EES Review Part One

Igneous rocks are formed when magma:

• erodes
• is exposed to radiation
• cools and crystallizes
• is put under heat and pressure

Sedimentary rock forms when weathered bits of other rocks are:

• melted and cooled
• compacted and cemented
• crystallized
• put under heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which of these types of soil particles are the LARGEST?

• sand
• silt
• clay
• mud

Which of these is an example of mechanical/physical weathering?

• frost wedging
• acid dissolving rock
• magma cooling
• particles of rock being carried away by a stream

The soil in this part of North Carolina is dominated by what type of particle?

• sand
• clay
• silt
• loam

A break in Earth's crust along which rocks move is called a ________.

• plate
• rift
• fault
• breach

A ______ is a section of the lithosphere that slowly moves over the asthenosphere, carrying large slabs of continental and oceanic crust.

• wedge
• plate
• chunk
• fault

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_________ are vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake.

• Seismic Waves
• Rumbles
• Plate Tectonics
• Convection Currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced?

• Rift valley
• Deep-ocean trench
• Mid-ocean ridge
• Transform bounda

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_____________ is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• Convergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Insurgent boundary