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Minerals, Rocks, and Plate Tectonics
Minerals, Rocks, and Plate Tectonics
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Covers basic information on minerals, rocks and plate tectonics.
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What is the name of layer 2 in the image?
Lithosphere
Core
Crust
Mantle
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What is the name of layer 3 in the image?
Asthenosphere
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
3
What type of boundary do we get when two plates move away from each other? (Can create valleys)
Divergent Boundary
Compound Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
4
What type of boundary do we get when two plates collide? (Can cause mountains to form)
Convergent Boundary
Compound Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
5
Which description best describes the crust?
A layer of very hot, but solid rock
Molten iron and nickel
Solid iron and nickel
A solid, rocky outer shell
6
What type of rock forms when an existing rock is changed by extreme heat or pressure?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Transform
Igneous
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What theory did Alfred Wegener first propose?
The Theory of Sea Floor Spreading
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Theory of Continental Drift
The Big Bang Theory
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What is the name of layer 1 in the image?
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Crust
9
What was the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago?
Panem
Panamerica
Pangaea
Pangaia
10
What do we call a break or crack in the Earth's crust?
A fault
A volcanoe
A plate boundary
An earthquake
11
What type of rock forms from sediments or organic material cemented together?
Metamorphic
Transform
Igneous
Sedimentary
12
Wilson discovered mountain ranges in the ocean where new floor was being made called what?
Deep Ocean Trenches
Undersea Volcanoes
Mid Sea Mountains
Mid Ocean Ridges
13
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all minerals?
Naturally Occurring
Crystal Structure
Organic
Solid
14
Which description describe the mantle the best?
Molten Iron and Nickel
Solid Iron and Nickel
A layer of very hot, but solid rock
A solid rocky outer shell
15
What do you call small pieces or particles of rocks?
Sand
Dirt
Sediment
Clusters
16
What do we call the process where hot fluids rise and cold fluids sink?
Heat Transfer
Conduction Currents
Convection Currents
Radiation Currents
17
What theory describes the movement of pieces of the crust over the mantle?
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
The Convection Current Theory
The Theory of Plate Evolution
The Theory of Continental Drift
18
What type of rock forms from cooling lava or magma?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Conglomerated
Igneous
19
What is the name of the process that changes one kind of rock into another?
The Ring of Fire
The Rock Cycle
The Metamorphosis Cycle
The Rock Circle
20
Which of the following is not a type of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support his theory?
Climate Evidence
Fossils
Land Features
Sea Floor Spreading
21
Which of the following is one of the testable properties of a minerals we learned?
Weight
Strength
Streak
Volume
22
Why was Wegener's theory rejected?
He was a lawyer, not a scientists
His evidence didn't make sense
He couldn't explain why
He faked his evidence
23
What do scientists believe our half liquid, half solid core creates to protect us?
A Magnetic Field
Our Atmosphere
The Great Barrier Reef
Pulsars
24
As new ocean floor is made, what happens to the old ocean floor?
It is melted by lava pools in the ocean floor
It turns into sand
It is torn apart from grinding
It is subducted (sinks) into deep ocean trenches
25
What type of boundary do we get when two plates rub against each other? (Can cause earthquakes)
Compound Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
