Rock Cycle and Plate Tectonics
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- Q1What is the best evidence of Pangaea?Fossils60s
- Q2The size, shape and arrangement of the grains in the Rock is what property?ColorTextureHardnessLuster45s
- Q3from "Metamorphic Rock Classification" What is the most likely identity of a rock that is multi-colored, coarse-grained, and has a banded texture?GneissSchistQuartziteMarble60s
- Q4Which property of minerals may be determined using a fingernail?TextureLusterHardnessStreak60s
- Q5Which of the Earth's layers is the outermost layer?Crust60s
- Q6Size of particles are:StreakLusterHardnessGrains45s
- Q7What layer is labeled #4?Inner CoreMantleOuter CoreCrust45s
- Q8What layer are convection currents in?CoreCrustMantleAsthenosphere45s
- Q9Seashells have been found in the desert. What does this mean?The desert areas were once covered in water.Seashells were brought here by large animals.The desert will change from dry to ocean.Seashells are pretty.45s
- Q10What layers is #2?MantleInner CoreCoreOuter Core45s
- Q11How do tectonic plates affect Earth's structure?Plate tectonics move sediments from one area to another.Tectonic plates make mountains when they collide.Plates cause rivers to form valleys.Glaciers move glaciers.45s
- Q12Which best describes plate tectonic?The process by which heat is generated inside earth's coreThe process by which north and south magnetic poles are createdThe process by which layers are added to Earth's atmosphereThe process by which convection currents move crustal plates60s
- Q13Convergent boundaries make...Mountains60s
- Q14How should #8 be labeled?Compaction and cementationWeathering and erosionHeat and pressureCooling and crystallization60s
- Q15What type of rock forms when magma cools and hardens?Igneous60s
