Earth review part 1

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Answer explanation

The inner core is solid because of intense pressure and gravity from all the other layers on top of it!

What is the most likely cause for the weathering of the rock shown in the image?

• Rain washing down on it

• Wind crashing into the rock

• Earthquake broke up the rock into segments

• Humans mining it for valuable materials

The process of moving rocks to a new location is called __________.

Early earth was a in a liquid state of lava before it cooled off and became solid. This caused earth to have...

• a high brightness that attracted many objects to crash into earth.

• life on it because the heat allowed them to stay warm while space was cold.

• different landforms as continents were created when it cooled.

• different layers as the denser materials sank to the bottom.

Draw a convergent plate boundary.

What is one fact that supports the theory of Pangea once existed?

The part of the mantel where hot magma rises, cools off and then sinks back down is called...

• convection zone

• conduction zone

• radiation zone

• subduction zone

Draw a divergent plate boundary.

When convergent plate boundaries collide, what natural structure is created?

• faults

• oceanic crust

• continental crust

• mountain ranges

When heat and pressure are placed on a rock, it will transform into a...

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

• deposition