Earth's Layers and Features Review

Rocks that undergo change because of intense heat and pressure underground are _______________ rocks.

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

Rocks formed from molten magma, material which is made liquid by the heat inside Earth's mantle are _____________ rocks.

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

A type of rock that is formed over long periods of time by layers of silt building up on the floor of a body of water are _______________ rocks.

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

The rock cycle is the series of processes that change one type of rock into another type of rock.

• True

• False

A member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods. One type of many different types of creatures found in fossils.

• Fossil

• Trilobite

• Tectonic

• Tilt

The remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago. Horizontal — Flat and level with the ground. Found in sedimentary rocks.

• Fossils

• Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels are natural fuel resources formed from ancient remains of plants and animals that are found in sedimentary rocks just like fossils. Which answer below are fossil fuels?

• Coal, oil and peanuts

• Coal only

• Coal, oil and natural gas

• Oil only

People use this word to describe one half of Earth.

• Wholesphere

• Hemisphere

• Quartersphere

• Half of a sphere

The equator is ___________________.

• a line that goes left to right.

• the word used to describe one half of the Earth

• the nickname for the north and south pole.

• an imaginary line drawn on Earth and spaced equally between the North and South poles.

A molten and semi-molten rock mixture found under the surface of the Earth is ______________.

• hot rock.

• a magnet.

• magma.