Final Exam Review - Earth Science Part 1- Patuxent High School - Yurko

Rocks that form from volcanic activity are? 

A layer of rock that stores water:

When the elastic limit is passed rocks will break and move along surfaces called faults.

The molten material deep inside the Earth that igneous rocks form from is called

an atom with the same number of protons, but different number of neutrons

Ice wedging is caused by: 

What is thought to be responsible for crustal plate motion? 

Earth formed about ____________ years ago? 

Magma can melt through the crust to form many landforms. What is an example of this? 

A sample mineral breaks along a smooth flat surface; what  physical property is present?

Erosion can best be described by which of the following?

Humans appeared in the: 

Whose theory of Continental Drift set up the theory of plate tectonics? 

Magma can melt through the crust to form landforms such as:

Chemical weathering occurs faster in what kinds of climates? 

Dinoasurs lived during what Era: 

A rock layer must be younger than all the layers through which it cuts...this is called

Seafloor spreading is further evidence that:

Which of the following processes cause sediments

Many active volcanoes form around the edge of the Pacific Plate forming: