Layers
The solid rock underneath the loose materials at the surface.
A) Sediment
B) Bedrock
C) Mantle
D) Crust
B) Bedrock!
Write down one thing that a mountain can do.
Acceptable answers:
Move, Grow, Shrink, Stay the same
What is a mountain that was not investigated during Unit 3?
A) Mount Hotaka
B) Mount Rainier
C) Mount Aoraki
D) Mount Cook
B) Mount Rainier
What forms when two plates slide past each other and get stuck, before eventually releasing the energy?
A) Ridges
B) Eruptions
C) Mountains
D) Earthquakes
D) Earthquakes!
The large sections of Earth's crust and upper mantle that slowly move over time
A) Continents
B) Pieces
C) Plates
D) Chunks
C) Plates
The layer of Earth closest to space that is made up of all the solid material
A) Crust
B) Sediment
C) Bedrock
D) Mantle
A) Crust
Some mountains like Mount St. Helens are also what other feature?
A) Hills
B) Volcanoes
C) Geysers
D) Ridges
B) Volcanoes
True or False
The locations of potential earthquakes are predictable
True!
What feature is formed when two plates move towards each other and collide?
A) Volcanoes
B) Mountains
C) Ridges
D) Earthquakes
B) Mountains!
Melted rock that is IN OR BELOW the crust
A) Mantle
B) Lava
C) Magma
D) Molten
C) Magma
As you go deeper underground, what happens to the temperature and pressure?
A) Both decrease
B) Pressure increases, temperature decreases
C) Both increase
D) Pressure decreases, temperature increases
C) Both increase!
Mountains that are growing also have lots of what other activity nearby?
Earthquakes!
What is one way that rocks can erode?
Acceptable answers:
Wind, Rain, Gravity, Rivers, etc.
Plates are moving...
A) At the same speed and direction
B) At the same speed but different directions
C) At different speeds and directions
D) At different speeds but the same direction
C) At different speeds and directions!
The strength of an earthquake
A) Depth
B) Magnitude
C) Epicenter
D) Fault
B) Magnitude!
The loose materials like soil and small rocks that can be found at the surface.
A) Sediment
B) Mantle
C) Crust
D) Bedrock
A) Sediment
Mountains form when two continental plates...
A) Move away from each other
B) Slide past each other
C) Move toward each other
D) Slide underneath one another
C) Move towards each other
Evidence suggests that South America and Africa were connected how long ago?
A) 125 years ago
B) 125,000 years ago
C) 125,000,000 years ago
D) 125,000,000,000 years ago
New crust is created when two plates...
A) Move towards each other
B) Move away from each other
C) Slide past each other
D) Slide under one another
B) Move away from each other! A ridge!
Something that can create and build
A) Destructive
B) Damaging
C) Creative
D) Constructive
D) Constructive
The layer of melted rock deep underground.
A) Bedrock
B) Lava
C) Magma
D) Mantle
D) Mantle!
If a mountain has an erosion rate that is more than its uplift rate, what will happen to the mountain over time?
A) It will grow taller
B) It will stay the same
C) It will become shorter
D) It will become volcanic
C) It will become shorter
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago?
A) Penterra
B) Pangeon
C) Pantogia
D) Pangaea
D) Pangaea
A volcano forms when an oceanic plate...
A) Sinks under a continental plate
B) Sinks under another oceanic plate
C) Lays on top of a continental plate
D) Lays on top of another oceanic plate
A) Sinks under a continental plate!
Relating to the Earth's landmasses or continents
A) Continental
B) Plates
C) Oceanic
D) Mantle