Severe Weather and Floods
Which type of storm always forms over and pulls energy from a large body of warm water?
Hurricane.
Which part of Earth’s interior has two distinct layers?
Core.
What causes the crystals in gneiss to line up in bands?
Pressure.
Which process acts in Earth’s surface to break rocks into pieces?
Weathering.
Which of the following leads most directly to the production of igenous rock?
Formation of magma.
Which of the following are not used to prevent flooding during storms?
Boats.
Which is Earth’s thinnest later?
Crust.
Metallic,glassy,earthy, and pearly are words that describe a mineral’s ____________.
Luster.
Metamorphic Rick forms as a result of changes in ____________ and _____________ in Earth’s interior.
Heat, and pressure.
Which is the best way to complete this model of the rock cycle?
Heat and pressure.
Which of the following is an example of indirect example about Earth’s layers?
Changes observed in seismic wave data.
Mineral a has a hardness if 5. Mineral B has a hardness if 7. Mineral c can scratch Mineral A, but it can be scratched by Mineral B. What ranking in the Mohs hardness scale should Mineral C be assigned? Explain.
6; because it can scratch Mineral A, but be scratched by Mineral B, it’s hardness is between those of Mineral A and B.
An ingenious rock contains large crystals of quartz, feldspar, and hornblende. How did the rock mostly likely form?
What is a step in the process of a rock changing form sedimentary to igneous?
Melting.
Heat in the core and the _________ cause ___________, which help to cycle material on Earth.
Mantle, and convention currents.
A rock sample contains tiny pieces of other rocks that are cemented together. Is it an ingeous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock? Explain your answer.
It is a sedimentary rock, which is the type of rock that is formed from sediment that is cemented together.