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Earth's layers, Rocks and Plates
Earth's layers, Rocks and Plates
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Which tectonic plate is number 3?
Pacific
Antarctican
African
IndoAustralian
2
The geological process in which materials are laid down.
Weathering
Erosion
Cementation
Deposition
3
Which of the Earth's layers is the thinnest?
Inner Core
Outer Core
Crust
Mantle
4
Process that turns sediments into hard rock when a binder filters through.
Cementation
Depostition
Erosion
Compaction
5
Bryce Canyon has spires of layered limestone and sandstone. What type of rock is it?
Volcanic
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
6
How might an igneous rock become a sedimentary rock?
erosion and cementation
melting and cooling
heat and pressure
7
What type of rock is formed when magma cools and hardens beneath the Earth's surface?
Metamorphic
Intrusive Igneous
Extrusive Igneous
Sedimentary
8
How does Earth's inner core differ from the outer core?
innercore is divided into plates and the outer core is not
outer core is divided into plates and the inner core is not
Inner core is solid and outer core is liquid
innercore is liquid and outer core is solid
9
How does a sedimentary rock become an igneous rock?
weathering and erosion
heat and pressure
melting and cooling
compaction
10
When energy where tectonic plates come together and is released as seismic waves what happens?
Ocean Basin formation
Convection current
Volcanic Eruption
Earthquake
11
Which plate is 4?
North American
South American
Pacific
African
12
Which type of rock comes from Latin "to change form"?
Sedimentary
Detrital
Metamorphic
Igneous
13
Which plate is 10?
Eurasian
African
Pacific
Indo-Australian
14
The Earth's Lithosphere is composed of which of the folowing?
crust and upper mantle
crust and core
inner core and outer core
outer core and lower mantle
15
Process by which sediments are reduced in size by pressure of rock lying above.
Weathering
Cementation
Erosion
Compaction
16
What is the name of the super continent thought to have existed 225 million years ago?
Panhandle
All in One
Pangaea
Unification
17
What type of rock is formed when lava cools and hardens on the Earth's surface?
extrusive igneous
intrusive igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
18
What plate is number 2?
Eurasian
North American
African
Indo Australian
19
Rocks undergo cementation to become lava.
False
True
20
What type of boundary forms an ocean basin?
convergent
Subduction
divergent
transform
21
In which of the following ways can volcanoes help build up new crust?
by adding sedimentary rock to the surface
by adding igneous rock to the surface
by adding water vapor to the atmosphere
by adding gases to the atmosphere
22
Which tectonic plate is number 13?
Pacific
Eurasian
North American
South American
23
The Hawaiian Islands are formed from a ___________________?
divergent boundary
hot spot
subduction zone
convergent boundary
24
Where does the energy that moves Earth's tectonic plates come from?
waves and tides
strong winds
Earth's magnetic field
convection currents
25
What is the name of the Scientist that came up with the Plate Tectonics theory?
Alfred Wegener
Patrick Delaney
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
26
What two processes are needed for metamorphic rock to be formed?
melting and cooling
Heat and pressure
Weathering and Erosion
Condensation and evaporation
27
Which tectonic plate is number 12?
North American
African
Indian
Pacific
28
What type of boundary formed the Himalayan mountains?
Divergent
Transform
Subduction
Convergent
29
Which plate is number 9?
Antarctic
Pacific
African
Eurasian
30
What is the process by which sediments are carried away called?
Cementation
Sublimation
Erosion
Compaction