Rocks
Geological Process
Erosion
Layers of the Earth
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
100
As the wind blows against the rocks, the particles rub against the rocks and wear them down in a process called....
Weathering
100
Which geological process has hotspots?
Volcanism
100
Rainstorm washes sand and sediment into the Colorado river, which eventually deposits the sediments into the ocean. This process is called.... There are 2 answers.
Erosion and Transport
100
The upper layer of Earth is called ___________________ and below that is the ____________________
Lithosphere Asthenosphere
100
Which type of plate boundary has two plates that slide along each other?
Transform.
200
Granite and Obsidian are type of _______ rocks.
Igneous
200
Two types of weathering are __________ and ____________
Two types of weathering are chemical and mechanical
200
An example of chemical erosion is ______________, and an example of mechanical erosion is ______________.
chemical: water, acid mechanical: wind, abrasion, gravity, freeze/thaw, biological
200
The very center portion of Earth. Made of solid iron and nickel
The inner core.
200
What is molten lava?
Melted rock.
300
___________ and _____________ cause a rock to turn into sediments?
Weathering and erosion.
300
Name any 3 types of geological processes?
Erosion Weathering Volcanism Plate tectonics Landslides Earthquakes
300
An idea that geologic processes gradually and continually shape Earth
Uniformitarianism
300
Which layer of the earth is the thickest?
The mantle.
300
Name the large, famous fault that passes near Taft
San Andreas Fault
400
The volcano Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii is erupting and lava is ejected from the volcano vent. The lava solidifies to form what type of rock?
Igneous.
400
Which one of the following is NOT one of the three types of plate boundaries? A. Divergent B. Hotspot C. Convergent D. Transform
B. Hotspot
400
What is erosion?
The process of materials moving from their source to another location through weathering.
400
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
Transform Convergent Divergent
400
This process happens below the lithosphere to melt rock material which could rise to the surface and form volcanoes
Subduction
500
What type of rock is formed from extensive heat and pressure?
Metamorphic rock.
500
This evidence suggests that continents have been connected in the past.
Similar rock/fossils on both sides of ocean Active geologic features on Earth's surface Age of sediments on either side of mid-ocean ridges
500
What is the rapid downhill movement of large amounts of rock, soil, and other materials?
Landslide
500
The lithosphere is broken into large sections that move above the asthenosphere. These large sections are called _______
Tectonic Plates
500
Due to the gap created by plates pulling apart from each other, magma will often come to the earth's surface. What type of plate boundary is that called?
Divergent.
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