Geology Quizizz

Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

Temperature _____________________ as you go deeper into the earth.

• increases
• decreases
• goes up and down depending on the layer
• stays the same

Pressure ______________________ as you go deeper into the Earth

• increases
• decreases 
• goes up or down depending on the layer
• stays the same

What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?

• Deposition
• Landslide
• Weathering
• Erosion

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Which of these is an example of erosion?

• Light shining onto a mountain.

• Rain breaking down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces.

• Wind blowing away sediment to a new place on the mountain.

• All of the above.

What type of rock is formed when magma and lava cools and hardens? Found on young planets.

• minerals

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

Rock formed when existing rock is changed by heat &

pressure.

• sedimentary rock

• texture

• metamorphic rock

• intrusive rock

Volcanoes are found...

• on land
• under water
• on islands
• all of the above

A naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a crystal structure and a definite chemical composition.

• deposit

• mineral

• weathering

• erosion

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 

• crust
• plates
• directions
• seismos