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Geology Midterm Test

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5 Written Questions

5 Matching Questions

  1. Plate
  2. Lithosphere
  3. 4.5 billion years old
  4. Core
  5. Crust
  1. a A piece of the Earth's crust fragmented by convective motion in the Earth's interior
  2. b What is Earth's Age
  3. c What is the layer of rock that forms a thin skin over Earth's surface.
  4. d The outer layer of the Earth is called
  5. e What is the central zone of Earth

5 Multiple Choice Questions

  1. What is Asthenosphere
  2. Where two plates move away from each other
  3. What is a rock that is formed by crystallization from molten rocks called magma.
  4. The gases that envelop the Earth is called
  5. What is the term of identifying a mineral based on the way light shines on a mineral. "glassy" "pearly" "silky"

5 True/False Questions

  1. Boundary that forms explosive volcanoesWhere two plates slide past each other.

          

  2. Transform Plate BoundaryWhere two plates slide past each other.

          

  3. Portion of the Earth that acts as a brittle solidWhat is Lithosphere

          

  4. Metamorphic rockWhat is a rock that is formed by disintegration of preexisting rocks& subsequent transportation and deposition of the resultant material by: water, air, ice

          

  5. HydrosphereThe water on or near Earth's surface is called