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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? __________________________