The crust and uppermost part of the Earth’s mantle form a brittle, rigid layer. What is this layer called?
A outer core
B asthenosphere
C atmosphere
D lithosphere
what is the lithosphere?
100
At the boundary between two lithospheric plates, where a light continental plate and a dense oceanic plate collide, what generally happens?
A The oceanic plate is forced down under the continental plate.
B The two plates just stop moving.
C Mountains develop on the edge of the oceanic plate.
D The continental plate slips under the ocean plate.
What is the oceanic plate is forced down under the continental plate.
100
6. What is intrusive or plutonic igneous rock?
A magma that cooled slowly
B lava that cooled on the surface
C basalt rock and obsidian
D magma that formed and cooled underground
What is magma that formed and cooled underground
100
Which statement best explains why coal, natural gas, and oil are so important to people of the world?
A They show a fossil record from the carboniferous period.
B They provide energy when they are burned.
C They give scientists clues about the dinosaurs.
D They release carbon dioxide when burned.
They provide energy when they are burned
100
What are the three types of seismic waves produced by earthquakes?
A primary, secondary, tertiary
B primary, secondary, surface
C surface, underground, oceanic
D surface, underwater, atmospheric
What is primary, secondary and surface
200
What are the two most common elements in Earth’s crust? A oxygen and silicon
B oxygen and hydrogen
C carbon and iron
D carbon and sulfur
What is oxygen and silicon
200
Which type of plate boundary is involved in the process of subduction?
A conservative
B convergent
C divergent
D transform
What is convergent
200
What forces acting on other rocks produce metamorphic rocks?
A heat only
B chemical action and pressure
C pressure and heat
D heat and chemical action
What is pressure and heat
200
What does “streak” refer to?
A the color of the broken edges of the mineral
B the color of the powder scraped off when a mineral is drawn across a surface
C the color of the mineral when it is heated to a high temperature and allowed to cool
D the color the mineral glows when an ultraviolet light is shined on it
What is the color of the powder scraped off when a mineral is drawn across a surface
200
Where do most volcanoes occur?
A along the coast of continents
B on mountaintops
C in the center of tectonic plates
D along tectonic plate boundaries
What is along tectonic plate boundaries
300
As you go deeper and deeper into Earth’s interior, what happens to the pressure and temperature?
A both decrease
B pressure increases and temperature decreases
C temperature increases and pressure decreases
D both increase
What is they both increase
300
What type of plate boundary forms mountain ranges?
A convergent plates
B divergent plates
C transform plates
D Mountain ranges are not formed at plate boundaries.
What is convergent
300
If a rock has formed from molten material, such as magma or lava, what type of rock is it?
A clastic
B igneous
C sedimentary
D chemical
What is igneous
300
Which statement most correctly describes minerals?
A Minerals can be made of either elements or compounds.
B Minerals are organic solids.
C Water is a mineral.
D Some minerals are man-made.
What is minerals can be made of either elements or compounds.
300
How do volcanic eruptions change landforms?
A They destroy and reduce the current landforms.
B They add new rock to land and form new islands.
C They create new mountain ranges.
D They add new faults to the current landforms.
What is they add new rock to land and form new islands
400
What is the correct order of the three interior layers of Earth from outermost layer to innermost layer?
A core, mantle, crust
B mantle, core, crust
C crust, mantle, core
D crust, core, mantle
What is crust, mantle, core
400
What does the theory of plate tectonics try to explain?
A why the sea is saltier in some places than others
B how the shells or plates of insects are formed
C the way that planets form around stars
D how and why continents move
What is how and why continents move
400
In the rock cycle, what processes are involved when magma turns into igneous rock?
A weathering, erosion, transportation, and deposition
B chemical change due to heat and pressure
C cooling and solidifying
D melting under extremely high temperature
What is cooling and solidifying
400
What is an ore?
A a natural, solid mixture of one or more minerals and organic matter
B a natural material, valuable because of the minerals that can be extracted
C a mineral that is prized for its beauty rather than its usefulness
D a mineral that reflects light off its surface
What is a natural material, valuable because of the minerals that can be extracted
400
What point in the crust or mantle is the location where energy is released during an earthquake?
A epicenter
B fault line
C focus
D tectonic boundary
What is the focus
500
What does the Mohs hardness scale measure?
What is hardness
500
The energy from an earthquake travels as vibrations called seismic waves. In what direction do the seismic waves travel from the focus?
A up and down
B side to side
C in all directions
D only up
What is in all directions
500
In the rock cycle, what process occurs when sedimentary rock turns into metamorphic rock?
A weathering, erosion, transportation, and deposition
B chemical change due to heat and pressure
C cooling and solidifying
D melting under extremely high temperature
What is chemical change due to heat and pressure
500
Which mineral is hard enough to be used in drill bits and cutting tools, but is also used in jewelry because it is shines when it’s polished?
A quartz
B gold
C diamond
D silver
What is diamond
500
What causes earthquakes?
A the shifting of Earth’s plates
B a funnel of whirling winds
C magma erupting from Earth
D winds and water hurtling through the air