Plate Tectonics
Rocks
Minerals
Wordwall
100
What type of boundary has plates that slide past each other?
A. convergent
B. transform
C. divergent
D tension
What is B. Transform
100
What are the processes that recycle the three types of rocks?
A. volcanism and seismic activity
B. sedimentation, freezing, and convection
C. plate movement and mantle convection
D. melting and crystallizing of minerals
E. erosion, pressure, melting, and cooling
What is E. erosion, pressure, melting, and cooling
100
What two factors determine which type of surface mining is to be used?
A. the market price of the mineral
B. the local and federal environmental laws
C. the funding source and type of government permit
D. the scarcity of the resource and the economic feasibility
E. the ore type being sought and the local topography
What is E. the ore type being sought and the local topography
100
Chemical element or inorganic compound that exists as a solid with a regularly repeating internal structure.
A. Crust
B. Mineral
C. Aquifer
D. Biomass
B. Mineral
200
Tectonic plates generally move at a pace of _____.
A. a few centimeters a day
B. a few centimeters a year
C. a few meters a year
D. 1 centimeter per hour
What is B. a few centimeters a year
200
Dead plants, animal remains, and weathered and eroded bits of rock accumulate in layers. What causes these ingredients to turn into rock?
A. tectonic plate movement
B. pressure and heat
C. energy from the sun
D. volcanic eruptions
E. chemical reactions
What is B. pressure and heat
200
Which of the following metals are in limited supply and have no known replacement?
A. platinum and chromium
B. graphene and graphite
C. aluminum and iron
D. steel and aluminum
E. copper and iron
What is D. steel and aluminum
200
Earth’s outermost and thinnest layer of solid materials.
A. Crust
B. Mineral
C. Aquifer
D. Biomass
A. Crust
300
What is the lithosphere?
A. the asthenosphere and the mantle
B. the oceanic crust and the continental crust
C. the inner part of the mantle combined with the core
D. the outer part of the mantle combined with the crust
E. the crust and the atmosphere
What is D. the outer part of the mantle combined with the crust
300
How can a mineral's depletion time be extended?
A. by recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption
B. by using government subsidies
C. by lowering the market price of the mineral
D. by disposing of the mineral once it’s used
E. by regulating pollution from mining
What is A. by recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption
300
Two types of mining
What is What is strip or open-pit
300
Used water from showers, sinks, dishwashers, and clothes washers
What is gray water?
400
Earthquakes are caused by which of the following?
A. formation of tectonic plates
B. collision between tectonic plates
C. weathering and erosion
D. collision between the mantle and the crust
E. sinking of tectonic plates
What is B. collision between tectonic plates
400
Some processes in the rock cycle are listed below.
Process Description
X Rocks change by heat and pressure
Y Rocks melt and cool
Z Rocks weather and erode.
Which type of rock is most likely to form by Process Y?
a) magma
b) metamorphic
c)sedimentary
d)igneous
What is d) igneous
400
Rock wastes that are left in piles or put into ponds where they settle out
What are tailings?
400
the lack of access to nutritious food
What is food insecurity?
500
Examine the following diagram that shows convection currents in the mantle. 
How is it possible for rising heat from the Earth’s core to move solid rock in the mantle upwards?
A. Seafloor spreading has been observed the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans demonstrating thermal transfer convection movement.
B. Intense heat from the Earth’s core results in a phase change in the mantle converting the mantle and lithosphere into liquid magma.
C. Heat from the core makes the mantle ductile, viscous, and less dense. Then convection currents make it flow upwards towards the lithosphere.
D. At convergent boundaries, tectonic plates collide resulting in subduction and/or mountain formation. This process formed the Andes mountains in South America.
What is C. Heat from the core makes the mantle ductile, viscous, and less dense. Then convection currents make it flow upwards towards the lithosphere.
500
Which statement is true?
A. A mineral is a combination of rocks, each of which is a chemically pure element or compound.
B. A rock is made of a single type of mineral, which is a chemically pure element or compound.
C. A rock is a combination of minerals, each of which is a chemically pure element or compound.
D. A mineral is a combination of igneous rocks, each of which is a chemically pure element or compound.
E. A metamorphic rock is a combination of igneous rocks, each of which is a chemically pure element or compound.
What is C. A rock is a combination of minerals, each of which is a chemically pure element or compound.
500
This is when ores are heated to release metals.
What is smelting?
500
when food energy intake exceeds energy use and causes excess body fat
What is overnutrition?