Earths Processes

What are the Mechanical Layers?

• Core

• Lithosphere

• Asthenosphere

• Mantle

• Crust

What are the Compositional Layers?

• core

• lithosphere

• asthenosphere

• mantle

• crust

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

• Heat

• Pressure

• Cementation

• Heat and Pressure

_______ is the process of weathered sediments being moved from one place to another.

• Mechanical weathering

• Sedimenting

• Erosion

• Chemical Weathering

All the continents were once one; they were a single supercontinent called _______

• Laurasia

• Austrailia

• Gondwana

• Pangaea

Plate tectonics are caused by __________________.

• Rotation of the core

• Magnetism

• Convection Currents

• Magic

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• Cementation and compaction

• Heat and pressure

• Erosion

• Weathering

Intrusive igneous rock cools ______ while ______ the earth.

• quickly, outside

• quickly, inside

• slowly, outside

• slowly, inside

Where do earthquakes occur?

• Divergent boundaries

• Convergent boundaries

• transform boundaries

• all of these

Molten rock inside the earth is called _____

• Magma

• Lava