rock can be changed directly into _______ rock with the application of heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic
100
Which property of a mineral describes its shine
What is luster
100
The type of plate boundary where earthquakes are most likely to occur
What are transform boundaries
100
Name the hottest layer of the Earth
What is inner core
100
This process breaks down rocks into smaller pieces of sediment
What is weathering
200
Sand on a beach is covered by other layers of sand over time. The extra layers compress the first layer, packing it tighter and tighter. Over time, the bottom layers of sand have formed into sandstone, with colored bands showing the different layers.
What type of rock is sandstone?
What is sedimentary
200
Which layer of soil contains the most nutrients?
What is the topsoil
200
Mountains are formed when these two types of crust converge at ___________ boundaries
What is continental/continental AND convergent
200
Name the two layers of the mantle--in order from the crust going down
What is lithosphere then the asthenosphere
200
What is composed of weathered rocks and decomposed organic material from dead plants and animals?
What is soil
300
List the five stages of a rock becoming a sedimentary rock IN ORDER
What is weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation
300
Describe the relationship between minerals and rocks? What is made of what?
What is rocks are made of minerals
300
Convection currents made up of magma are found in this layer of the earth
What is the asthenosphere
300
Both the inner and outer core are made out of either solid/liquid ________ & _________
What is iron and nickel
300
Mid-Ocean ridges are created by _________________ (process) at ______________ plate boundaries
What is seafloor spreading; divergent
400
What determines the crystal size of the crystals in an igneous rock
What is the rate of cooling
400
An area that experiences frequent earthquake and volcanic activity would likely be located where
What is near tectonic plate boundaries
400
Why do tectonic plates move constantly
What is density differences in the convection currents
400
Which type of crust is the thickest? Which is the densest?
What is continental (thickest)//oceanic (densest)
400
Deep-Ocean Trenches are created by _______________ (process) at __________________ plate boundaries
What is subduction; convergent
500
what type of rock are fossils most likely to be found in and WHY
What is Sedimentary rock; answers will vary
500
If I describe a mineral as having a reddish-brown streak, what does that mean about the mineral?
What is when you scratch it on a streak plate, it leaves behind a reddish brown residue
500
What is the third layer of the mantle, beneath the asthenosphere
What is the Mesosphere
500
Compare the layers of the earth to a peach
What is answers will vary
500
Of the three types of rocks (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary), name an ACTUAL example of 2 of the 3