Rock, Plate, Vol, Quake

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock

This rock formed when lava cooled very quickly on Earth's surface. What specific type of rock is it?

• Extrusive Igneous Rock
• Intrusive Igneous Rock
• Non-Foliated Metamorphic Rock
• Biochemical Sedimentary Rock

The process when rocks break into smaller pieces due to exposure to natural elements is called

• erosion
• weathering
• sediments

What has to increase for metamorphism to occur? 

• weathering and erosion
• temperature and pressure
• melting and cooling
• compaction ad cementation

When magma cools quickly, what kind of texture does rock have?

• coarse grained
• large grained
• medium grained
• fine grained

What kind of metamorphic rock has its minerals grains arranged in planes or bands?

• extrustive
• foliated
• non-foliated
• intrusive

Scientists think that convection currents that move the plates flow in Earth's

• Continental crust
• Oceanic crust
• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere

Associated with transform boundaries.

• Volcanoes
• mountains
• trenches
• earthquakes

Which is true about hotter material in the mantle?

• more dense, sinks
• less dense, sinks
• less dense, rises
• more dense, rises

This land formation occurs at a divergent continental/ continental boundary.

• mid ocean ridge
• deep ocean trench
• pacific hot spot
• rift valley