Cumulative Test Practice . Work on the Following Questions While Off from School

Cumulative Test Practice . Work on the Following Questions While Off from School

Cumulative Test Practice…. Work on the following questions while off from school

  1. List the layers of the earth from the most dense to the least dense.

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  1. Which layer of the earth is thickest? ______Which layer is thinnest?______
  2. What is the lithosphere? Asthenosphere? ______
  3. In which layer of the earth are tectonic plates found? ______What causes the plates to move?______
  4. What is the difference between oceanic crust and continental crust? ______
  5. List two ways in which the outer core is different from the inner core.______
  6. State two evidence that Alfred Wegener used for his theory that the continents were once one giant land mass.

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  1. What did Wegener call this giant land mass? ______
  2. The point along a fault where an earthquake begins is called the______
  3. The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called the______
  4. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden movement of rock are called______
  5. Through which states of matter do P waves travel?______
  6. Through which states of matter do S waves travel?______
  7. What is the Richter scale used for?______
  8. By analyzing the difference in the time it takes for P waves and S waves to arrive at a seismograph station, scientists can determine an earthquake’s ______.
  9. Draw and label a diagram of an earthquake.
  1. Once the elastic limit of rocks is passed, they break and move along surfaces called ______.
  2. What is the force that squeezes rocks together?______
  3. Which faults are caused by tensional forces? ______
  4. What is the force that causes plates to move sideways past each other?______
  5. ______faults are caused by shear forces.
  1. State 2 things that form at:

Convergent boundaries______

Divergent boundaries ______

Transform boundaries ______

  1. The most destructive seismic waves are ______waves.
  2. ______waves are the first to reach a seismograph after an earthquake.
  3. At least ______seismographs are needed to accurately locate an earthquake epicenter.
  4. The point in Earth's interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs is the ______.
  5. Where are 3 places volcanoes can form?

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  1. Why would you tend to find lots of fossils in sedimentary rocks?

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  1. As magma cools, it forms ______rock by the process of ______.
  2. Sediments form ______rocks by the process of ______and ______
  3. Sediments form from the process of ______.
  4. Which processes change sedimentary rocks into metamorphic rocks?______and ______.
  5. Where are intrusive igneous rocks formed? What size of crystals will they have?

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  1. Where are extrusive igneous rocks formed? What size of crystals will they have?

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  1. ______are natural, solid materials found on earth which are the building blocks of rocks.
  2. Mined minerals which contains useful metals and non-metals are called: ______
  3. ______properties of minerals are ability to react to ______and flammability.
  4. Luster, color, hardness and density are ______properties of minerals.
  5. Three examples of fossil fuels are ______, coal and ______.
  6. What are fossils? ______.
  7. Two types of energy resources are ______and ______.
  8. Hydroelectricity is an example of ______energy resource.

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