Geology Unit

Question 1

Two plates collide at a...

Accepted Answer

Convergent boundary

Question 2

What happens when two oceanic plates diverge?

Accepted Answer

A mid-ocean ridge forms

Question 3

Which geological event takes place when two continental plates collide?

Accepted Answer

Folded mountains are created as crust is pushed upward

Question 4

Two tectonic plates slide past one another at a...

Accepted Answer

Transform boundary

Question 5

Why is Earth&#x27;s inner core solid?

Accepted Answer

It is under immense pressure

Question 6

What state of matter is the inner core of Earth?

Accepted Answer

Solid

Question 7

What happens when two oceanic plates collide?

Accepted Answer

A trench is formed

Question 8

How are igneous rocks formed?

Accepted Answer

Heat

Question 9

Why is the composition of Earth's core important?

Accepted Answer

Earth's iron core generates a magnetic field to protect us from radiation

Question 10

Which element makes up Earth's inner core?

Accepted Answer

Iron (Fe)

Question 11

What do we call molten rock that reaches the Earth&#x27;s surface?

Accepted Answer

Lava

Question 12

Which layer of Earth is associated with plasticity?

Accepted Answer

Mantle (including Asthenosphere)

Question 13

What happens when an oceanic plate and a continental plate converge?

Accepted Answer

A subduction zone is created and a volcano forms

Question 14

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

Accepted Answer

Heat and Pressure

Question 15

Which tectonic plate is composed oceanic crust and covered by ocean water?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Plate

Question 16

What are the two most abundant elements in Earth&#x27;s crust?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen and Silicon

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a physical property of minerals?

Accepted Answer

Force

Question 18

What do we call the process of breaking down rocks and minerals into smaller pieces?

Accepted Answer

Weathering

Question 19

What did Alfred Wegener name the supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago?

Accepted Answer

Pangaea

Question 20

What do we call the process in which weathered rock and soil are dumped in a new location?

Accepted Answer

Deposition

Question 21

Who is credited with the Theory of Continental Drift?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Wegener

Question 22

What do we call the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil?

Accepted Answer

Erosion

Question 23

Which layer of Earth is associated with the lithosphere?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 24

What do we call small pieces of weathered rock?

Accepted Answer

Sediment

Question 25

Which type of rock is formed by intense pressure?

Accepted Answer

Sedimentary rock

Question 26

How do scientists classify rocks?

Accepted Answer

By their process of formation

Question 27

Which of the following choices was NOT evidence of continental drift?

Accepted Answer

Cave drawings left by our earliest human ancestors

Question 28

Which scale do we use to compare mineral hardness?

Accepted Answer

Mohs Scale

Question 29

What causes convection currents in the mantle?

Accepted Answer

The heat from Earth's core

Question 30

What do we call molten rock that forms inside the Earth&#x27;s crust?

Accepted Answer

Magma

Question 31

Which is more dense: continental crust or oceanic crust?

Accepted Answer

Oceanic crust is more dense

Question 32

Which geological event takes place when two continental plates diverge?

Accepted Answer

A rift valley is formed

Question 33

On which layer of Earth do we live?

Accepted Answer

Crust

Question 34

What causes the movement of Earth&#x27;s tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

Convection currents in the mantle

Question 35

What is plasticity?

Accepted Answer

A property of solids that have the ability to flow

Question 36

Which geological event takes place at a transform fault line?

Accepted Answer

Shearing causes an earthquake

Question 37

Practice Question: What is the name of the planet where we live?

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 38

What are the two types of crust?

Accepted Answer

Continental and Oceanic

Question 39

Two tectonic plates drift apart at a...

Accepted Answer

Divergent boundary

Question 40

What is the average speed of Earth&#x27;s tectonic plates?

Accepted Answer

About 1 to 10 centimeters per year

Geology Unit

Questions 40

Geology Unit

Questions 40