FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EARTH INTERIOR EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EARTH INTERIOR EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -66 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Geologist learn about Earth's interior by studying _____ which move through Earth.

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seismic waves

Question 2: The outermost layer of Earth is called the mantle.

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False (crust) Question 3: During the 1800's, the igneous rock called ____ was widely used in the U. S. to build bridges and public buildings.

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granite Question 4: Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things are called ___

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sediment

Question 5: Scientists think that the ____, made of liquid iron and nickel moves to produce Earth's magnetic field.

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outer core Question 6: Igneous rocks that formed beneath Earth's surface are extrusive rocks.

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False (Intrusive) Question 7: The small particles of rock or the remains of living things that make up sedimentary rocks are called cement.

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False (Sediment) Question 8: See Diagram on study guide....what feature occurs at X and how does it form?

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At X, the mid-ocean ridge occurs along a boundary between two oceanic plates. The plates are moving apart, causing molten material to repeatedly rise from the mantle, erupt, and harden as solid rock along the center of the ridge.Question 9: Dissolved minerals and particles of sediments stick together to form sedimentary rock in a process called ____.

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cementation Question 10: The hypothesis of _____ was that all the continents once were joined as a single super-continent and have since drift apart.

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Continental Drift Question 11: The carrying away of rock fragments by water, wind, or ice is called ____, an important process in the formation of sedimentary rock.

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erosion

Question 12: Metamorphic rocks such as marble and quartzite are said to be ____ b/c their mineral grains are not arranged in parallel layers or bands.

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nonfoliated Question 13: See Diagram on study guide.... Which type of plate boundary occurs at X?

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divergent Question 14: Foliated and nonfoliated are terms used to describe the texture of ____ rocks

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metamorphic

Question 15: An igneous rock that is formed from lava is called a ____ rock.

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extrusive Question 16: The energy from the sun that warms your face is transferred by a process called ___.

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radiation Question 17: Granite is an ingenious rock made up of the minerals quartz, mica, feldspar, and hornblende

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True Question 18: The lithosphere is broken into sections called ___ which float on top of the asthenosphere.

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plates Question 19: Along a divergent boundary, two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions.

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False (Transform)

Question 20: ___ is a rock with a fine, dark texture that makes up the oceanic crust.

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Basalt Question 21: See Diagram on study guide.... Identity the three plates in the diaram and name the materials that make up each plate?

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Plate A and B are made of oceanic crust and lithosphere. Plate C is made of continental crust and lithosphere.

Question 22: Sediment settle out of moving water by the process of ____

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deposition Question 23: The texture of slate is said to be ____ because its mineral particles can be seen only with a microscope.

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limestone

Question 24: See Diagram on study guide.... What is happening at Z?

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The edge of plate B is plunging beneath plate C and meling in the mantle.Question 25: See Diagram on study guide.... What feature occurs at Y, and how does it form?

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An ocean trench is forming. two places of different densities are colliding. The oceanic crust is denser and plunges beneath the continental crust, forming a trench.Question 26: Each major group of rocks follow only one pathway in the rock cycle.

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False (Many pathways) Question 27: Along the Mid-Atlantic ridge, the North American plate and the Eurasian plate are moving apart at a very slow rate.

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True