Science Standard

What is Lithosphere?

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• Cold part on Earth where everything is frozen.
• Earths rigid outer part, consisting of crust and upper mantle.
• Earths lower mantle 

What type of rock is formed from the cooling of magma or lava?

• igneous rock
• metamorphic rock
• sedimentary rock
• heavy rock

What is the process of laying sediments down on the ground or settling to the bottom of bodies of water?

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• compaction

1. How old is the Earth?

• 1 billion years
• 2 billion years
• 4.6 billion years

3. What was probably the first organism on Earth?

• Plants
• Alligators
• Bacteria

5. Life has been on Earth for all 4.5 billion years.

• True
• False

8. What type of rock would hold this fossil?

• Igneous rock
• Sedimentary rock
• Metamorphic rock

What is the name of a felsic, intrusive igneous rock?

• Granite
• Basalt

_____ is an igneous rock made up of the minerals quartz, mica, feldspar, and hornblende.

• granite
• basalt
• pumice
• gneiss

What type of rock forms when molten material cools and crystalizes? 

• Sedimentary
• Igneous
• Metamorphic