Rocks, Minerals, and Earthquakes

How do we classify rocks?

• Their color

• Their size

• How they form

• Their density

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Intrusive igneous rocks are found where?

• Inside the earth surface

• Outside the earth's surface

• In the ocean

• On land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A mountain range is most often found at:

• A convergent boundary

• A divergent boundary

• A transform boundary

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Where are you most likely to find a deep ocean trench?

• When plates pull away from each other

• When plates slide past each other

• When plates collide and crush each other

• When one plate subducts below another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How do tsunami's occur?

• Earthquakes that occur high in the mountains

• Volcanic eruptions

• Earthquakes that occur in the ocean

• From hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which waves first appear on a seismograph first? (which waves are the fastest?)

• P-waves

• S-waves

• Surface waves

• Heat waves

What is a rock that starts out as other types of rocks, but under high heat or pressure, it turns into a new rock?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

What kind of rock would cooled lava be?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

When two plates "collide", what kind of plate boundary exists?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

When two plates move "grind" and move past each other, what kind of boundary exists?

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent