions

Accepted Answer

fossil fuels

Question 7

In order for magma to be converted into igneous rock, which action must occur?

Accepted Answer

crystalization and cooling

Question 8

Which correctly lists Earth's layers in order from the center to the surface?

Accepted Answer

inner core, outer core, asthenosphere, lithosphere

Question 9

What process that occurs within the Earth's mantle is represented by the diagram?

Accepted Answer

convection

Question 10

What has to occur to change igneous rock into sediment?

Accepted Answer

weathering, transportation, and deposition

Question 11

What forms when an OCEANIC plate is slowly subducted beneath a CONTINENTAL plate?

Accepted Answer

OCEAN TRENCH

Question 12

Which property of a mineral can be determined just by looking at it?

Accepted Answer

luster

Question 13

For energy, wind turbines require large open spaces.. A negative consequence is

Accepted Answer

takes up a lot of open space

Question 14

Which will most likely cause an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

plates slipping along a fault

Question 15

Which processes change sedimentary rock into metamorphic rock?

Accepted Answer

heat and pressure

Question 16

Which movement of oceanic plates would cause the formation of new crust on the ocean floor?

Accepted Answer

two oceanic plates pulling away from each other

Question 17

Divergent plates move _____ each other. This causes ____to form at well as mid-ocean ridges.

Accepted Answer

away, rifts

Question 18

Based on Moh's Scale, which mineral will scratch feldspar but not corundum?

Accepted Answer

Topaz

Question 19

Which section of the Earth is composed primarily of liquid metal?

Accepted Answer

outer core

Question 20

As organisms die their remains can become buried by mud and are eventually compressed into ___.

Accepted Answer

sedimentary rock

Question 21

How are sedimentary rocks made?

Accepted Answer

materials are pressed together

Question 22

When rocks are exposed to wind, rain, heat, ice, or waves, the rocks

Accepted Answer

erode

Questions 22