Fossils
Earth's Layers
Tectonic Plates
Rock Cycle
Mixed Review
100
A paleontologist discovers an animal’s footprint in stone. What type of fossil is this?
What is a trace fossil?
100
What is the difference between oceanic crust and continental crust?
Oceanic crust makes up Earth's ocean basins and continental crust makes up Earth's landmasses.
100
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
What are convergent, divergent, and transform?
100
What are the five main types of rocks?
Magma
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Sediment
100
What is the process by which water, wind, or ice breaks down rocks into smaller particles?
What is weathering and erosion?
200
A plant leaf is preserved as it once was, complete with its fine details. This type of fossil is an example of what?
What is a true form fossil?
200
Which layer of Earth is divided into several pieces that float on the molten rock beneath?
What is the lithosphere?
200
What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates move towards each other, often forming mountains or causing subduction?
What is a convergent boundary?
200
What type of rock forms from cooled and solidified magma or lava?
What is igneous rock?
200
What type of fossil is this?
What is true form?
300
This type of fossil is formed when the remains of an organism dissolve away, leaving a hollow imprint in rock.
What is a mold fossil?
300
What layer of the Earth is composed of liquid metal, mainly iron and nickel?
What is the outer core?
300
What is the term for when one tectonic plate sinks below another tectonic plate?
What is subduction?
300
Which type of rock forms when heat and pressure cause existing rock to change?
What is a metamorphic rock?
300
What forms when two continental plates converge?
What are mountains?
400
This type of fossil forms when an organism's imprint is filled with sediment that hardens into rock.
What is a cast fossil?
400
Which layer of Earth is least dense?
What is the crust?
400
What forms when two oceanic plates diverge?
What is ocean crust?
400
Name two characteristics that metamorphic rocks have.
Crystals and ribbonlike layers.
400
Which type of rock forms from weathering and erosion?
What is sediment?
500
This image is an example of which fossil?
What is a mold fossil?
500
Which part of the mantle is semi-fluid and allows tectonic plates to move?
What is the asthenosphere?
500
What two features form when an oceanic plate and continental plate converge?
What are volcanoes and ocean trenches?
500
What five processes cause rocks to change forms?
1.) Weathering & erosion
2.) Heat & pressure
3.) Compacting & cementing
4.) Melting
5.) Cooling
500
What is the primary reason the Earth’s inner core is solid?
What is the immense pressure at the depth of the Earth?