Earth Science Quarter Two Midterm Practice

Front

What is a large body of gas that emits light?

Back

Star

Front

What is created when continental and continental crust collide?

Back

Folded mountains

Front

What type of plate boundary is the Great Rift Valley in Africa an example of?

Back

Divergent

Front

What type of plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault an example of?

Back

Transform

Front

In what pattern do planets in our galaxy travel around the sun?

Back

Elliptical

Front

What is the term for the process of one tectonic plate sliding under another?

Back

Subduction

Front

What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

Back

Crust

Front

What type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma?

Back

Igneous rock

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth's plates?

Back

Plate tectonics

Front

What is the primary cause of earthquakes?

Back

Movement of tectonic plates