Earth's Layers
Rock Cycle
Tectonic Plate ID
Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Misc
100
This is a solid piece of nickel and iron.
The inner core
100
which of the following would represent cooling in the rock cycle?
weathered solidified reworked firmed
solidified
100
What is the name of the plate numbered 1?
Pacific
100
When an earthquake occurs it is the movement of what two parts of the earth?
crust and mantle
mountains and oceans
glaciers and volcanoes
crust and mantle
100
You make a model of the earths layers. How does the thickness of the lithosphere compare to the thickness of the crust?
the lithosphere is thicker than the crust
200
I make up most of the earth's interior
Mantle
200
basic rock type that was melted and cooled below ground
igneous
200
What plate is numbered 4?
African
200
When to oceanic plates collide the denser oceanic plate will ___________ under the less dense plate.
subduct
200
List the layers of the earth in order from the middle to the surface of the earth.
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
300
I make up the crust and upper mantle
lithosphere
300
A student made a lemon drop candy by melting sugar, water, and lemon flavoring in a pan. They poured the clear yellow mixture on a baking sheet and let it cool. What type of rock is formed this way?
Igneous
300
What plate is numbered 2?
North American
300
At a divergent boundary space is created between two plates, melted rock fills this space and cools forming _________ __________ __________.
new ocean floor
300
What happen to magma to form a igneous rock?
cooling and hardening
400
I am the thinnest of all the layers
Crust
400
Long periods of heat and pressure result in the formation of this rock.
metamorphic
400
What plate is numbered 5?
South American
400
Which of the following methods would best describe how the mountains form?
drop pennies into a pile
drip water on the sides of sugar cubes
push two towels together
push two towels together
400
Between what two plates would an ocean boundary most likely form?
South American and African
North American and African
North American and Eurasion
500
What part of an apple would represent the crust of the earth?
The skin
500
What process happens to limestone to turn it into the metamorphic rock marble?
long periods of heat and pressure
500
What type of plate boundaries caused the Rockies and the Appalachian mountains found in the United States?
convergent
500
What two plates form the transform boundary found in California?
North American and Pacific