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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