Geosphere review

Front

What is Natural Gas?

Back

A non-renewable energy source formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms.

Front

What are the main layers of Earth from outermost to innermost?

Back

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core.

Front

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Back

Earthquake.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What geologic feature/event is most likely to be found at a transform boundary?

Back

Earthquakes.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Front

What is the Mohs hardness scale?

Back

A scale that ranks minerals based on their ability to scratch one another.

Front

What is the hardness of a diamond on the Mohs scale?

Back

10.

Front

What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?

Back

Crust.

Front

What is the layer of the Earth beneath the crust?

Back

Mantle.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?

Back

Transform boundary.

Front

What is the term for the boundary where tectonic plates move apart?

Back

Divergent boundary.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3