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Mid – Term Exam Review For Earth Science
1. What causes tectonic plates to move? _____________________________
2. Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur relative to plate boundaries? ______________________
3. What probably caused the dinosaurs to go extinct? _____________________
4. What is the colored powder resulting from rubbing a mineral against a harder surface? _____________
5. What is the most useful property in identifying an unknown rock? __________________________
6. What mineral, when in the form of sand, can be used to manufacture glass? ___________________
7. What can determine the size of grains in igneous rocks? ___________________________________
8. What kind of rock is formed by the cementing of weathered materials? _________________________
9. What kind of rock is formed by the crystallization of magma? ________________________
10. What kind of rock is formed by heat and pressure (but without melting)? ________________________
11. Why can slate be used for roofing shingles? _______________________________________________
12. If granite is subjected to high heat and pressure, what type of rock does it turn into? ________________
13. Name the 3 fossil fuels. ________________________________________________________________
14. List 2 disadvantages of using fossil fuels. __________________________________________________
15. Limestone can be processed to make ___________________________.
16. Some fuels are classified as non-renewable because they ______________________________________
17. One fossil fuel found in Virginia is _______________________.
18. Compared to the Rocky Mountains, are the Appalachian Mountains younger or older?
19. What region of Virginia contains the most coal? _______________________________
20. What principle of relative dating states that the oldest rocks layers are on the bottom? _______________
21. What created the folding and faulting in the Blue Ridge Mountains? _____________________________
22. What type of plate boundary creates volcanoes and ridges on the ocean floor? _____________________
23. An empty 2-liter bottle is filled with sediment and water. If is shaken and then allowed to settle, what
process is being modled?
_________________________________________
24. What are fossils usually found in? _____________________________
25. What type of fossil is widespread but only lived during a short geologic time frame? ________________
26. What is the reference point for latitude? ________________________
27. What is the reference point for longitude? _______________________
28. What is the formula for density? _______________________
29. What process happens at a continental – oceanic convergent boundary? _________________________
30. What is a framework used to explain scientific observations? __________________________