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Your Inner Earth
You Rock
Location, Location, Location
Tectonically Speaking
Hodgepodge
100
Put these layers in the correct order from center to outer layer: crust, outer core, lithosphere, inner core
What is inner core, outer core, lithosphere, crust?
100
Metamorphic rocks form due to extreme______________ and ____________________.
What is pressure and heat?
100
Intrusive igneous rocks are formed _______________ Earth's surface
What is beneath Earth's surface?
100
The best answer to describe the movement of Earth's plates is: A.The plates moved 1 million years ago but have stopped moving now. B. No evidence shows the plates have ever moved. C. The plates are constantly moving. D. There are no plates.
What is C. The plates are constantly moving.
100
Plates of the lithosphere float on this (don't worry, not on test...)
What is the asthenosphere?
200
Due to extreme pressure the inner core of the Earth is (state of matter)
What is solid?
200
The solid layers of the earth.
What is crust, upper mantle and inner core? (also acceptable: lithosphere, inner core)
200
The coolest and thinnest layer of Earth is the __________________ and the hottest layer of the Earth is the ________________
What is the crust, inner core?
200
The cause for tectonic plates of Earth to continually move
What are convection currents in the mantle?
200
Intrusive igneous rocks can be identified due to (Choose crystal size: small or large) crystals.
What are large crystals?
300
The state of matter of the outer core.
What is liquid?
300
Igneous and sedimentary rocks that undergo extreme ______ and __________________ can become ___________________ rock.
What is heat and pressure, metamorphic rock?
300
Extreme heat and pressure takes place ________________ the surface of the Earth.
What is beneath the surface of the Earth?
300
An example of a _________________ boundary is when the edges of tectonic plates shift and release energy. The geological event that results is an _________________.
What is transform boundary, earthquake.
300
Scientist known for idea of moving tectonic plate.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
400
An avocado could be used to model the Earth's layers. Describe how the layers of the earth are modeled by the avocado. Accept reasonable answers.
What is the skin is like the crust, the flesh is like the mantle, the pit is like the inner and outer core combined.
400
Extrusive igneous rock.
What is rock created by cooled lava?
400
Type of boundary where mountains form (like the Himalayas)
What is convergent?
400
The theory of plate tectonics and the plotting we did in Activity #44, show that most active volcanoes occur: A. in Texas B. on continental plates C. along plate boundaries D. on oceanic plates
What is C. along plate boundaries
400
When magma from a volcano cools, it forms: A. intrusive igneous rock B. extrusive igneous rock C. sedimentary rock D. intrusive metamorphic rock
What is A. Intrusive igneous rock?
500
The continental crust and the oceanic crusts float on top of the mantle because the continental and oceanic crusts are: A. more dense than mantle B. made of helium C. are liquid layers D. less dense than mantle
What is less dense than the mantle?
500
Once living organisms can be found in this rock: A. Obsidian (igneous) B. Basalt (igneous) C. Limestone (sedimentary) D. Marble (metamorphic)
What is C. Limestone
500
Type of boundary formed when an oceanic crust moves toward a continental crust
What is convergent boundary?
500
One possible outcome that may occur when 2 tectonic plates collide is one plate slides beneath another and the lower plate is pulled back into the mantle. This process is
What is subduction?
500
Rock cycle fill in the blanks: ____________ rock undergoes weathering, erosion, and deposition, sediments compact to form ______________ rock, which undergoes high heat and pressure and _______________ rock is formed.
What is igneous rock, sedimentary rock, metamorphic rock?