Download Minerals, Rocks, Plate Tectonics Review

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Minerals, Rocks and Plate Tectonics Review:
Use the layers of the Earth to label the diagram of the Earth’s
Interior and answer questions 7-12.
1._____________________________
2._____________________________
3._____________________________
4._____________________________
5._____________________________
6._____________________________
7. ____________________________________- layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core.
8. ____________________________________- thinnest outermost layer of the earth.
9. ____________________________________- layer of hot, solid material between the Earth’s crust and core.
10. ___________________________________- rigid layer consisting of the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.
Broken into pieces called tectonic plates.
11. ___________________________________- dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the Earth.
12. ___________________________________- soft plastic-like layer of the mantle on which pieces of the lithosphere
float.
13. The 5 characteristics of a mineral are:
A._________________________________
B. _________________________________
C. _________________________________
D. _________________________________
E.__________________________________
15. Igneous and sedimentary rock can change into metamorphic
rock through—
a. The cooling of magma
b. Deposition and cementation
c. Heat and pressure
d. Weathering and erosion
16. Some magma hardens, and then it is exposed to intense heat
and pressure. What does this process create?
a. Sediment
b. Igneous rock
c. Sedimentary rock
d. Metamorphic rock
17. A volcanic eruption occurs. Magma rises up the volcano’s
vents and soon reaches the surface. What type of rock will form
due to this event?
a. Igneous rock
b. Sedimentary rock
c. Metamorphic rock
d. No rocks will form
Use the rock cycle diagram to answer questions
14-18.
14. Which of the following shows the correct order of events
in the formation of a sedimentary rock?
a. Weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation
b. Weathering, cementation, erosion, deposition
c. Erosion, cementation, deposition, weathering
d. Cementation, weathering, transportation, erosion
18. Before an igneous rock can change into a sedimentary rock, it must—
a.
Be buried deep inside the earth where the heat
and pressure is great
b.
Have time to cool and harden into a solid mass
c.
Be uplifted to the earth’s surface where wind,
water and glaciers break it apart
d.
Have time to melt and turn into a liquid
19. As Earth’s plates move apart at some boundaries, they collide
at other forming
A. mountain and volcanoes
B. ocean basins
C. strike-slip faults
D. sea-floor spreading
20. The results of plate movement can be seen at
A. rift valleys
B. plate boundaries
C. plate centers
D. hot spots
26. Plates move apart at ___________ boundaries.
A. convergent
B. transform
C. divergent
D. magnetic
27. Where plates slide past one another, ___________ occur.
A. convergent boundary
B. divergent boundary
C. transform boundary
D. constructive boundary
28. The places between plates moving together are called
A. divergent boundaries
B. convergent boundaries
C. transform boundaries
D. constructive boundaries
29. Sea-floor spreading occurs because
A. new material is being added to the Asthenosphere
B. earthquakes break apart the ocean floor
C. sediment s accumulate on the ocean floor
D. hot, less dense material below Earth’s crust is forces
upward towards the surface.
30. The upper layer of the mantle that can flow is called
A. Asthenosphere
B. Inner core
C. lithosphere
D. continental crust
Use the map above to answer questions 21-23.
21. The _________________ are forming where the IndoAustralian plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate.
A. Andes Mountains
B. Rocky Mountains
C. Himalayans
D. Appalachian Mountains
22. The _________________ are forming where the Nazca plate is
colliding with the South American plate.
A. Andes Mountains
B. Rocky Mountains
C. Himalayans
D. Appalachian Mountains
23. The ______________________ is forming where the Pacific
plate is grinding up against the North America plate.
A.
Andes Mountains
B. Rocky Mountains
C. Himalayans
D. Appalachian Mountains
24. The cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking is called
A. subduction zone
B. convergent boundary
C. convection current
D. conduction current
25. Oceanic plates are pushed down into the upper mantle in
A. convection currents
B. subduction zones
C. strike-slip faults
D. divergent boundaries
31. Subduction occurs when
A. two plates carrying continental crust collide with
one another
B. dense oceanic crust dives under a less dense
continental plate.
C. dense ocean crust dives under a less dense oceanic
plate.
D. Both B and C
Use the picture above to answer 32-37.
32. The arrow at #1 represents
A. a transform boundary
B. continental crust
C. a subduction zone
D. molten magma rising form the mantle
35. What is occurring at #6?
A. new material is rising form the mantle
B. the oceanic plate is melting as it sinks into the
mantle
C. sedimentary rock is being added to the plate
D. the oceanic plate is pushing the continental plate
into the mantle
33. What is occurring at the feature labeled #2?
A. New rock is being added to the ocean plate.
B. The ocean floor is sinking
C. Subduction is occurring
D. Two plates are colliding
36. What kind of plate boundary is occurring at #2?
A. convergent boundary
B. divergent boundary
C. transform boundary
D. collision boundary
34. As sea-floor spreading occurs, the oceanic plate
A. does not move
B. moves from #4 toward #2
C. moves from #2 toward #4
D. floats higher on the mantle
37. What kind of plate boundary is occurring at #4?
A. convergent boundary
B. divergent boundary
C. transform boundary
D. collision boundary
Completion: Complete the following data table.
Plate
Movement
Type of
Boundary
Surface
Features
What happens
to the crust?
38.
41.
44.
39.
42.
45.
40.
43.
46.