Earth Science Review

A layer of hot, solid rock below the crust is the ______________________.

Pressure and temperature increase as you move deeper below the surface of the Earth.

When plates pull apart, this type of boundary is created.

A physical feature on Earth's surface is called a _____________________.

This can happen at all three boundaries.

This process builds up land by dropping off and building sediment to create new land forms.

The Earth's largest layer (thickest) is the _________________.

This is something that we can prepare for, but not predict.

Lava is hot molten rock found below the crust.

Which structure does NOT help protect our beaches from erosion.

At a convergent boundary this is created.

This type of boundary is found when two plates are moving towards each other.

The crust is broken up into __________________________.

This instrument can be used to measure the intensity of an earthquake.

Which structure does not help prevent or control flooding?

Which best describes erosion?

A thin rocky layer that surrounds the Earth; the layer in which we find landforms.

This type of boundary creates faults.

These are land form examples made by deposition.

What is weathering?

Name the layer of the Earth that is made up of iron and nickel.